On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Crutcher Dunnavant wrote:
>
> > My suggestion, in this order.
> >
> > a) install the software from HP.
> > b) install Windows, reserve space for linux.
> > c) install Linux
> >
> > reason. HP wants to do something odd to your partitions, let it.
> > Windows will be able to deal, so it will install over the HP stuff.
> > Linux will be able to deal with whatever Windows does, but the reverse
> > is not true.
> >
> > There is also a guru solution available.
> >
> > a) find a guru.
> > b) offer the guru beer.
> > c) tell the guru the problem.
> > d) give the guru your computer.
> >
>
> Hey!,
>
> Thanks for the responce, You wouldn't happen to have any family in
> Hampton, Va, with the last name Dunnavant? And for the reference to the
> computers.. my wife will not let me comvert her ( hp ). My computer is
> the compaq amd 933 - 40g - 128mr etc... I have tried to install windows
> and let the partitions take place but only after .. I am only allowed to
> install linux as a swap file.. and then a file @ 1.8gig .. the compag
> software disk has been protected to where I can only pull certain files
> off of it.. so everything but windows I am able to yang off the cd..
>
> Thanks
> Charles
>
Hi Charles,
How about using partition magic to split up the partitions made by compaq?
a) install software from HP
This gives you: c: 38 Gig? (hda1)
d: 2 Gig? (hda2)
Or something similar to this at least right?
b) install partition magic and make hda1 into three smaller partitions,
this should push hda2 to hda4. Windows will still see it as d: because
the others are not vfat32.
This gives you:
hda1 20 Gig ---vfat32 (c:)
hda2 ~18 Gig ---ext2 (linux)
hda3 ~512MB ---linuxswap
hda4 2 Gig ---vfat32 (d:)
or use partition magic to resize the partitions and get an extended
partition in there.
c) install linux
d) don't re-install the hp software ever again because it will blow away
all your fine work.
Perhaps the guru suggestion above is easier....
Arend
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