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Following a disaster with my Mepis dual-boot Im going to give Mandriva a go. I can re-size XP during install no problem but its creating the new partitios thats my ...
- 02-25-2007 #1Just Joined!
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Partitioning
Following a disaster with my Mepis dual-boot Im going to give Mandriva a go. I can re-size XP during install no problem but its creating the new partitios thats my downfall.
(I was up until 3am last night re-intalling XP)
Can I tell Mandriva to use the created free space and it will create the swap, root, and home itself?
- 02-25-2007 #2forum.guy
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Yes, the installation routine should give you the option to utilize free space.
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- 02-25-2007 #3Just Joined!
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Thats a relief. Ill give it a go.
- 02-25-2007 #4Linux Newbie
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I favour to have the partitions created by a Linux live CD before giving them to the installer for installation. In that respect I would only need say a 1Gb swap (Type 82) and a 5 to 10Gb native Linux (Type 83).
Running a work station instead of a server a single partition installation can be a lot easier to maintain, to boot, to resize and to migrate.
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Im writing from mandriva now. Install went well and so far Ive this distro a breeze to use, except for the Control Centre window which refuses to close!
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