rocky wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm going install debian testing on my Dell Inpiron 1300. I'm going to > make it a dual boot system. Right now I have Windows XP home edtion > loaded on the laptop. And the 60 GB hard driver is not partitioned. > Can any of you help me on the following please? > > 1, How can I free some space for Debian installation? What are the > tools I need to use? Do I need to go into DOS consle to achieve this?
Disk cleanup wizard, uninstall programs you don't regularly use, and do a defrag. > 2, I have broad band internet connection. It is not easy for me to get > a full installation CD. Therefore, I decided to use netinstall CD. But > there's no Netinstall CD for testing package. The workaround I can > think of is using Netinstall for Stable to install the base system and > upgrade to Testing ditribution. Is this the right way? That's the right way. Though since you already have Windows, you can also try http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ as an alternative to dealing with CDs. > 3, What is the best way for me to find out which is the fastest mirror > for me to download the Testing distribute packages? apt-spy > 4, What if I want install FreeBSD as the third Operating system on my > laptop? What is the best partition plan? If you really want to do this (NOT recommended: Pick an OS already!) you'll need to consult your bootloader's documentation and the various multiboot HOWTOs out there to come up with a game plan for this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
