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With VMWare (WinXP version), is it possible to install Slackware on an already existing Linux partition, and boot it later (not booting it on vmware, but natively) ? How would I do it?
I've tried using Loadlin on Dos (also running on windows =P ), but it complains about memory, and also the fact that I'm running Dos through Windows.
I can't install Linux normall, because it seems isolinux is incompatible with my BIOS. Maybe it's the CD-ROM drive (it's a DVD/CD recorder). It throws an "Extremely broken BIOS" error. There's a thread about it: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=293990 Please help =)
If you want to check anything else about my laptop, it's a Toshiba Satellite M45-S331
Distribution: Kubuntu, Ubuntu server, SuSE 11, Knoppix, Puppy, Myth. Oh alright then, all of them
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My guess is Partition Magic could be the problem. If Windows was running fine before I would tend to rule out the bios itself. (Edit - ref your other thread)
There was a thread I read earlier today with a similar problem to this and other means of partitioning might be better, although for many it works and few other utils will resize ntfs properly
If you able to re-install everything from scratch so that completely fresh partitions are created (Use XP or Linux) then I suspect you'll be able to install XP and Linux natively.
No, XP is already installed (I'm using it right now). But, how could PartitionMagic screw up my bios (windows seems normal so far), and what could I do to fix it?
When I set everything up on PM, it restarted windows, and that blue screen (looked like scandisk) appeared and started to partition the drive (it looked as if PM just triggered a windows option, but I may be wrong).
PS: What other program could I use to resize my partitions?
Distribution: Kubuntu, Ubuntu server, SuSE 11, Knoppix, Puppy, Myth. Oh alright then, all of them
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Found it! still not much wiser though
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As for partitioning, there was a problem earlier with some distributions not being able to detect partitions created with Partition Magic. When I have to partition a system, I use Knoppix or PCLinuxOS and run the program QTPartEd. It is simple, intuitive - great
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