-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 5 May 2003, penguin0601@earthlink.net wrote:
On Monday 05 May 2003 14:30, Sean Rima wrote:
Hi Folks
I am looking to convert an XP home box to SuSE 8.2. However, I have a few problems, namely the fact that the HD is NTFS. So what do I need to do to this to make it useable under SuSE
Sean
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Sean, If you are going to replace XP with Linux, then you don't have to do anything, just install SuSE, it will reformat the drive in preparation for Linux. If you plan on dual booting, then your task will require a bit more work. You will need a program like Partition Magic ($80) to shrink the ntfs drive to make a partition to install Linux on then. I think SuSE may have something, check the manuals in your package as there are notes about this.
I would prefer to replace it, but after a quick discussion with the Wife, demonstrating Cygwin as a option to what Linux is linux, she said no as as She is the one who _must_ be obeyed, I may have to go the dual boot option.
Best suggestion, be rid of XP, Install SuSE 8.2 and have a lot of fun!
This is my personal preference. Sean - -- Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top posting frowned upon? Normal Email sean AT tcob1 DOT net GPG Key Id 7DA70294 ICQ: 679813 Jabber: tcobone@jabber.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iD8DBQE+trY8HMnSWn2nApQRAsN/AJ9SDW0s16ttFq3x1gHxWsZfNgd2wQCg0vVZ /Z6WbMohINHqQFPtYTFGoOc= =cOwB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----