On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:25:28 -0800, gagnonrchrd wrote:

> I am interested in partitioning a couple 80gb hdds and I need some
> guidance. This will be a first for me. I have Partion Magic but trying
> to use it brought up more questions that I could not answer. I tried
> qtparted that is with Linspire 5.0.347 live cd but I need some kind of
> step procedure explanation. There are no helps using the live cd. I
> was doing something wrong so qtparted did not work for me, not knowing
> the proper steps to accomplish partitioning. This will be on a Linux
> only box, No widows or gates.
> I have Linspire 5.0.347, Ubuntu 5.10, Kubuntu 5.10, Suse 10.0, and a
> couple others to try.
>
> I am a visual learner, that is screen
> shots with text type of explanation. Quite a few sites I found get
> very technical as I have noticed that most of Linux leans in the
> direction of tech types and not average 98 or xp users. Can someone
> refer me to a pdf type file? I was thinking of the Dummies series
> books and there is one for Linux but I am not crazy about the author's
> style of writing. I do not care to be a slave to forums so if I can
> find the type of information I need, I can solve this issue eventually
> by myself.

Books? LINUX FOR DUMMIES for the basics, then the best book and reference
source on Linux ever, IMHO, RUNNING LINUX, 4th Edition (O'Reilly, pub.).

As far as partitioning, install SUSE -- forget the others for now -- and
when the installer gets to the partitioning section choose the hard drive
you want to install it on and let the installer do an "Auto" partitioning.
Done!

Stef