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Add Partition for Linux
Name: Baz79 Date: May 14, 2005 at 11:55:12 Pacific OS: HE 2002 SP2 CPU/Ram: 2GHz 512RAM
Comment:
Hi all,
I have WinXP on my PC and I was wondering if it is possible to install Linux on my system with the need to delete any of the gata currently saved on my PC.
Am I right in saying that I need to create a second partition, in addiction to my C drive, inorder to do this? If so how do I go about doing this?
Name: Baz79 Date: May 14, 2005 at 12:02:11 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry, that should be "WITHOUT the need to delete any of the data currently saved on my PC."
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Response Number 2
Name: fitzov Date: May 14, 2005 at 12:18:35 Pacific
Reply:
If you have a broadband connection, you can download/install SuSE linux via ftp. It has a partition manager that can resize your NTFS partition. You will have to download a ftp install disk and burn it to a cd.
You can also run a stand-alone linux version like Knoppix without changing anything. I recommend that route for you.
The answer is, yes, you need to have a linux partition other than the XP partition.
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