linux saved my butt, but ....

[Josh Coffman]

--- "Eric \"Shubes\"" <plug at shubes.net> wrote:

> 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'

It would be fun to come if even only to watch and
learn. Honestly, I probably won't make it though.
Perhaps someone could tell me the steps they would do
to fix my hard drive config? I can probably figure out
the howto part if I just know the steps in order.

Something like(and am just guessing): 
1) shrink partition; use command "unknown-command"
(I'll figure out the usage of the command)
2) create partitions for /home /swap (think i already
know how to do this.)
3) copy current /home contents to new /home partition
(that's easy)
4) configure x to use on partitions
5) reboot (obvious)

I'm hoping that shrinking a linux partition is easier
than windows. I guess since I just installed last
night, I could just start over again and partition it
right this time if that's easier?

-j


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