(05/01/2011 07:35 PM)lembas Wrote:  

(05/01/2011 11:06 AM)trademark91 Wrote:  put windows on the primary partition and make sure its flagged as the boot partition. you're going to lose grub when you install windows, but that's easy to get back. just make sure you have an ubuntu live cd with the version of grub you're running BEFORE YOU INSTALL WINDOWS. its easier that way

Yeah alright.
I'm not willing to move around my partitions anymore, so I'll just deal with booting it from flash.
And I've got a systemrescuecd flash drive, with a script that restores grub to /dev/sda for me. :p

get a gparted live cd, and move them overnight. set it to move when you go to bed and wake up in the morning. you're going to be kinda slow booting from flash. it shouldnt take that long to move the partitions, a few hours at most, and im sure you can sleep through that.

(05/01/2011 07:35 PM)lembas Wrote:  

(05/01/2011 11:06 AM)trademark91 Wrote:  and why slax?

Why not? It's the only other distro I've managed to install without a CD drive, and I kinda liked it too.

well you're trying to get a distro that is more of a "hardcore"(for lack of a better term) linux, right?  try arch/gentoo/slackware any of those shouldnt be too hard to install off a usb. slax just always felt weird to me. its more of a portable OS, and i can't see using it as a primary operating system.