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Old 03-05-2004, 01:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Suse 9.0 Pro install questions :)

alright.. i currently have XP Pro installed.. and just got a copy of Suse 9.0 Pro.. what i'm wanting to do is partition my hard drive.. and have the dual boot capabilites.. thing is.. i have no idea how to do that lol.. so help is much appreciated..

system specs if needed..

Amd Athlon 2200+ XP 1.8Ghz
1024 PC2700 ddr
80gb Hdd - single hard drive
SB Audigy 2
Gf4 4200ti 64mb

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Old 03-05-2004, 04:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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To reparition without wiping away your current data, you'll need a utility like Partition Magic or parted (GNU). Resize your current partition... then boot up the SuSE CD (should be bootable.. and tell it to use the unpartitioned space.. it should have an option to automatically partition the unpartitioned space into a linux setup (swap part, root part, possible /boot part)... it should also install Grub or Lilo, which will be what you use to Dual Boot. If the SuSE Install is good (I'm not sure, never done it).. it will automatically set it all up for you.
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Old 03-05-2004, 06:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Suse lists as a feature that it can resize windows xp partitions. You shouldn't have any problems. The last time I installed Suse (version 8.0) the bootloader automatically recognized my windows partition.
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Old 03-06-2004, 02:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
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so i need to partion first right?.. then install Suse?.. could you possibly give me a link or two for a partition program/how to partition lol.. thanks a lot
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Old 03-06-2004, 11:54 PM   #5 (permalink)
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SuSE advertises that their installer can do partitioning of winXP drives. You might check and see if you can resize the partitions using SuSE's installer. If not, I use partition magic. It's not free but it works very well.
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Old 03-07-2004, 03:34 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Yeah, definitely give SuSE a try first.. sounds like that may let you do it right there.
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Old 03-07-2004, 06:58 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Suse's installer is the best Linux installer I've ever used. It will do everything for you. I just leave my swap partition from previous linux installs so all I have to do is allocate space for a new installation.
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