Seeking a concise Linux installation checklist

[Michael Havens]

which distro?

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:23 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks Stephen.  I did download the gparted live iso and used it to shrink
> the ntfs partition. Then I created two new partitions, one for 40-gig and
> one for 80-gig.  But when I started to install the first new Linux distro
> from a live Linux CD into the first new 40-gig partition, I couldn't tell
> if it was going to allow me to create the separate partitions for swap,
> root, and home inside that 40-gig partition that I had created (and then
> later do the same for a second Linux distro into the other 80-gig
> partition that I created).  So, I now wonder if I need to do this over and
> create 6 new partitions instead of just 2 in order to be able to install
> two Linux distros into a triple-boot arrangement.
>
> I have tried a mint live CD in the past and liked some things about it.
> So, I wonder if I could or should create 9 new partitions in order to add
> it also and create a quad-boot?
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
> > First thing I would do is get familiar with clonezilla and the gparted
> > live CD. That will give yo a means of recovery and a means of partition
> > editing. Once you have the partitions in place you can the do some
> > reading on grub/grub2. But in all honesty I have had great success with
> > mint/ubuntu and virtualbox and I like the debian package management.
> > But most here are likely to use vm's over triple booting so we would
> > have good advice I'm doubting that we have a walkthrough handy.
> >
> > That being said you can probably search the internet and find what you
> are
> > looking for. And I would be willing to give you what advice I can.
> > On Feb 26, 2012 3:57 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Even after having done several Linux installations (some a lot more
> >> challenging than others), I am still a bit intimidated by it.
> >>
> >> Now, I'm about to undertake another and I hope the PLUG brain trust can
> >> provide some guidance, perhaps a concise installation checklist for this
> >> next attempt.  I have a box with win-xp installed on a 100-gig HD and I
> >> need the following:
> >>
> >> 1. How (most efficiently) to shrink and repartition for a dual boot with
> >> xp on perhaps 20 gig and the rest for installing two Linux distros.
> >>
> >> 2. I've installed PCLinuxOS several times and I (by far) prefer the
> >> older
> >> version with KDE 3.5, so I want to put it on one set of partitions using
> >> about 20-gig.
> >>
> >> 3. On the rest, I want to install whatever Redhat based distro might
> >> work
> >> best with Virtual Box (which I have never been able to get to work
> >> before).
> >> Some have recommended Cent OS (I've been told that there is a KDE 3.5
> >> version available).
> >>
> >> Any guidance to make this as concise, easy, and efficient as possible
> >> for
> >> a 20-year perpetual "newbie" user would be extremely appreciated. ;)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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