Installation problem on notebook Dell Inspiron E1505/6400, Can not create partition and not able to boor through bootable DVD

[mylar]

On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 10:05, Aubrey Barnard wrote:
> > On 6/17/06, mylar <micros50 at computer.net> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 03:55, Sadashiv Kulthe wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I want to install Linux on my laptop and I am facing following
> > problem
> > > > while installing.
> > > >
> > > > Aftet refering to other side and by experince of others experince I
> > > > have downloaded Linux to install.
> > > >
> > > > I have Dell Inspiron E1505/6400 laptop.
> > > >
> > > > Problems are -
> > > > 1. How can I new partition / Resize partition/ or create free
> > spance.
> > > > It have single C: Partition by Dell. 70 GB HD space is available to
> > > > use. It uses one hidden partition so I can create new partition
> > using
> > > > Partition magic. I downloaded Evaluation verstion of Partition magic
> > > > which allow me to create partition but not resize parition.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I am about to fact this same situation. I am going to be installing
> > > Fedora on a Dell Inspiron notebook as well and I want to repartition
> > the
> > > drive and make it a dual boot. Anyone know if there are any free open
> > > source alternatives to "partition magic" ?
> > >
> > > mylar
> > >
> > 
> > I used the knoppix cd which includes the program qtparted. I booted
> > off the knoppix cd ran the qtparted program, resized the windows
> > partition. qtparted is a nice front end program.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Ted Potter
> > tpotter at techmarin.com
> 
> You could try something like a Linux live CD with GParted. AFAIK, it is a
> bootable CD with a Linux distro on it geared towards editing partitions.
> Go here for more information: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03517#0
> 
> Cheers,
>      Aubrey
> 

Okay, I wound up using the "qparted" program from the Knoppix distro. I
just started the system up on Knoppix, run qparted, created and
adjusted/resized the partitions, installed Fedora Core 5 and it was
done. No damage to the Windows XP installation. Now the laptop runs both
Win XP and Fedora 5. 

mylar