That's fine. Also, I need to talk to you via messenger or if you could hit me over pm, that would be fine too. I'm headed to work, but I'll check back periodically. Unfortunately I can't do IM there, so it'd have to be over pm I guess till I get home.

Would this procedure be the same for any distro? I want to try to dual boot opensuse on my wife's old PC.

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I can't say all distro but most installer should work. What distro did you have in mind

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Yes, it should work for all distros. The main thing that needs to be done to support this is the proper partitioning of the hard drive. Once it's formatted to dual boot with a swap and Linux Ext 3 partition, you should be god to go. Pretty much, for every Ext 3 partition, there is a Linux O/S and we all know the format for Windows hdds.

Any update on the XP tutorial? When I right-click on the drive I want to create a partition on, I don't see an option to "Shrink" the partition. Also, where can I get a "Live" cd? Thanks...

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Punq did a guide for partitioning XP with Partition Magic in order to install Linux.

Here's the link: http://www.xtreme-source.com/tutoria...ighlight=Linux

You'll need the full version of Partition Magic, which isn't hard to find.

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Just in case you need it, here is a Live distro that you can use: http://www.knoppix.org/

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Actually, punq used a different version of partition magic than the one I have. I got stuck at the part of his tut where it asks you what kind of format you want the partition to be. There were 3 different types of Linux partitions to choose from - ext2, ext3 and another one that I can't remember. So I took a chance and just formatted my new partition as NTSC. Then I rebooted with the OpenSUSE 10.2 install DVD. OpenSUSE automatically recognized the NTSC partition. I selected that partion for the installation and it took care of everything else. (during the installation process, it seems that OpenSUSE used the ext3 type of format when re-formatting my NTSC partition).

So now I have OpenSUSE 10.2 as a dual boot. It's pretty cool. When I boot up, a nice screen pops up that asks me if I want to boot into Windows or OpenSUSE.

I like the look and feel so far. A little different from Ubuntu. I'll play around with this one a little bit and see which one I like better. Next is a tri-boot.....just to see what it's like :-)

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that's why i mentioned to keep it as recomended....either way you will have the chance to look at the partitions while installing. Also,yeah suse has a very good installer setup now,and basicly follows the same idea as the one shown. Only thing with suse is that in xmms it won't come with the mp3 codec out of the box,but real player does...for what reason I have no idea. So you'll have to look for that.

Also,suse "out of the box" has all partitions mounted...even the windows ones...so that makes things a bit easier too. If you use the gnome desktop it should be in
places\computer\Filesystem\Windows

you can then just make a shortcut to that folder on your desktop...it's handy,cause you don't have to edit your fstab file.

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Yeah, maybe it's just me being unfamiliar with the program. I went through the wizard, but I didn't see a specific recommended setup option. I kept hitting the "Next" button until I got to that option of the three different Linux partitions. I was looking for something that said "recommended" but didn't see it. I'm using PM 8.0, btw. And yes, I chose Gnome! Can't wait to get things organized!

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