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[steve reilly <sfreilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Monday 21 May 2007 11:35, Kai Ponte wrote:
> I just got my new HP/Compaq 9440 laptop on Friday. It is pre-loaded
> with Windows Vista, which looks nice...
>
> http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/64
>
> ...but is already starting to irritate me. In any case, I want to dual
> boot. I don't suppose I can wipe Vista off of it, since it is a work
> laptop.
>
> I've read that dual-booting under Vista is not as easy as 2k/xp
> because the partitioning is different. Every guide I've read so far
> says to have the Windows installer create a partition to be used later
> for Linux. Well, HP created the partitions for me, so I have little
> choice.
>
> Can I safely (at least reasonably) resize or am I screwed?
>
>
>
>
> --
> kai ponte
> www.perfectreign.com

hi,

when you boot from the opensuse install cd it will give you a default scenario 
for partitioning which is fine for most people.   (from my experience anyway)  
I got this acer aspire 5100 laptop preloaded with vista too about 3 months 
ago.  I installed 10.2, took about 1/2 the drive for linux and 1/2 for vista.  
Then I wound up wiping the drive anyway and using the whole 100 gig for 10.2.




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