PM will take care of the tech ical details relating to blocks, sectors, cylinders, etc. Ext2 is a linux file system type, and an excellent choice. One partition is probably not the best way to go. You should read a little about partitioning. There are pointers in the attached HOWTO file. Assuming your existing disk is fully formatted, PM will indeed need to "shave off" some amount of space in order to create partitions for a linux installation. There are other options, but they aren't ones that people adopt for more than a test run. On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Jared wrote: > Hello I have a copy of partition magic 7.0 When I go into a wiserd and slect > install linux as an option it gives me an x2 or some type of file system > like that. Do I want this as a seporate partition on the same fat32 drive > with windows 98 or should I just partition another drive chunk off tell it > it is going to boot win mellenium, then install linux since I've heard it > can use fat32? Also if I use what partition magic gives me how will the > partitioning part of installation go? How can I tell if I will be on the > write number of silinders? Thanks for any help with this. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
