[gentoo-user] Re: Sony Viao Vista and Gentoo

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Albert Hopkins <marduk <at> gentoo.org> writes:




>      1. Boot with a live cd (or better yet RIPLinux on a USB stick).

RIP Linux looks very cool. No experience with this but, hey I'm going to
try and use this...

I'm not sure if Vista versus XP make any difference. In a recent post
on this list about grub  one reader  posted about the fact that with
Vista the boot.ini file is gone. I'm not sure that this effects your
proposed method?


>      2. Back up MBR, parition table, and partitions to DVD, network or
>         external drive.
>      3. Use ntfsresize to shrink the XP partition, make sure it still
>         boots.

Hmmm, I must have missed something. In step one you said to boot via
a liveCD or RIP linux. Now in step 3 you say to use ntfsresize. Is it
available on the liveCD (I never used it during an install)? 
A few more details on this step would be useful.

>      4. Use the space left over from ntfsresize to create
>         partition(s)/install Gentoo.

OK, at this point I'm still using the liveCD or does RIP linux
have tools for access into fdisk or such? (No experience with RIPLinux)

>      5. Install GRUB on the MBR.

> Worked for me.  YMMV.  I could have also removed the "utility" partition
> to get more space, since I do have a backup.  But I left it on there as
> I don't really need the space.

If I thought that vista would not use something in the hidden partition
that would effect the linux partitions (such as Vista thinking those
linux partitions are corrupt and need conditioning or reformatting) then
I might be inclined to leave the hidden Vista restoration partition. But
it could not be used (could it) as it would just restore the original
factory partitioning scheme......?


Not so sure about this...

James




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