Re: XP then Linux
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Henson" <shenson2@wvu.edu>
To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: XP then Linux
> On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 14:48, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > This might not be a cookie thing. (I presume that "max security"
> > means that cookies are disabled...) If you have a static, or
> > never-changing-dhcp IP address, they _might_ me matching name to
> > IP address.
> >
> > What happens when u go in thru a linux browser?
> >
> Ok ok. The thing with amazon knowing you by name has nothing to do
with
> your IP address. This is microsoft passport in action. When you
> registered for passport inorder to stop XP from driving you crazy you
> gave it permision to hand out your personal information to anyone and
> everyone microsoft deems appropriate.
I did not register for Passport and don't have one. I deleted all
MSN software from my computer, file by file.
Thanks for the hard drive insight
Bruce<+>
>
> And about your original question. Yes you can do that. Linux wont
care
> where it is on the drive. You can copy it over to the first 10gb
> partition. The only problem with that is your swap partition.
> Basically what will happen is the linux partition wont be exactly
10gb.
> What I would do is format the first 10 gig partition as ext2(or what
> ever you want) then just mount it as /target then do a cp of
everything
> in the root partition over to the new partition. After that you can
> easily boot into your new partition and run lilo(or grub) you would
have
> to change /etc/fstab along with several other config files. Im
probably
> forgeting somethings and this will most likely be realatively
> difficult. If I was doing it I would probably just reinstall debian.
> If your concerned about keeping the same packages you could do a dpkg
> --getselections > selections I think that is it. Then do a
> set_selections. I am not sure about how to use that, but the man
pages
> will explain it sufficiently. But yeah. If you descide to go with
the
> original plan you could always then mount the second partition under
> /opt or maybe cp your home onto it.
> Hope this helps some.
>
> --
> -Scott Henson
>
> shenson2@wvu.edu
>
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