On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:00:33 -0800 Mitchell Verter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for all the dual boot advice. > > Now I need to partition the disk and move the Linux partition to the > second partition > > I am looking at the Linux Partition HOWTO > (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/) and the parted manual ( > http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html#Introduction) I > should run this off of a Knoppix CD, right? > > I bought the laptop with Debian installed, so I know little about > it. I don't think there is much data on it and I probably don't care > about keeping old data, just preserving important system files, > programs, executables, etc. > > Is there a good way to find out where on the disk the data is > written, so that you can be sure that your intended partition is > empty of anything important? Is there a way to consolidate data to > one area of the disk? > > > Thanks, > Mitch You might want to look at 'partimage', for evaluation. It is on the same Knoppix disk, boot using the 'knoppix 2' cheat code, no X. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
