tailieunhanh - Linux For Dummies 6th Edition phần 2

Trong phần "Chuẩn bị để sử dụng Linux và Microsoft Windows" ở đầu chương này, tôi thảo luận về lý do tại sao bạn có thể cần phải dành không gian đĩa cho Linux trên một máy tính chạy Windows. Các kỹ thuật bao gồm ở đây giả định rằng bạn đã tìm thấy không gian miễn phí mà bạn có thể cung cấp cho Linux, sau khi bạn thay đổi kích thước phân vùng của bạn. | 28 Part I Getting Your Feet Wet__ Working with Disk Partitions In the section Preparing to Use Linux and Microsoft Windows Together at the beginning of this chapter I discuss why you might need to set aside disk space for Linux on a computer already running Windows. The techniques I cover here assume that you have found free space that you can give to Linux after you resize your partitions. If you re installing on a fresh additional hard drive are wiping out a whole hard drive to give it over to Linux or have a chunk of Unallocated Free space bigger than 3GB already that you want to use and so don t need to resize anything skip ahead to the section Preparing to Use Windows and Linux Together later in this chapter. A cheap additional hard drive can be worth its weight in gold if you re afraid to change anything on your Windows drive. Choosing a partitioning tool Perhaps the easiest and safest way to adjust your existing partitions is through the use of a commercial program such as Partition Magic. Partition Magic enables you to view the partition information for your hard drive or drives. The utility also includes the ability to resize move and add partitions. However you don t have to go out and buy software just to resize your partitions. Instead you can download a free tool to do the job for you. Before going any further make a backup of anything you don t want to lose off your Windows installation Things can go wrong during the various steps of this process even when using Windows tools on Windows. If you create an open partition using Partition Magic after resizing your Windows partition make a note of which drive and partition it is first second and so on . You ll need it when you re telling the installer where to put Linux. Getting and resizing partitions with qtparted A free resizing program you can use is called qtparted. This utility is capable of working with both VFAT and NTFS partitions so it can