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From: roberto on 21 May 2010 14:40 hello, a friend gave me a laptop (sony vaio) where i want to install debian squeeze (in dual boot); actually the disk is partitioned as follows (output from mount command, #'s are my comments): # total 82.25 GB 82.25 free, extended partition, ntfs /dev/sda2 on /media/VAIO type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) # total 93.14 GB, 60.35 free, primary partition, ntfs /dev/sda5 on /media/VAIO_ type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) how would you repartitionate the disk, since i have to leave a certain amount of space for Xp for other users ? i thought about installing debian next to the VAIO_ partition and then use the other partition VAIO for read and write thank you in advance -- roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTilXFks-UvrMwcsX3JdsTWE5tt5BImjtJm5J-gMO(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Camaleón on 21 May 2010 14:50 On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:38:53 +0200, roberto wrote: > hello, > a friend gave me a laptop (sony vaio) where i want to install debian > squeeze (in dual boot); > actually the disk is partitioned as follows (output from mount command, > #'s are my comments): (...) Better than "mount" issue "fdisk -l" and put the output. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.21.18.47.21(a)gmail.com
From: roberto on 21 May 2010 16:30 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Camaleón <noelamac(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:38:53 +0200, roberto wrote: > >> hello, >> a friend gave me a laptop (sony vaio) where i want to install debian >> squeeze (in dual boot); >> actually the disk is partitioned as follows (output from mount command, >> #'s are my comments): > > (...) > > Better than "mount" issue "fdisk -l" and put the output. > actually, fdisk -l does not output nothing i also tried to issue fdisk /dev/sda and it prints "unable to open /dev/sda" i am using an ubuntu live cd -- roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinQHbKp2w7CJ3r-RA1mP1GSVEy4HbOYvfYwPYRL(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Andrei Popescu on 21 May 2010 16:50 On Fri,21.May.10, 22:26:12, roberto wrote: > actually, fdisk -l does not output nothing > > i also tried to issue > fdisk /dev/sda > and it prints > "unable to open /dev/sda" > > i am using an ubuntu live cd Try sudo fdisk -l Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
From: Ron Johnson on 21 May 2010 21:30
On 05/21/2010 01:38 PM, roberto wrote: > hello, > a friend gave me a laptop (sony vaio) where i want to install debian > squeeze (in dual boot); > actually the disk is partitioned as follows (output from mount > command, #'s are my comments): > > # total 82.25 GB 82.25 free, extended partition, ntfs > /dev/sda2 on /media/VAIO type fuseblk > (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) > > # total 93.14 GB, 60.35 free, primary partition, ntfs > /dev/sda5 on /media/VAIO_ type fuseblk > (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) > > > how would you repartitionate the disk, since i have to leave a certain > amount of space for Xp for other users ? > i thought about installing debian next to the VAIO_ partition and then > use the other partition VAIO for read and write > Which is the "real" XP partition, sda2 or sda5? If nothing's on sda5, then that should be more than enough for a laptop install. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BF73318.1070505(a)cox.net |