New convert and kit idea

[Michael Knee]

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" <mlowman@firstlinux.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
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?
>
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