On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> don't believe in paragraphs, eh? ;-)
>
> On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Ashvinder Singh Fagura wrote:
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> > My question was, is it necessary to partition
> > our hard drives and are there alternatives to doing so.
Partition. It is possible to use umsdos, but it is very inefficient with
disk space, and nowhere near as reliable as ext2. I have actually never
used umsdos. Maybe I ought to at least try it, but I am much more
comfortable trusting my data to ext2 than umsdos. Having real partitions
reduces the complexity of the installation, and effectively gives you more
disk space to play with in Linux because of the efficiency issue.
I have used FIPS several times successfully to make dual-boot systems
(backup to be sure, but FIPS means your registry continues to work without
a Windows reinstall on the hard disk). However, I didn't really start to
be comfortable with Linux until I gave up on the dual boot idea and went
full Linux, because it was always there when I needed a Linux tool. With
Windows, I was always having to reboot back and forth. I still use MS
Windows, but on a different machine.
> > I dont really want
> > to take the chance in partioning my girlfriends computer because i dont want
> > to lose any information off of it, it can cause a disastrious situation in
> > our relationship, if you know what i mean.
Then why are you putting Linux on it?
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> > But, even then, i really dont
> > want to partition my own hard drive either, because i was going to bring
> > both my own comuter and hers.
I _am_ confused. You would rather bring someone elses machine down than
your own? This sounds, ah, a little odd. No, put Linux on YOUR machine,
and use HER machine as your security blanket. If _she_ wants Linux, she
can play with yours for awhile after, and then decide what to do with her
own machine. If she REALLY wants Linux, then she should be the one
deciding whether to partition the drive.
As Peter said, partitioning is no big deal if you have all your data
backed up. I would be more concerned about the learning curve than
partitioning. You shouldn't need to worry about partitioning if you have
your data backed up, and FIPS makes it that much more convenient.
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