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| 135606 | 2003-04-14 23:09:00 | Okay, well I setup Mandrake 9.0 last night.. and it all appeard to be non-destructive, but I didnt finalise the stuff coz I didnt wanna lose my main partition just in case. Thanks though, I'll try it sometime :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 135607 | 2003-04-15 04:49:00 | Yes give it a try. At the moment I¨m running Mandrake 9.1 - no problems with the windows partition and my digital camera, printer, modem etc all working great. |
rmcb (164) | ||
| 135608 | 2003-04-15 12:00:00 | Make sure you defrag the Windows partition before resizing. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 135609 | 2003-04-16 03:00:00 | ATTN: Chilling_Silence, Re installing Mandrake 9.0, my brother came across the same problem that I did - cannot partition the hard drive without losing the data thats already on it (data like programs, etc) so he's going to look around for a software to do the job properly. Thanks for your help anyway :) have a good easter, I'm off to the coromandel - leaving tonight... caffy |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 135610 | 2003-04-16 05:52:00 | You can resize partitions on your comp without losing any information. The best tool for doing stuff with partitions is partition magic. It does every thing for you and you don't lose anything. (Although your registry needs a bit of a clean up if you are moving heaps of program files) | Deranged (3594) | ||
| 135611 | 2003-04-16 07:53:00 | Yeah, Partition Magic is what you'll be after, as it can handle All the Windows filesystems, and is very comfortable resizing Ext2/3 partitions! It'll be what you're after, and you can prolly just knock off 5-10 gigs on the d: Drive :-) (Or was it E:... I cant remember ;-)) Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 135612 | 2003-06-13 09:53:00 | Hey all, Thought I'd report back... Installed Mandrake Linux 9.1 onto my computer, seems alright so far... was wondering if theres any 'tests' for me to run, to check that everythings sweet? Like, i've checked the internret and its working... anything else to check? Can anyone give me some tips that will help me with my learning abt Linux cheers, caffy |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 135613 | 2003-06-13 09:55:00 | Sorry, make that Mandrake Linux 9.0 | caffy (2665) | ||
| 135614 | 2003-06-13 11:01:00 | Try reading this www.cmm.uklinux.net Try running the GCC compiler or GIMP. Try running updatedb and then use locate to find a file and see how much faster than windows it is. Don't forget to log in as non root unless you absolutely need to be root. Graeme |
Graeme (1537) | ||
| 135615 | 2003-06-13 11:12:00 | > was wondering if theres any 'tests' for me to run, to > check that everythings sweet? Like, i've checked the > internret and its working... Well that seems to be what most people have trouble with. > anything else to check? Have you checked the sound is working? Try playing an mp3. Or you can find .wavs in /usr/share/sounds Is your graphics card set up for 3d support correctly? (If you need it). There are some simple 3d demos in the Mesa-demos package. > Can anyone give me some tips > that will help me with my learning abt Linux Just have a play with it. You can create a seperate user for messing with stuff if you want. As long as you are not running as root you can't do any damage to the system. Have a hunt through the packages in the software installer, theres heaps of useful stuff. |
bmason (508) | ||
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