On Tuesday 05 March 2002 3:13 pm, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I purchased Mandrake 8.1 to see what Linux was like. I have a very limited > knowlage of window but I am quite adapt at pointing and clicking. I decide > to install it on my lap top but did not have sufficent resources. The next > move was the home computer. A 1 gig AMD KT7A/Riad (Riad disabled) with a > TNT Vid Card and a Maxtor 30gig HD, 384 megs of ram. It also has a > Surfboard phone up/cable dowm modem. WinME working it all.I settled in for > what the book said would be an easy install. > > I lost C:, I zapped out DOS, I got Linux in. I lost Linux, I lost windows. > I'm sure I saw a Penguin flip me off. I got windows back, to make a long > story short here's where I am now. > > WinME running, Linux just left on it's own, my 30 gig drive reads in > windows as 2 gig, when i look at in Linux install it shows blue/2 gigs for > windows, the rest is a white bar. All in all I wasn't too unhappy since I > don't store a thing on my drive but software, what's six hours to reinstall > it. Oh did I mention that some idiot forgot he did his taxs....zapped...the > wife really liked that one. > > I have come up with three conclusions to what may have happened > 1. I have failed to pray to the God of LINUX correctly or not left enough > fish at the penguins feet. > 2. Bill Gates is evil and personally hates me. > 3. I have no dang clue what I am doing any and all mistakes are my fault. > > I have opted for number three....but I have not ruled out the other two. I > would love to try LINUX, I would also like my hard drive back. I guess what > I need is a quick course in partitioning, spelled out idiot proof, and some > simpler instructions on how to install this as a dual boot system. > > Any help would be appreciated, fish can also be arranged. ;-) > > Mike
Thanks very much for that. Within a Windows context Partition Magic is a newbie proof solution to a dual boot system. However having never got Windows 98 to work properly I'm less and less inclined to bother with the genre. Recommending a Window based product on this mailing list may be slightly off scent but coming from Windows to Linux it gets over the first hurdle. Coming fron Linux to Windows...(why?) DiskDrake will do fine. Rob
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