Tried defrag (several times), chkdsk, and some other things,
none of which worked ... but Micah's suggerstion to use Knoppix
and the 'qtparted' utility did overcome this obstacle so I was able
to install Mandriva 2006.
However, I can only boot up to text only, no gui.
When I try startx, I get a "Fatal server error" with
"no screens found."
I'll submit a new topic to provide details on this.
Thanks for the 'qtparted' suggestion.
Joe
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On Tuesday 06 December 2005 05:02, Micah wrote:
> I just resized a 150 GB NTFS XP partition and split the drive 3 ways
> with the latest Knoppix CD. It was quick and painless. If that's an
> option for you I'd try that.
>
> On 12/5/05, Josh Coffman <josh_coffman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Definitely defrag and backup. I have a pavilion zv5000
> > with a 60 gig that I'm dual booting. (Mostly avoid
> > windows though) Anyway, I ended up wiping it and
> > installing windows on about 20 gig, a FAT partition on
> > 20 gig that I mount in both win and fedora, and the
> > rest (about 16 gig) for fedora.
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