Hi guys, would like to ask for your help for this one. I am a total noob when it comes to opensuse. I just read the reviews and comments from forums taht’s why I wanna try this alternative.
I have 1 physical drive that has two partitions. 1 is dedicated for my windows OS (20 GB) and the other for my data (approx. 100GB).
How can I install opensuse 11.3 to just 1 partition (20GB) and leave my data partition (approx. 100GB) as it is?
Can I still view/access/read the files from my data partition after I have successfully install opensuse 11.3 to my Os partition?
During the installation you will need to use the Custom Partitioning option to point the installer to the 2 new partitions, we actually it will do everything with ‘swap’ automatically. Also - take note that openSUSE normally installs with an extra partition called /home. But due to the small size of your install, it’s better without.
wow that was quick!! wheew. i’ll just delete the partitions and have just one to simplify things:) thanks for your advice. I’ll experiment on those after i have my first hands on with opensuse. just visited your “my guides” link and i can see there are a lot of awesome tutorials! i’m sure those will be a lot of help for noobs like me. thanks a lot dude!
Just to clarify.
I understand you have 2 partitions. You want to keep one. So you will only be deleting ONE partition, which will give you 20GB free space to create the 2 partitions you need for openSUSE.
It’s just confusing now you just said this:
i’ll just delete the partitions and have just one to simplify things
ooppps. i’m sorry to confuse you. what i mean is that i’ll just reformat my netbook and make it just 1 partition to simplify the installation of opensuse.
I just read the reviews and comments from forums taht’s why I wanna try this alternative.
