On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 04:18:41PM -0500, John Culleton wrote: > I just bought an HP Pavilion dv9925nr wiht Vista for my wife. Knoppix > runs on it but I haven't sorted out the wireless LAN connection yet > for Knoppix. > > I want to install Linux permanently on this box, which requres > repartitioning. Currently there are two partitions, one for Vista and > one for backup of Vista. I need suggestions for partitioning software > that will allow me to reduce the size of the Vista partition to make > room for a Debian partition. Suggestions on preparing the Vista > partion prior to reduction in size are also welcome. Other than one > or two emails and Firefox I have added no files to the system.
I found with my Pavilion DV6458se (which I'm typing this on) that the Debian installer could not reliably partition the hard drive. However, the Ubuntu Intrepid installer worked flawlessly--thus I'm typing this from an Ubuntu session. Ubuntu is very Debian-like and I had very little trouble getting used to it. Partitioning is part of the installation process and reasonably straightforward. I recommend leaving the recovery partition if you plan to keep using Vista at all, shrinking the main Vista partition, and creating at least three new ones: an ext3 partition for Linux, a swap partition, and a VFAT partition for data that can be shared between Vista and Linux. Sizes will depend on your requirements. Note to Debian developers: I'd be glad to help debug the Debian installer on this box, if anyone is interested. -- Carl Fink [email protected] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
