If you run into too much trouble, it may be best to wait until the UUG hosts its next Install Fest. I wrote a lengthy message to the main UUG list last month about organizing these efforts in the first few weeks of Fall, but it seems to have been ignored...
Mike On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:15:13PM -0500, Nathan Given wrote: > Yeah, I tried booting from the linux mandrake cd's. > > It said "Hit Enter to Install Linux Mandrake" or "Hit F1 for more options." > I tried hitting F1 and I read through everything there... it generally talks > about non-graphical installs and other special circumstances. I couldn't > find anything for installing on my windows partition. > > I tried hitting "ENTER" also. It started the install process, asking me the > language. I got to about the 3rd step when it tries to decide partitions. > I clicked on the "Advanced" tab and didn't see anything helpful, so I > emailed the uug group. > > I'll look over it again... and let you know if I find anything. > > Thanks! > -- > Nathan > > PS Do you think it would be in the regular install process or should I hit > "F1" to begin with? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lars Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Newbie Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:21 PM > Subject: Re: [newbies] Linux on windows > > > > Mandrake's pretty easy. Are you rebooting the computer from the install > > CD's, or opening them from Windows? Try booting from the CD's, it > > should be pretty self-explanatory from there. Let us know if there's > > anything you don't understand. (Make sure it actually does reboot from > > the CD, without going into Windows.) > > > > Nathan Given wrote: > > > > > Hiya everyone, > > > > > > I've spent some time today trying to install linux right onto my windows > > > hard drive... I stuck in the Mandrake 9.0 cds and some Redhat cds but I > > > didn't see any documentation on how to do it. > > > > > > So, how do I install linux (either Mandrake or Redhat) onto my windows > hard > > > drive? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > -- > > > Nathan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > newbies mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies -- ------------------------------------------- | --------------------- Michael Halcrow | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer, IBM Linux Technology Center | | "Some men rob you with a gun; others with a | fountain pen." | - Woodie Guthrie | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------- GnuPG Keyprint: 05B5 08A8 713A 64C1 D35D 2371 2D3C FDDA 3EB6 601D
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