Installing more than one Distro of linux

Mikey1280 · 3 Mar 2006 at 18:38

I installed Ubuntu yesterday and want to try Suse and Gentoo, do I need to partiton my drive in windows or Ubuntu or can the Suse/Gentoo installer do this for me?

Mikey1280 · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:52

Bump, surely someone must have done this before?!

Etaqua · 3 Mar 2006 at 23:12

It can do it for you. Just select manual partition when it asks you to format your drive.

Mikey1280 · 4 Mar 2006 at 09:13

So the drive already has 2 partitions, one with data and a swap partition, do I need to resize both of these? What new partitions do I need to make? Could someone draw me a diagram

Vonhelmet · 4 Mar 2006 at 09:53

Mikey1280 said:
So the drive already has 2 partitions, one with data and a swap partition, do I need to resize both of these? What new partitions do I need to make? Could someone draw me a diagram

Leave swap, as you can use that in both distros. Resize data.

Mikey1280 · 4 Mar 2006 at 10:29

Ok thanks vonhelmet, can this be done in Ubuntu, I opened the disk utility/manager but could see no option for resizing? All the free windows partition programs dont allow you to make changes either.

Etaqua · 4 Mar 2006 at 12:44

You can't do anything to a partition that is in use, which is why you should use a live CD or the installer for the new distro.

Mikey1280 · 4 Mar 2006 at 13:15

Ok thanks Etagua, how can I resize my partition during the Suse install? Or can I do it from the Knoppix Live CD, if so how?

Vonhelmet · 5 Mar 2006 at 14:57

Use the Knoppix CD. Run qtparted. It's pretty easy to figure out and use.