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On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Norman Hakim wrote: |
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> >>By the way, you may want to just shrink your MSWindows partition with |
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> e.g. |
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> gparted LiveCD and then create new partitions to install Gentoo in. |
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> This |
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> will allow you to multiboot into either OS. A common data partition |
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> will |
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> allow you access to your data files, music, etc. by both OS too.<< |
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> HI, |
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> Can u assist me or explain more detailed how do i shrink my MSWindows and |
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> how do i create new partitions to install Gentoo so that i can do multiboot |
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> into either os? and also about the common data partition. |
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Hi Norman, |
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Try to follow accepted/expected netiquette on this mailing list please. Check |
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(http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php) which includes avoiding |
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html format and top-posting. |
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My way of shrinking MSWIndows OS partitions: |
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1. Move all data files from C:\ drive, where MSWindows usually saves files as |
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a default (e.g. from My Documents, My Music, etc.), to a CD/DVD/fileserver. |
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2. Delete all *.tmp files under C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Local |
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Settings\Temp, stale image files, etc. |
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3. Defragment the C:\ drive, reboot and defragment once more. |
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4. Use Gparted to shrink the C:\ drive partition to something between 12 to |
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15GB. |
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5. Boot into MSWindows, which may well run chdisk - let it finish. Then go to |
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Administrative Tools/ Disk Manager and create a new data partition, but leave |
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enough space on the disk for the Gentoo partitions (min 10G). The new data |
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partition can be formatted as ntfs or msdos. |
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6. Move all your data files from the CD/DVD/fileserver into the new partition. |
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Change all MSWindows applications default paths to save their new files into |
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your new data partition, instead of C:\ - otherwise you will soon run out of |
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space on your C:\ drive. |
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For getting gparted go to http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php download |
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the iso and burn a CD image. If you would prefer using a LiveUSB and your PC |
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can boot from a USB drive, then follow the link to the LiveUSB in the gparted |
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website. |
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Then follow the Gentoo installation handbook for creating the Gentoo |
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partitions while booted into the gparted LiveCD if you wish, or boot using |
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the Gentoo LiveCD and use fdisk to create the new partitions exactly as the |
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handbook describes. |
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Multibooting can be achieved in different ways. If your linux installation is |
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to become permanent then follow the Gentoo handbook to install Grub in the |
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MBR of the hard disk and configure your /boot/grub/grub.conf as shown in the |
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handbook for chainloading the WinXP OS. |
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Alternatively, if your MSWindows OS is permanent and your Linux installation |
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is temporary, you will need to install Grub into the partition boot sector of |
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your Linux OS (either the /boot partition, or if you do not use a separate |
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boot partition then use your root partition) and follow the instructions |
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under the section "Getting NTLDR to Load Linux" in this link: |
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http://www.vsubhash.com/writeups/multiboot_os.asp |
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The link describes the LiLo boot manager, but the principles are the same as |
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far as MSWindows is concerned. You can google for "chainload Grub using |
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NTLDR" or similar to find the same approach but using Grub as the linux boot |
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manager. |
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HTH. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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