Hi All, Newbie alert!
Let me first introduce myself. My name is Ian Nicoll. Any of you out there who know me 'hi'. To those who don't know me..'hi'. I've been interested in computers for many years now, and been interested in Linux for about 3 or 4 years, but just haven't managed to get it going yet. I am now having some problems with my computer, and am thinking 'stuff it, lets re-format the whole damned thing, start from scratch and install Linux'. Probably I'll chicken out and go Linux with a multi-boot into Windoze. I guess I have a couple of preliminary questions: Firstly, I'm running a system with a NVIDIA GeForce2 as the graphics card. I noted on the NVIDIA website that they had drivers for Linux, which is good, HOWEVER, I also noted that when I downloaded my new updated drivers for Win95/98 that my problems started. Secondly, are there any decent DVD drivers out there that will allow me to watch my vast collection of DVD's (one disk) on my computer and on my TV through the NVIDIA card? Thirdly, I have a largish HDD, and rather than re-format the whole thing, if I could somehow 'create' a multiboot with Linux/Windoze over my existing system, it would be better. I've heard lots of different stuff, the upshot was that most say you can't, and one guy said you can, with Partition Magic. Any ideas? Fourth, if I CAN'T do #3 is it easy/possible to setup a new hard drive and boot between the two? I think that is enough questions for today. See ya all (or those that I see) on Friday week. Ian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
