(Don't know whether this should be in the tech forum, but I'm posting it here first b/c this forum gets more exposure. anyway...)
Windows XP chose an opportune time to go out on me, and i'm planning to do a reinstall today. Now is probably the best time to load windows as well as install knoppix to the hard disk.
Since i doubt that fdisk can create a usable linux partition, I'll probably have to do it from within knoppix. Since my HD is basically blank right now, I can still run knoppix in all its glory by running if off of a cd. During my last linux session, I saw something called Kparted, which looks like a partitioning program.
How do i use it? Windows and linux use pathnames differently, so I'm confused. Partitioning is tricky, so i don't want to experiment with this, I want to get it right the first time.
So, how should i go about doing this? should i instal llinux first, or install windows and then do linux? (after making the partitions in linux) For some reason, my copy of winxp only works correctly if you install win98 first and upgrade from there, so I was not sure if win98 would copy over my linux partition and screw everything up.
please advise.
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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
Windows XP chose an opportune time to go out on me, and i'm planning to do a reinstall today. Now is probably the best time to load windows as well as install knoppix to the hard disk.
Since i doubt that fdisk can create a usable linux partition, I'll probably have to do it from within knoppix. Since my HD is basically blank right now, I can still run knoppix in all its glory by running if off of a cd. During my last linux session, I saw something called Kparted, which looks like a partitioning program.
How do i use it? Windows and linux use pathnames differently, so I'm confused. Partitioning is tricky, so i don't want to experiment with this, I want to get it right the first time.
So, how should i go about doing this? should i instal llinux first, or install windows and then do linux? (after making the partitions in linux) For some reason, my copy of winxp only works correctly if you install win98 first and upgrade from there, so I was not sure if win98 would copy over my linux partition and screw everything up.
please advise.
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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
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