Linux Question

[furryrabidbunny]

I have an old hp desktop with two partitions... one for recovery and the actual c drive with documents and functioning windows. I just downloaded suse 10 and want to install it (already know Tiger and Xp, why not linux?). If i select automatic partition... is yast smart enough to shrink down the c partion with everything in it and not touch the recovery partition?

 

[ohcrap]

I have an old hp desktop with two partitions... one for recovery and the actual c drive with documents and functioning windows. I just downloaded suse 10 and want to install it (already know Tiger and Xp, why not linux?). If i select automatic partition... is yast smart enough to shrink down the c partion with everything in it and not touch the recovery partition?

Don't think so. I'm no linux expert, but I think you'd be better off using a third party app to adjust your partitions and make room for SuSE.

 

[superbovine]

nope, your'll have to recreate them

 

[Nermal]

What's the recovery partition for? Is it different from the CDs that come with the computer?

 

[superbovine]

What's the recovery partition for? Is it different from the CDs that come with the computer?

some PC makers put a recovery image on the hd itself.

 

[Nermal]

Yeah, I figured out that much

 

[Skareb]

I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure this is the wrong forum

 

[furryrabidbunny]

My only fear is that it will really mess it up... get rid of the recovery partition and merge the c and d all into one. I am thinking about copying the recovery onto my backup hard drive, and creating an iso of it and burning a dvd on my mac just to be safe.