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coldDeath · Oct 27th, 2005, 3:01 AM

No problem, tell me in this thread if you get stuck, don't PM me because then if someone else gets stuck they can just check this thread.

Nebula · Oct 27th, 2005, 8:52 AM

Yea i'm stuck, I only have 2 partitions but i want to keep Windows. In the tutorial it dosnt tell me how to make 3 partitions. :/ Not that i saw anyways. Plz clearafy. If so plz be specific as to which part. Thnx!

iignotus · Oct 27th, 2005, 9:10 AM

Considering that you're in cfdisk, delete the second partition (the one without Windows). While still highlighting the newly-deleted partition, make a new partition that is the size of the space less 500mb or so (that is to say, if it's an 8gb partition, make this one a 7.5gb partition). Then make it of linux type (83 iirc) and you're done with that one. Now, select the space that is still free on the drive and make a new partition with that one. Use the entirety of the leftover space and make it of swap type (82 iirc).

Now you will have a large Windows partition, a somewhat large Linux partition, and a small swap partition. Also note that you haven't touched your Windows partition.

After you install linux, use its bootloader (LILO for Slackware) to install onto the MBR and it will present a Linux/Windows menu for you at startup.

Infinite Recursion · Oct 27th, 2005, 9:59 AM

good work

peace_of_mind · Oct 27th, 2005, 10:28 AM

One more thing, and I may have overlooked this detail if it has been given. Is the larger partition first on the hard drive, or is the smaller? Windows needs to be at the beginning of the hard disk, if I'm not mistaken.

To re-emphasize what's already been said; resizing a partition is just that, changing it's size. If you were to make the larger partition smaller by 5 gigs that 5 gigs would show as "free space" just as when you delete a partition that storage shows as free space. No partition will ever change size unless you specificly alter it's size. Just do as CD said and delete that small partition. Then when you follow his excellent tutorial the Slack setup will walk you through setting up the partitions that it requires. You'll be fine.

EDIT: I really should have checked for a second page to this thread... but the info still holds true, even if it is redundant

Nebula · Oct 27th, 2005, 9:09 PM

Just wanna say that coldDeath helped ,via aim, about installing Slack and he really knows what hes doing. Thnx!

coldDeath · Oct 28th, 2005, 2:44 AM

well its installed, but we've still got to get Xorg up and running, get him a non root account and get some sound.

I think that the one thing that puts people off slack, is that it by default goes into runlevel 3. (Terminal).

iignotus · Oct 28th, 2005, 8:46 AM

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get Xorg up and running, get him a non root account and get some sound.

startx, adduser, alsamixer && alsactl store

coldDeath · Oct 28th, 2005, 9:25 AM

xorgconfig before that

coldDeath · Oct 28th, 2005, 9:44 AM

Theres an 'unofficial' 64bit Slackware distro: http://slamd64.com/

Oct 27th, 2005, 3:01 AM	#31
coldDeath Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 862 Rep Power: 4	No problem, tell me in this thread if you get stuck, don't PM me because then if someone else gets stuck they can just check this thread. __________________ Programming Tutorials - Linux Installation Guide - Learn Python - Learn C++ Got Slack? Join us at #programmingforums @ irc.freenode.net! My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

Oct 27th, 2005, 8:52 AM	#32
Nebula Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 198 Rep Power: 3	Yea i'm stuck, I only have 2 partitions but i want to keep Windows. In the tutorial it dosnt tell me how to make 3 partitions. :/ Not that i saw anyways. Plz clearafy. If so plz be specific as to which part. Thnx! __________________ When will Jesus bring the porkchops?

Oct 27th, 2005, 9:10 AM	#33
iignotus Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nowhere Special Posts: 466 Rep Power: 4	Considering that you're in cfdisk, delete the second partition (the one without Windows). While still highlighting the newly-deleted partition, make a new partition that is the size of the space less 500mb or so (that is to say, if it's an 8gb partition, make this one a 7.5gb partition). Then make it of linux type (83 iirc) and you're done with that one. Now, select the space that is still free on the drive and make a new partition with that one. Use the entirety of the leftover space and make it of swap type (82 iirc). Now you will have a large Windows partition, a somewhat large Linux partition, and a small swap partition. Also note that you haven't touched your Windows partition. After you install linux, use its bootloader (LILO for Slackware) to install onto the MBR and it will present a Linux/Windows menu for you at startup. __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) % rc4 hexkey < input > output #define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file / unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)charv;{++v;while(++i)s[ i]=i;for(c=0;(v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i] +k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;}

Oct 27th, 2005, 9:59 AM	#34
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Oct 27th, 2005, 10:28 AM	#35
peace_of_mind Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hell if I know most of the time Posts: 439 Rep Power: 5	One more thing, and I may have overlooked this detail if it has been given. Is the larger partition first on the hard drive, or is the smaller? Windows needs to be at the beginning of the hard disk, if I'm not mistaken. To re-emphasize what's already been said; resizing a partition is just that, changing it's size. If you were to make the larger partition smaller by 5 gigs that 5 gigs would show as "free space" just as when you delete a partition that storage shows as free space. No partition will ever change size unless you specificly alter it's size. Just do as CD said and delete that small partition. Then when you follow his excellent tutorial the Slack setup will walk you through setting up the partitions that it requires. You'll be fine. EDIT: I really should have checked for a second page to this thread... but the info still holds true, even if it is redundant __________________ Amateurs built the ark Professionals built the Titanic

Oct 27th, 2005, 9:09 PM	#36
Nebula Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 198 Rep Power: 3	Just wanna say that coldDeath helped ,via aim, about installing Slack and he really knows what hes doing. Thnx! __________________ When will Jesus bring the porkchops? Last edited by Nebula; Oct 27th, 2005 at 9:20 PM.

Oct 28th, 2005, 2:44 AM	#37
coldDeath Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 862 Rep Power: 4	well its installed, but we've still got to get Xorg up and running, get him a non root account and get some sound. I think that the one thing that puts people off slack, is that it by default goes into runlevel 3. (Terminal). __________________ Programming Tutorials - Linux Installation Guide - Learn Python - Learn C++ Got Slack? Join us at #programmingforums @ irc.freenode.net! My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

Oct 28th, 2005, 9:25 AM	#39
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Oct 28th, 2005, 9:44 AM	#40
coldDeath Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 862 Rep Power: 4	Theres an 'unofficial' 64bit Slackware distro: http://slamd64.com/ __________________ Programming Tutorials - Linux Installation Guide - Learn Python - Learn C++ Got Slack? Join us at #programmingforums @ irc.freenode.net! My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

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