On Saturday 23 March 2002 07:08 am, you wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > You should have downloaded the 'iso' images ... > > > > Once you have your discs burned insert CD#1 and configure your BIOS > > to > > boot > > > from CD. Everything is then automatic and you will be guided > > through the install. Before you start defrag your Windows drive > > and be sure to > > UNCHECK > > > the box where windows defragger offers to order programs to start > > faster. If you do not do this then you cannot be sure that Linux > > will be able to > > find > > > a large enough contiguous area of disc in which to create a linux > > partition. > > The Win2k defrag isn't terribly helpful - in spite of having 2gigs > free, I can only get at about 1gig. How much disk does it need for a > lightweight install? I'm planning to install it on my laptop for now > (when I asked my earlier question, it was with a view to building a > linux-only server on a desktop PC). Since I don't really know linux > very well, I figure putting it on the laptop will be better for > learning because I can play with it when I want. Not too bothered > about having X - more the unix command line stuff and general system > architecture that I want to learn. User accounts, file server > (samba?), that sort of thing. > > > At the very least you need CD #1, but CD#2 contains some very > > useful stuff CD#3 IMHO you can mostly do without. > > Got all three. :-)
You can get a demo version of DiskKeeper and I'm 99.9% sure it will let you defrag your disk at least once. I would run it a couple of times, and then you should be able to reclaim a lot more than half your available free space in a contiguous space. Good luck, keep us posted. -- Jonathan Dlouhy Saturday, March 23, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft - We put the "backwards" into backwards compatibility. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.1
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