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I can't really help here, but will wish you best of luck with this (well a belated best of luck as it's now 21:00) paul > Dear All > > I am having 3 friends in tonight to look at my Ubuntu (6.06) and > Kubuntu set up. It would be nice to install something else before their > very eyes. I could add a distro to my laptop, which shows: > > 01 /dev/sda1 fat16 78.41MB 0.03MB 78.44MB (used 7.58GB) > 02 /dev/sda2 ntfs 9.77GB 78.44MB 9.84GB > 03 /dev/sda3 extended 60.13GB 9.84GB 69.97GB (used 9.04GB) > 04 /dev/sda5 ext3 57.66GB 9.84GB 67.50GB > 05 /dev/sda6 linux-swap 2.47GB 67.50GB 69.97GB > 06 /dev/sda4 fat32 3.15GB 69.97GB 73.12GB DellRestore (used 2.50GB) > 07 /dev/sda7-1 free 7.84MB 73.12GB 73.13GB > > If I add, say Mandriva 2007 or openSuse10.2, how should I respond to the > partition dialogue, if I have a choice? Is repartitioning sda5 likely to > cause problems for the existing swap file partition? It might also be a > useful task to upgrade 6.06 to 6.10 to show how easy it is. However, I > need guidance on how to do this, preferably in the GUI (both for me and > for my friends!). > > I also have an old Win2000 Professional machine with 38GB. Though I have > defragmented the few files left on it, it seems to have a significant > wadge of system files slightly more than half way in the disc (and it > did not reorganise the data files to occupy contiguous space next to the > main block of system files at the beginning of the disc). Will I need to > ONLY use the empty space or can I safely reformat a larger block of disc > space for a Linux distro? Incidentally the defragmenter left some system > files with fragments, in one case 19 and another 22, the rest 2. I could > use DOS to copy, save with a new name, delete and rename if this is a > good idea. Similarly the data files. I could only do this with one of > these files in the GUI. > > I also have an old laptop with Me on it and would like to set my 12 year > old very sceptical daughter up with a useful distro that was quick in > action and could get her on to bebo and preferably access to educational > software! Would DSL be a good choice? This one would be Linux only! > > Finally, what would be the best way to dump Windows on two of my > machines? My laptop (currently with XP dual booted with Ubuntu) seems > the best option, leaving one desktop in my office dual booted (the one I > write about above). > > Many thanks > > james kilty > http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html