Re: New install help please!

From: Dr. Deb (dangbert_at_mon-cre.net)
Date: 10/21/03 

Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:00:27 -0500

Steve wrote:

> Hi folks
> My trusty old P2 motherboard has recently gone tits up and so has prompted
> me to build a complete new desktop apart from my nearly new 40Gb hard
> drive. I have been using Linux for about 18months now so no stranger to it
> but a bit iffy about starting from scratch.
> I still use windoze for a few things (alright I'm still a bit girly scared
> to leave it altogether, there I've said it!) so I wondered which would be
> best, could I-
> 1-Fdisk and create 1 Fat 32 partition 20Gb for windows and create 1 non
> dos 20Gb partition for Suse 8.2 Pro or -
> 2-Fdisk and create 1 Fat32 partition 40Gb for windows and then install
> Suse using its partitioning utility?.
> I have some weird stuff going on with my drive that I want to clear it all
> and start again. I had a go at installing Mandrake a while back and ended
> up with 2- 18Gb fat 32 partitions and 1-9Gb partition for Mandrake
> eh?18+18+9=45 from a 40Gb drive? no I don't know what the hell happened
> either anyway advice from you chaps would be most welcome.
> Cheers
> Steve

Steve, were it me, I would open Windows (assuming you are not using XP) and
run "fdisk" and delete all partitions on the hd. I would then create a
primary partition of about 8 - 10 gig and install Windows in it (loading
the "/winxx" directory to the hd and installing from it - that way the
stupid installer can find the files it needs to finish the install). Then
install SuSe and let it allocate the rest of the hd.

Deb

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