Caution, SuSE Linux Live Eval loading

[Richard L. Proctor]

Brian, SuSE will try and use all the remaining space on that drive that
Windows wasn't using.  Windows 2000 will also do the same thing.  It's
normal.  You can remove SuSE and expand the partition back out.

--
Richard L. Proctor
Krystal Computer Services
PC Upgrades & Repairs
480-699-3098


----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com>
To: <plug-discuss@pluglist.mybutt.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Caution, SuSE Linux Live Eval loading


> For all of those that got one of those SuSA live evals from with the plug
> meeting or the stamtisch. Be sure you run it on a machine that you either
> have backed up, or don't care about.
> I just recently threw it in my machine at work to see how good of an
> install it was so that I could give it to my boss with the recommendation
> that he play around with it and see how he likes it.
> Well, I go it on and it all went beautifully.  It's a very nice live eval
> indeed and was all set to march it over to him with the highest
> reccomendation, but after shutting it down and trying to reboot this
> windows machine back into windows I found that it had rewritten the format
> on my 20 gig drive to a 4 gig drive and thus causing to be become totally
> scrambled.  Luckily I think I have a recent backup, but this would have
> sucked if I had handed it over to my boss and had it scramble his drive.
> I would probably never be able to get this place converted over to linux.
>
> So anyway, watch out when booting those things.  I'm betting they work
> better on slightly oler machines that only have a max of 4 gig in them,
> but I wouldn't bet my drive on it hehehe
>
> Brian Cluff
>
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