Operating Systems > Linux and UNIX
Ok soon I shall take that Linuxy plunge, however...
lazygamer:
quote:
Been there, done that so here's the way I recommend.
First, how about some more info...
1) do you have Win98 installed now?
2) if so, does it work reasonably well?
3) if "yes" why do you want to format and reload?
4) do you have more than one partition right now?
--- End quote ---
1)Yes, and XP(late beta, no MS phone home to install BS).
2)Yes and no. It sucks somewhat, although it doesn't crash every 5, 10, or even 20 minutes. However it seems quite bloated and in-efficient.
3)Well, this helps SAFELY clean out the closets of stuff you can't safely clean or you didn't know needed to be cleaned. This time im gonna try and take better care of it. BTW, XP is being gay.
4)I have two harddrives, 8 gig and 40 gig. 8 gig is C and E. 40 gig is D. XP is on D, Wind0ze 98 is on C.
quote:
IMPORTANT: does your current hard drive use a "special" drive/partition manager (ie MaxBlast, EZ-install, etc.)? If so, do not pass go, do not collect $200 - post here and I'll try to help.
--- End quote ---
No, mine has no partition manager.
quote:
If Win98 is ok to leave, clear out the junk such as temp files, old stuff you don't use, etc. Don't forget to delete all files from "C:\windows\temp" directory!!
Empty the RECYCLE bin.
Defrag all hard drive partitions (assuming you have more than one partition).
Next, set the swap file to a fixed size on the C: drive (such as Min & Max of 64MB). Reboot.
In the Control Panel > System > Device Mangler, write down your hardware such as video card, hd, cd, and modem (with COM port setting).
--- End quote ---
Yah but I like clean slates. ;)
quote:
Borrow a copy of Partition Magic. Using PM, reduce the size of your C: drive to have 700MB free space (just enough to hold one CD of data - you never know when it comes in handy). If you have other partitions, reduce their size to +100MB each and MOVE the partitions to butt-up to the new C: drive. On the last partition (or the C: drive +700MB if you only have one drive), keep the remaining free space. Do NOT assign to a new drive or as DOS space. This will become your new Linux space.
Execute all of the Partition Magic changes. After the reboot, PM should show a large unassigned section of hd space.
Next, get a soda or cup of coffee and return to the PC.
--- End quote ---
Awww man, do I have to get PM? Can't I just use built in commands?
quote:Enjoy your soda or cup of coffee
--- End quote ---
Coffee/soda r0x0rs!
voidmain:
If you are going with a clean slate then just install your other OSs without using all of the disk (leave enough free/unpartitioned space on the hard drives for Linux).
lazygamer:
quote:Wouldn't GRUB be more helpful with a dual boot system? Unless you have winblows configed in some way I never figured out windows will always boot automatically... it's just pushy like that... I never mix the the Linux OS and the winblows trash heap myself.. but my friend did and used LILO and has to use a boot disk for Linux to boot and not Winblows...
or does mandrake not come with GRUB? I use Redhat 7.2 right now.... Nice in my oppinion.. got all of the fun toys like WINE and SAMBA figured out...
--- End quote ---
Yes, well im wondering that too. Can a non-wind0ze boot manager shitkick wind0ze and tell it who's boss? :D
I think my dual boot option was put on by XP. Although I definitly do not want to have to use a bootdisk just to get into Linux.
Calum:
well, i find that for a straight dual boot setup, lilo or grub are both more than adequate. I have mostly used lilo with no problems, and am not trying out grub to see the difference.
since everybody else has said almost everything that could possibly be said about dual booting here, can i just show you a picture of my hard drive setup? the first two partitions (windows and linux native) should be about 2.5 gigs on an 8 Gb drive, i'd say, and all the other partitions should be fit into whatever you have left. The swap should be roughly between one and two times the size of your RAM. the more RAM you have, the less likely you will be to need a lot of swap, so you won't likely need more than 500Mb of swap at the most, in my opinion, depending on what programs you plan to run...
lazygamer:
Oh I love those 0ldsk00l 16 color graphics. :)
So Lilo, Graphical Lilo, and Grub. Pros and cons? Woulden't Lilo be best cuz it's graphical?
What about KDE and Gnome, pros and cons? I suppose I can easily try them both.
Now what packages do I want? For one thing, I'll never be running a server. Is there additional descriptions for the packages? Oh and what is individual package selection? Is that taking the pieces you want out of each package?
Now some misc questions
1:Can I tell Linux to forcefully attempt to utilize a resolution at a refresh rate of my choosing. Windows is so fucking gay, I have to have powerstrip just to get a nice refresh rate.
2:Will I ever have to worry about Linux becoming an in-efficient piece of shit needing a re-install?
3 :D o I need to do a clean install if I want something off the CD that I didn't choose during the installation?
4:Should I give Mandrake corp(or whoever makes mandrake) my personal data? Even though their l33t cuz their Linux, do they really have a right to my mailing address(which no one has ever been shown) or my sekrat spam-free e-mail addy? Part of the reason we get spam is that a whole shitload of companies lie about their "privacy policy".
5 :o k everything set up(well in a few days anyways), what do I do now, in this strange new land? Hop on the net and contact you guys from a Linux run browser? Learn the inner workings of my l33t Li/\/u>< distr0 so I can optimize the shit out of it? Get Half-life working under it? Set up my ICQ under it?
Hehe, Drak X will tell you if you have an easy password, LOL! Wind0ze never did that. ;)
If I didn't insert a password for a non-root account, would that simply mean that non-root account had no password? I can see no need to password out non-root accounts, cuz this is a family computer. Heck, im not so sure if I even need a root password. Does that root password simply serve to make me invunerable to hack.. err crackers?(wind0ze will always be super vunerable though) Cuz any damage done locally is pointless, if someone wanted to f0ck me up, they can easily log into wind0ze(locally). Of course, someone fucking up my comp intentionally while im in the other room, just don't see that happening. :)
This actually sounds kinda easy.
[ August 06, 2002: Message edited by: lazygamer ]
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version