I hope you can use something here... Hiren's Boot CD has several HDD utilities and you can create and run a boot floppy too. Use it to create/delete partitions.Google "Hiren's Boot CD" to download it. SmartBootManager will allow you to boot from floppy. Then install any OS from CD drive. It is included on Ubuntu installation CD's and instructions are at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SmartBootManager Use the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LowMemorySystems to install anything from a minimal command line version, to a full blown Ubuntu installation. Good luck, Robert On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 01:38 -0600, greg wm wrote: > Brian, Thanks for all of the work you did to create the very > successful install fest. > rah! > > and thanks to the folks who helped me try to install into my thinkpad. > > unfortunately ntfsresize wouldn't complete. i'll try again after the > defrag completes. > > meanwhile perhaps i might take an interest in suggestions i've heard > about somehow installing linux within the existing ntfs. i believe i > have heard mention of (a) creating a contiguous file that works like a > partition, and (b) linux files cohabitating in the windows filesystem. > pointers anyone? > > ty, > g > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list