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mattg2k4 · 03-30-2005, 02:38 AM

You have a few options here.

The easiest option is to use a Live CD, which is simply a version of linux that boots only from CD and installs nothing from the hard drive. Knoppix is a very popular Live CD distro, I've used it and am quite pleased with it. There are also dozens of distros based off of knoppix which may be to your liking. Knoppix can read and write to FAT32 partitions, so you can use the files on your windows hard drive.

If you want to install to the hard drive, first you will need to resize the windows partition smaller (or delete it and start anew). QTParted, a tool include with Knoppix, will resize partitions, but you might also try Partition Magic if you have a copy. You will need a small distribution to fit in that little free space, and you also need a linux swap partition. I'm not really familiar with what's best for that, but I seem to remember reading about damn small linux, which is, asyou might have guessed, small.

03-30-2005, 02:38 AM	#2
mattg2k4 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: University of California, Santa Barbara Posts: 800	You have a few options here. The easiest option is to use a Live CD, which is simply a version of linux that boots only from CD and installs nothing from the hard drive. Knoppix is a very popular Live CD distro, I've used it and am quite pleased with it. There are also dozens of distros based off of knoppix which may be to your liking. Knoppix can read and write to FAT32 partitions, so you can use the files on your windows hard drive. If you want to install to the hard drive, first you will need to resize the windows partition smaller (or delete it and start anew). QTParted, a tool include with Knoppix, will resize partitions, but you might also try Partition Magic if you have a copy. You will need a small distribution to fit in that little free space, and you also need a linux swap partition. I'm not really familiar with what's best for that, but I seem to remember reading about damn small linux, which is, asyou might have guessed, small. Last edited by mattg2k4; 03-30-2005 at 02:40 AM.