Rapp, Chad M wrote: >I have to quick questions, I have limited experience on UNIX machines and I am >looking to setup a dual-boot system on my home PC with Debian Linux/Windows XP. > >1- Do you know of any freeware/shareware utilities that I can partition my >disk with. fdisk and fips are both shutout by XP. > > This is almost certainly because your XP partition is NTFS, the details of which Microsoft keeps secret. There's been a lot of work on reverse-engineering NTFS, with quite a bit of success, but not enough to make it safe for a non-Microsoft-approved partitioning tool. parted _might_ do the job nowadays, but last time I checked, it didn't. I think you'll either have to go with a commercial tool, like Partition Magic, or backup XP, and manually resize the partition and restore/reinstall XP. An easier way would be to use another hard drive for the Linux side.
>2- I am looking to do a network install but the only access I currently have >to the internet is a WLAN. Is there a way to download/install a package that >will allow me to configure my WLAN on Debian and if so what package/utilities >will I need. > > If you have a well-supported WLAN card, you should have no worries, the netinstall CD should have what you need. If you have a not-supported WLAN card (or poorly supported card), good luck, Buddy; you'll need it. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
