[ale] Linux Kubuntu install

[Paul Cartwright]

On Monday 12 February 2007 22:14, Brian Pitts wrote:
> I'm not sure what Kubuntu uses, but Ubuntu's installer uses the
> excellent program GParted. You can always get the latest version on a
> live cd at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
>
I don't know the name of the program it uses, but I do know that I got 
frustrated using it. The automatic function might be easy, but doing a custom 
install, where you already have a working system with multiple partitions 
requires lots of input, with very little explanation as to how to do it.For 
instance, on my laptop, I have a DELL laptop, and I just added Kubuntu Feisty 
to it. when doing the partitioning I had to de-select my NTFS partition, and 
2 or 3 other DELL partitions ( the restore? and some others I don't 
remember). To de-select you have to select a drop-down and clear it, and you 
have to do this twice for each partition you want to clear. The ones you want 
to use you have to select and tell it what you want it to be, root, /home.... 
then continue.

> Another useful tool on that live-cd is ntfsclone. Worried about damaging
> an ntfs partition? Use ntfsclone to create or restore a backup.
> Partimage can do the sme for other filesystems. http://www.partimage.org
> http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html .

all good references, I appreciate them!! I like that partimage web page, 
reminds me of Norton ghost , but free:)

-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800