--- Rai'da Al-Zu3bi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks so much. Will do this weekend. Just one > question: will this partition my drive or turn it into > a Linux machine? If it's the latter, any tips on how > to keep both Windows and Linux? Sorry this is turning > into an on-line course on Linux installation =)
This is all an investment in getting people to the RIGHT side of the fence :-) You have 2 options, you can install linux on your HardDrive and have it be the sole partition there (ie. it will occupy and take-up the entire drive) or you can have a dual-boot machine. Your best bet if you want to go the dual-boot route is to already have your windows installation there and then you simply load-in the Linux CD and follow the directions (you'll want to make sure you have a partition you can install linux on and you can repartition your drive using fdisk and/or "partition-magic", etc). Once Linux is installed, it will detect the other windows partition and add it to a "lilo" boot menu which will give you the option to choose what it is that you want to boot into once you turn the machine on. There are a number of very good sites out there on the web that are worth a quick read (google is your friend); here is one, http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO Salam. - Nadim __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
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