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Re: goodbye-microsoft.com Install?



On Monday 03 Jun 2013 6:50:03 PM Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > The reviews I read said the same or similar, but an Aussie tech
> > magazine from 2007 said that after the standard installer starts,
> > Debian is installed as a single file on the Windows partition--no
> > partitioning needed.
> 
> That was not the case for me.  I was offered to resize the ntfs
> partition to make room for the Debian partition but there was no option
> to "install within a file inside the ntfs partition".
> 
> I remember hearing of such an install method, but AFAIK it was not the
> one offered by the goodbye-microsoft thingy.  And it stands to reason:
> you wouldn't really be able to say "goodbye" if the install went into the
> NTFS partition.
> 
> 
>         Stefan
I tried the install a couple of days ago on my laptop. I got an offer to resize 
my windows partition. Can't recall getting an option to install inside the 
NTFS partition.

Kailash


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