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How can I use Linux with my Windows?

Postby xxsonyboy4lfexx » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:05 pm

I wanna try out Linux Mint but I don't know how to get it on my computer WITH Windows. I don't want anything 2 interfere with each other. Can you all help me out?
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Postby gries818 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:37 pm

Most Linux distros now days make it really easy to work with Windows. I don't really have much experience with Linux Mint though.

I have successfully installed Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Xandros without damaging Linux though.

Back everything up just to be sure though.
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Postby augie » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:54 pm

Burn the ISO, make a new partition of 10GB or so and leave it raw and install it there or, you can probably run it from CD as a Live CD, this way you're not installing anything on the HD but I couldn't tell if this is possible with this distro, you'll have to try it out. Let us know.
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Postby xxsonyboy4lfexx » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:05 pm

How do I make a new partition? Can make it more like 50GB?
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Postby augie » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:40 pm

xxsonyboy4lfexx wrote:How do I make a new partition? Can make it more like 50GB?


You can make it any size you want really, I just used 10GB as a safe minimum size, you could probably get by with five GB. Someone else will have to explain the gparted tool or you can read up on it.

If this is your first try with Linux, I would seriously try a LiveCD first just to see what it's all about and then decide if you want to go through the trouble of partitioning. Here's how my drives are partitioned just for an example. Note the area with the green line above it, this is what you install to so the OS installs its own directories which is a pain to set up when one doesn't know how.
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Postby gries818 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:33 am

Most Linux distros come with software that will automatically do it for you. Linux Mint appears to be based on Ubuntu, so if it's anything like Ubuntu it will have an easy resizing tool. They also give you the option to manually resize partitions as well.
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Postby ar1stotle » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:22 am

You could download VMWare or MS Virtual Machine if you wanted to. Then you wouldn't have to mess with partitioning your HDD and could just test it out in a 100% safe environment.
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Postby Nativedude » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:53 pm

Thats what I would do if I was just strictly planning on testing it and not keeping it
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Postby gries818 » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:46 am

Or you could just run a LiveCD
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Postby xxsonyboy4lfexx » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:41 am

What is LiveCD and how do I use it?
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