[Ham-Computers] Puppy Linux Question
kd4e
kd4e at verizon.net
Mon Aug 7 08:55:24 EDT 2006
> Dale Miller wrote:
> Just don't use fdisk with dos for partitioning to resize the disk.
> Most linux distros have a partitioning utility in there install disk,
> use that.
> Also you can use the partitioning utility that comes with XOSL, which is
> a boot manager for booting multiple OS's on one or many drives.
> Of course some Linux distros will do a decent job of managing duel
> booting just itself and windows.
> Just be sure that you do as was said and Defrag and then run scan disk
> at least TWICE before you resize the partition that windows is using.
> And also make on fat32 partition for a data partition to share between
> windows and Linux, cause NTFS is not perfected on Linux yet.
The Puppy Universal Installer calls all of the necessary
apps to manipulate the HDD partitioning.
It is a complete installer in a very tiny package. The
mega-distros could learn a lot from the way Puppy gets it
done with less.
The developers are readily available on the forum.
I am hoping someone will start making DotPups of
Ham apps!
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Thanks! & 73,
doc, KD4E
... somewhere in FL
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