Re: [SLUG] Linux in a Laptop.

[Stuart Guthrie]

You could get Mandrake 9.1 it has a great resize tool for NTFS as well 
as most others called diskdrake. I think there is a way to do it from 
command line as they have just GUI'ed command line tools. Someone?

Stu

LS wrote:

Hi Carl:

I am trying to install Red Hat Linux
on Sony's PCG-Z1P Notebook. There are two NTFS
partitions on the 60 Gig drive.
However from Red Hat install, when
using disk druid to create partitions for Linux
, I do not even see the two NTFS partitions.
It just shows 60 Gig as hda1
Attempt to create any partitions from 
disk druid failed for Linux 
(error is:
Could not allocate requested partitions: partitioning failed: 
Could not allocate partitions as primary partitions)

Did you encounterer these kind of issues
with Dell laptops ?
Any hints on what might be the issue here ?

Thanks in advance

Louis.

 

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, 15 June 2003 15:28
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Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux in a Laptop.

On Sunday 15 June 2003 06:17, Enrique Vila wrote:

   

Which distribution would be more appropiate?
     

What are your trying to do, start a flamewar ? :-)

I have run Redhat 9 on several different Dell laptops quite 
successfully, but 
never on an IBM.

If you are new to GNU/Linux, choose from Redhat, Mandrake or 
Suse. Any of 
these really should be fine. I use Redhat, but that's only 
'cause it's what I 
am used to.

You may be interested in reading: 
http://www.msu.edu/~pfaffben/t30.html
http://www.jeo.net/T30/

I found these links at:

   

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

Carl.

 



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