Re: Somebody please PLEASE tell me how to install Linux on Windows (oh the pain, the PAIN of Linux installs!)

On Nov 29, 1:42 pm, Richard Rasker <spamt...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don't you mean "CD"? Then you seem to have obtained the Live CD version.

Right, CD was meant.


nice demo indeed, but nothing like the real deal. Then again: it's a good
test to see if the graphics card, networking and HD access all work
properly. If so, you an safely install the actual OS.

OK. But I got Vista (pirate version) to work finally--I was not
validating correctly (first activate, THEN validate).


Step 2: Make sure you have free HD space to install Mandriva on; if all HD
space is dedicated to Vista, you may have to reinstall Vista on a smaller
partition to create space. This is because you can't alter Vista's NTFS
partition size any more to make room for Linux, and you'll have to manually
re-enable Vista booting; both these issues have to do with changes in NTFS,
and the Windows Vista boot loader, respectively (resizing and painless
dual-boot setup works just fine with XP and older Windows versions, but for
reasons unknown, Microsoft chose to make the changes mentioned)

Nice urban legend Richard. But in fact Vista has a tool built in to
allow resizing, and in FAT32 if you want, or unformatted. Just tried
it. Didn't see any Linux formats, but a third party tool can do that.

Thanks for your offers for help, but I'm in the major leagues now
(Vista Ultimate, like the name says), and I don't feel like going back
to AA.

But I might need your help later next year for an old piece of junk
Pentium II that I want to turn into a web surfer.

Goodbye. My last post in this thread.

RL
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