when to resize partitions

[Derek Broughton]

Stephen Constantinou wrote:

> Q1) How can I tell which partition was the home partition?

Best to boot into the Mandriva system and check what partitions are mounted.
 
> Q2) Can I assume that if I chose the manual option I will be able to
> combine all the non windows partitions and then at a different stage
> allocate it to kubuntu and it will sort out the swop, bootable partition
> etc.  I am hoping I will not be asked which partitions are for which
> purpose as I will not know.

If you use the manual partitioning tool to _delete_ all the unneeded
partitions, you then back up in the installer and restart the "guided"
install - it will use all the available free space and partition it
appropriately
-- 
derek