gagnonrchrd@netscape.net 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.

That is a failing with linux for newbies but newbies should not be partitioning
hard disks. I'll assume you have a good reason for doing this but if you do not,
don't do it. It is annoying to use them in practice. The good news about
learning to read linux is after you have read enough you find it not only starts
making sense but often you don't even have to read anything. It is worth the
effort.

> 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.

The solution is read the instructions very carefully. I have been at this for a
long and have done it so rarely I have to read carefully before doing it. If
they are new disks, you can't hurt anything just fooling around. After you get
it wrong a few times doing it right becomes obvious.

If you are saving a Windows installation, use whatever it is called in Windows
to make the partition smaller and let the linux installation find the unused
part of the disk. If you have used one of those programs that separates programs
and data you have to uninstall that first else the disk always looks full to
partitioning software.

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