On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 16:18 -0500, John Culleton wrote: > I just bought an HP Pavilion dv9925nr wiht Vista for my wife. Knoppix > runs on it but I haven't sorted out the wireless LAN connection yet > for Knoppix. > > I want to install Linux permanently on this box, which requres > repartitioning. Currently there are two partitions, one for Vista and > one for backup of Vista. I need suggestions for partitioning software > that will allow me to reduce the size of the Vista partition to make > room for a Debian partition. Suggestions on preparing the Vista > partion prior to reduction in size are also welcome. Other than one > or two emails and Firefox I have added no files to the system. > -- > John Culleton > Resources for every author and publisher: > http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf > http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf > http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm > http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm > > As mentioned in another post, a gparted live CD is the way to go. I would add this suggestion, as I have a similar model HP laptop - install Ubuntu/Kubuntu (gnome/kde environment, your choice). My system wireless and video both required proprietary drivers (broadcom and nvidia 3D acceleration), which Ubuntu makes very easy to set up and use. Unless you're comfortable with the more "hands on" approach that Debian requires. :) -- Bob McGowan
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