--- "Heaton, Simon"
HI Folks,
I am wanting to install SuSE 7.2 on my Dell Inspiron laptop which already has a Win2000 install.
What I've done (20GB HD example): Install w2k. When installing delete all the partitions. Create 6GB partition for w2k. Create an 8GB partition for w2k storage/data. Leave the rest of the HD unassigned (6GB or so)! Format the first 6GB partition NTFS and install w2k.
From inside w2k, format the 8GB data partition. In the w2k disk manager or whatever it's called, you should see the unassigned partition there at the end.
After all is well, slap in a lil' SuSE and do an install. On laptops and desktops, for several versions now, SuSE does a great job of detecting the unassigned partition and install Linux there. LILO rewrites the MBR or whatever goes on at that point and when you boot the computer you get a selection screen with linux, nt, mem test, etc. Smooth, plus a sexy Linux boot screen. I like to clean install, so I have no experience with the resizer, though the above technique works well enough that I'd have faith in it. ===== Daniel Woodard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com