[klug] Lunar Linux - source-based distro

[rocketguy at xtra.co.nz]

Tried xandros and many others.

Just seems that nothing works.

I will try xandros again and write-down any messages i get.

Dean


> 
> From: Steve Withers <swithers at mmp.org.nz>
> Date: 2006/01/08 Sun AM 09:55:31 GMT+13:00
> To: Kapiti Coast Linux Users Group <klug at linux.net.nz>
> Subject: RE: [klug] Lunar Linux - source-based distro
> 
> On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:20 +1300, Dean wrote:
> > Off topic here.
> > 
> > still can?t partition my notebook hdd to install linux and xp.
> > 
> > If I choose a full linux install, if things go wrong, can I reinstall xp?
> > 
> > I have a compaq which partitions off a part of the hdd for recovery use, I think.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Dean
> 
> That's not off-topic at all, Dean. :-)  
> 
> Helping each other with Linux issues is very much on topic. 
> 
> Have you tried Xandros Linux for - at least - the repartitioning? It
> allows you to shrink the XP partition and make new ones for Linux / swap
> out of the freed space. 
> 
> Other distros do too.....but Xandros does it more or less automagically,
> merely asking you how large you'd like the XP partitiotn to be when
> complete. 
> 
> You shouldn't need more than 10GB to very comfortably create a Linux
> partition and swap and have about half of that for using any large files
> you may have.....assuming you can spare that much. Everything over that
> would be a bonus.
> 
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