Re: Ok... DUmb Linux question...

From: ac (aecnews_at_candt.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:55:19 +0000

Plowboy wrote:
> OK... AC (&Houghi)
>
> How do I get it to get rid of (and ignore) anything that is on there... you
> see what my problem is going to be, I am going to attempt to learn this
> linux, but I am positive that just like my 1st OS adventure (Amiga-OS1.3
> btw), and my 1st 'Doze install I know I will screw it all up at some point,
> and want to format & Reinsintall (like I am trying to now)
>
> Only a small update (mistake from the 1st post) on the machine is that the
> master drive (1) is 4.x gigs, second (set as slave) is 3.4 gigs...
>
> here's what Im trying... but seems like a friggin wast of time, is fdisk
> with Doze98 boot disk, and then formatting the drives. Then going to
> boot/install SUSE 9.2 Pro by floppy. PS unlike other newbs, I am writing
> all the suggestions down learning everystep I can. :^)

The easiest way i found was to use a win 98 startup disk, use FDISK and
remove all partitions on the target HD (on both if you don't mind),
including the non-dos partitions. No need I think to re format or
anything, suse etc install will take to it like a duck to water. YOu
will not believe how fast the linux format is, in the install process. :-)
It probably will just install into the 4G HD, with not much if any to
spare, but it will be ok to be starting with. It is subsequently easy to
set up the other HD later and do more elegant things such as use it or a
swap file, but as as newb I would not want to try it too early. I did
and had a lot of fun screwing up :-)

If win 98 startup disk is not to hand (but from the 'doze background I
had them knee deep....) It is also easy to use a Cd from an iso downlaod
of something like ultimate boot CD or similar - many such will do
partition surgery etc.

Have fun. Linux only gets better. 

--
AlanC

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