Thanks to Chris and Mike for your responses - I appreciate your input and time
On Jan 9, 2008 6:14 AM, Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Perhaps it would be best to install with dual booting by shrinking your > Windoze > partition - have a look at the Debian NewbieDOC wiki [1]. and On Jan 8, 2008 11:08 PM, Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > I kept the recovery partition, > shrank the Vista partition (needed for a game) and assigned most > of the space to a mostly Lenny install with Sid xserver for nvidia. The reasons I don't want Vista are as follows: (1) Microsoft claims even the Home Basic needs "20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space" (see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequirements.mspx) I suppose I could dual boot with less than that, but I still don't want to be wasting 10+ GB of space on something I would almost never use. (2) If I were to dual boot, I would rather do it with XP, since it has worked relatively well for me, and not Vista. I might do this as an afterthought, but I really want to see how far I can go without M$. I am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because there might be unforeseeable circumstances when I may run into Windows only software. I am sure if I needed to, I could always shrink by Debian partition later and install XP, right? Once I actually get the laptop and run into hardware issues, you'll probably see me back here with more questions. Also, do any of you use the fingerprint reader? That is one thing I am interested in / curious about. Thanks again, -- Jimmy Wu Registered Linux User #454138 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
