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| Hi people...
I have downloaded the Kubuntu linux live CD and love the look and feel of it.
What I want to do is repartition my hard drive and have 5 Gigs or so for a Linix Install. First of all, is this possible? I am not interested in replacing windows, but would like Linux to play around with as well. Can I have Linux installed, and have access to the windows partition of the hard drive, for my music ect.? I tried to access my hard drive from Linux using the Live CD, but it didn't work.
I am to have my windows install, which will be on one partition, then have Linux on another. At boot up, I would like to be able to choose whethere to boot into Windows or Linux. Is any of this possible?
What do you all think to linux as well?
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| Ok, now i'm stuck!
I have created a second extended partition, and that is FAT32. What do I need to do to this to make it possible to install Linux (any distrobustion if it matters) on this, and have my XP pro and Linux bottable?
thanks in advance
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| As far as I know, I don't think you can install Linux on a FAT32 partition. I prefer ext3. |
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| You can't install Linux on a FAT32 or NTFS partition. Linux uses it's own file systems.
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| I have made the extended partition a primary partition, but don't know how I would convert FAT32 to the appropriate file system.
Thanks for the help 
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| You can use Partition Magic to change it to ext3, or use some distro of Linux that has the functionality to format/create partitions during the setup process.
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| You would also need a linux swap partition. If you have 2 partitions now, both primary, one NTFS and the other FAT32, run fdisk [from linux].
fdisk /dev/hda
then type in at the Command (m for help): p
which will list your partitions. Something like:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2611 20972826 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2612 5222 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 5223 7833 20972857+ a5 FreeBSD
/dev/hda4 7834 9729 15229620 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Command (m for help):
Delete the FAT32 partition, which in your case being the second primary partition, would be /dev/hda2
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 2
Now you need to create two partitions, one for swap, and one for everything else. [You could also create more partitions for /tmp /var/ /home but you don't have to.]First create the swap partition, using 512MB for swap:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 2
First cylinder (1-3876, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-3876, default 3876): +512M
Now create the / partition, this will use the rest of the disk:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 3
First cylinder (1-3876, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-3876, default 3876):
Command (m for help): w
Now format the drives:
mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
mkswap /dev/hda2
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