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Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:16
PM
Subject: [newbie] Install Guide
While attempting to install Mandrake 7.0 (in
Recommended mode) and at the Setup filesystems section, the
instructions tell me that normally I won't have anything to do. I only
had a Windows partition. I did have to do something. Auto Allocate
seemed the most logical option to select. The other option that I wanted
was to gracefully back out of the whole install program and come back another
day when I felt more comfortable about not having anything to do in
Recommended mode. Nothing short of powering off the computer, would
allow me to back out of the install program. That worked, so I returned
to the installation and chose Auto-Allocate. I think I was questioned
about the swap space and then there were other questions and suddenly there
was more to do than simply click on Auto-Allocate and I wished I wasn't there
anymore. How to get out of this nightmare????
ctl-alt-delete...escape....q....ctl C....finally, turned it off and I was
out!!!! Turned it back on and learned that I had erased the entire disk
surface. About three hours to reinstall Windows 98. Now, I am so
install "shy", that I can't bear to make a choice of doing something when I
get to Setup filesystems, when I am told that normally I won't have anything
to do. Please supplement the useless instructions about not having
anything to do, and advise the next thing to do when in Recommended mode and
am installing not upgrading. Also, is there a graceful exit from the
install program???? Thanks
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