Arend Meetsma wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Crutcher Dunnavant wrote:
> >
> > > My suggestion, in this order.
> > >
> > > a) install the software from HP.
> > > b) install Windows, reserve space for linux.
> > > c) install Linux
> > >
> > > reason. HP wants to do something odd to your partitions, let it.
> > > Windows will be able to deal, so it will install over the HP stuff.
> > > Linux will be able to deal with whatever Windows does, but the reverse
> > > is not true.
> > >
> > > There is also a guru solution available.
> > >
> > > a) find a guru.
> > > b) offer the guru beer.
> > > c) tell the guru the problem.
> > > d) give the guru your computer.
> > >
> >
> > Hey!,
> >
> > Thanks for the responce, You wouldn't happen to have any family in
> > Hampton, Va, with the last name Dunnavant? And for the reference to the
> > computers.. my wife will not let me comvert her ( hp ). My computer is
> > the compaq amd 933 - 40g - 128mr etc... I have tried to install windows
> > and let the partitions take place but only after .. I am only allowed to
> > install linux as a swap file.. and then a file @ 1.8gig .. the compag
> > software disk has been protected to where I can only pull certain files
> > off of it.. so everything but windows I am able to yang off the cd..
> >
> > Thanks
> > Charles
> >
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> How about using partition magic to split up the partitions made by compaq?
>
> a) install software from HP
> This gives you: c: 38 Gig? (hda1)
> d: 2 Gig? (hda2)
> Or something similar to this at least right?
>
> b) install partition magic and make hda1 into three smaller partitions,
> this should push hda2 to hda4. Windows will still see it as d: because
> the others are not vfat32.
> This gives you:
> hda1 20 Gig ---vfat32 (c:)
> hda2 ~18 Gig ---ext2 (linux)
> hda3 ~512MB ---linuxswap
> hda4 2 Gig ---vfat32 (d:)
>
> or use partition magic to resize the partitions and get an extended
> partition in there.
>
> c) install linux
>
> d) don't re-install the hp software ever again because it will blow away
> all your fine work.
>
> Perhaps the guru suggestion above is easier....
>
> Arend
>
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That makes alot of since... I will try that.. Thanks alot..
oh .... any idea where to find alot fo linux software?
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