On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:43:21 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 06/26/2013 09:35 AM, KANDREGULA SAIAJAY wrote: >> Hello sir, >> I want to install debian O.S in my windows xp 32 bit P.C .. >> Can u give the step by step procedure for it with images(if possible) >> .. >> >> > I personally think it is much better to dual-boot Windows and Linux. > Linux can read and write the Windows partition, so you can communicate > between systems that way, if you need to. (There will be very few times, > in my experience, when you need to, but you can.) > > Instructions: > > Download and burn to CD GParted or PartedMagic. Both of these are > bootable disks. You just need one of them. > > Boot your PC on the disk you just burned. Shrink your Windows partition, > but leave at least 25% space at the end for more Windows programs or > files. Windows is in a PRIMARY partition.
Not all PC's are set up this way, with a single Windows partition. My Windows laptop came with four primary partitions. The first one contained the running copy of Windows itself. The second was empty. The third one was listed as Hidden W95 FAT32 (LBA) by fdisk. I suspect it contains the raw materials for the so-called 'restore' disk, which would restore the entire machine to its virginal pristine condition. Or maybe that's where it suspends to when I close it up. I don't know. The fourth one was the so-called EFI partition. I suspect that one is used at boot time for at least Windows, and possibly for Linux. I know systems that boot from hard drives with more than 2 terabytes need an EFI partition. But I don't know why my 160GB hard drive needed one. The one I ended up changing into an extended partition was the empty one. That's where I created all the partitions Linux needs. Now read on: -- hendrik > Now make an EXTENDED partition > to cover the rest of the hard disk. In that extended partition, you can > make LOGICAL partitions. Make two partitions, / (about 15 GB) and /home > (about 30GB). These will be plenty big enough for all reasonable use. > Format them ext4. > Make one swap partition, (format swap) about twice the size of your RAM. > > Now (I assume you have downloaded and burned a DVD with Debian > installation on it) boot up the computer with the Deb install disk, and > follow directions. When it asks about where to install, > point it to the partitions you just made. > > When you are finished, take out the install disk and reboot the > computer, you should have a screen which allows you to select XP or > Linux. > > (It's been a couple of years since I installed a Debian distro, > but the above is pretty generic.) > > Welcome to Linux! > > --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/kql1r9$kju$1...@ger.gmane.org
