Install Demo - With Pics and Video

[caf4926]

I created a Pic by Pic progression of a open SUSE 11.1 install, with a video of the Partitioner.

Links to an external site with .zip downloads available. (opera.com)

openSUSE 11.1 Install - Step by Step Photo Progression + Video - By carl4926

Use in conjunction with:
Partitioning/Install Guide - openSUSE Forums

[NismoTie]

Hmm, I'm still weighing this up, after the defrag I'll have roughly 111g for installation but I do like my space especially considering my vista partition is where I have all my iTunes for my all important iPhone. I'm thinking of shrinking to 50gb so at the YAST partitioning section should I make the following logicals?: 10 gb for root, 2 gb for swap and the rest for home.

I just find this thing a bit of a head bash, on Ubuntu I just ran them off the same hd (crazy, right?) this all just seems a tad over complicated. I was actually contemplating getting fedora 11 with kde where in the live install I had no such problems. Still my friend is adamant that openSUSE is the best thing going.

Be back in a minute, taking a wonder onto vista.

[caf4926]

I'm thinking of shrinking to 50gb so at the YAST partitioning section should I make the following logicals?: 10 gb for root, 2 gb for swap and the rest for home.

This should be fine.

Please make sure you have the ability to recover vista and have backed up stuff you don't want to loose. As hard as I try, I can't control what you end up doing. If in doubt. Wait. Ask more questions. But I'm hitting the sack now. Be back in 6hrs or less. Usually way less.

[StevoD]

Originally Posted by NismoTie

I just find this thing a bit of a head bash, on Ubuntu I just ran them off the same hd (crazy, right?) this all just seems a tad over complicated.

Yup. I am thinking so too. Especially for someone like me who is not familiar with setting up a dual boot machine before and very unfamiliar with terminology.

I wonder if it would be easier to set up a virtual machine with something like VMWare. I just don't want to dish out any more dough than I have too at the expense of something else.

This is going to take a while to get an understanding on what to do.

BTW I have an openSUSE 11.1 disc made by Novell.