linux saved my butt, but ....

[Eric "Shubes"]

Josh Coffman wrote:
>   My kids started fighting over playing Tux games on
> my laptop. So i figured I would dual boot the
> desktop...
> 
>   I backed-up, defragged, and booted a livecd (Mepis)
> to shrink the partition. 
> 
>   Well Mepis messed up. I like Mepis and was planning
> on using it for the desktop. But now I couldn't do
> anything. Actually, it was QTParted that caused the
> problem. 
> 
>   fixmbr didn't work, couldn't install windows, Mepis
> couldn't install. I tried a couple others that
> couldn't fix it. Anyway, Fedora Core 4 installed
> great. I just told it to use the whole disk an remove
> any previous partitions.
> 
> Thing is I was planning on partitioning the drive so I
> could at least have seperate /home and /swap. That way
> I could easily switch distros without deleting
> everyone's files.
> 
> Now I'm a little gun-shy about trying to shring a
> partition again, but I'd like to be able to switch
> distros if I feel like it. Suggestions?
> 
> -j
> 
If possible, bring it to the Installfest on Saturday. We should be able 
to get the partitions set up for you (and show you how to do it).

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
  it is a collectivist myth.
  There are only individual citizens
  with individual wills
  and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
     Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
  "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

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