Hmmm, that could be a problem. I know 2000 gives you a choice of FAT or NTFS at installation, but my student's is NTFS. And as far as I know you can convert FAT to NTFS, but not NTFS to FAT. Anyone want to modify fips? :^) On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 16:43, Michael Knee wrote: > fips doesn't work with NTFS, only with FAT. XP uses NTFS, and I think 2000 > does also. > > The latest release of Partition Magic works with NTFS but, as you pointed > out, it isn't free. > > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michelle Lowman" > To: > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 2:37 PM > Subject: New convert and kit idea > > > > I have my first convert among my English students at PC. She brought her > > laptop to IF2, but whoever was doing the install gave up after her > > machine wouldn't boot from the CD. She wants to dual-boot with XP, so > > she's going to bring her laptop to class Monday, and I'm going to > > install Red Hat for her. > > > > I was thinking that it would be a good idea to create a "conversion kit" > > for people who want to dual-boot. That way, if you ever run into anyone > > who is ready to try Linux but isn't quite ready to give up Windows, you > > can set them up right away. Knoppix is one alternative, but I was > > thinking of (1)fips (or PartitionMagic if you don't mind paying), or > > parted with a boot disk (although I've never used this one--I think it's > > non-destructive, but correct me if I'm wrong), along with (2)your > > favorite distro on CD(s), and (3)don't forget a boot.img floppy in case > > you can't get the box to boot from CD. I've used fips with older > > versions of Windows, but has anyone tried it with Windows 2000 or XP? I > > couldn't get it to work with 2000 and I've never tried with XP. The kit > > could include partitioning instructions, etc. with screenshots for the > > visual learner (like me :)). > > > > Whaddya think? > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss