SuSe linux

[randomnut]

rezza damn beat me to it :p Yeah as already said just resize your windows partition, leave enough space for linux, a few gigs. The suse installer will do all the extra partitioning and formatting of that space, and automatically put a windows option in the bootloader and normally mounds your ntfs drive and makes it available in suse if you have any files or anything that you want to drag across. Suse is particularly good with hardware detection and display etc so you shouldnt have any problem.

[nomad311]

aight so how much space should i set aside for linux ...i know NOTHING about linux so thats why i just wanna try out this partitioning thing

and should i put linux b4 or after windows ...cause PM pops up a message about 9gb i think for windows nt (which applies to xp too right?)

and finally i should make a third partition for my music+dls right ...itll make reinstallin windows faster and i get to keep my files next time huh?

...u kno this whole readin thing just gives me more questions ...and ppl say readin makes u smarter

thnx guys

-nomad311

[markwolfe Veteran]

Well, depending on how much you want to put into Linux (both KDE and Gnome to test them both out, plus the full selection of apps?) and your planned usage (downloads), it can vary widely.

If you can free up 20GB, it would be great. If you can do 10GB, that will be just fine. If only 3GB, you can still make it work by trimming options.

Install Windows first, then Linux will set up dual-booting for you.

[nomad311]

koo i think ill go wit 10 for now but i can always resize right

...i cant member is it easier to take space from the os partiton or the data ...i read that its best to take from 1 jus dun member which 1

thnx agian

-nomad311

[markwolfe Veteran]

Well, have a backup of your data, because any resize can go wrong.

But, if you are going to screw something up, it is better to screw up your data (you do have a backup, right?) than your OS.

[hornett]

and should i put linux b4 or after windows ...cause PM pops up a message about 9gb i think for windows nt (which applies to xp too right?)

and finally i should make a third partition for my music+dls right ...itll make reinstallin windows faster and i get to keep my files next time huh?

What I do is pretty much exactly that and it works nicely. :)

1 20gb NTFS for Windows

2 10gb Linux partition

3 512mb Linux Swap

4 rest of drive as Fat32 (VFAT) to share data, music etc between the two O/S.

Have to do it like this because NTFS cannot be written to (easily) by Linux, where as VFAT/Fat32 can.

[nomad311]

ha yeh everythin i need is already on cds ...i had to send it i to get it fixed so whatevers on here now can get lost i dun care ...but thank for the help

...if only i could get my hdd workin ...i found out that its 'normal' for chkdsk to hang at a percent for hours ...im serious what kinda blulls--- is that ?!?

neways 2 successfull chkdsk's n still got errors ...im bout to make one o these batch files i been herein bout ...run it a few times while i sleep

thnx again pplz - i really love this forum ...ppl actually answer my noob questions

-nomad311

[MiG-]

10GB windows, 2.5GB virtual mem, 10GB linux, 100GB programs and stuff.

The thing is, i would recommend a new drive, cos u cant do **** in linux when u start installing games and stuff with 10gb, so get a 100GB and play to ure hearts content.