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Help me! I'm spoiled by Win98 but i want Linux!
Faust:
As was said above:
BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!
let me repeat that:
BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!
partitioning is a tricky business, even experienced partitioners always back up the essentials!
DOS program for defrag : at the dos prompt type defrag C:
(defrag -a C: will analyze the drive)
note that after defrag the portions of the drive that will be changed (front and rear I believe...) must show as white or as free space.
for defragmenting on Windows I use norton speed disk which does a much more thorough job...
but norton costs money...
the easiest solution for me is a back up, partition and format all, reinstall windows, install linux. But if you want info on partitioning without reinstalling windows someone else here should have info on FIPS, the First Interactive Partition Splitter. Again my personal thoughts are that its less worrying to format the entire drive and just partition it as blank. (edit : provided you have backups of course...)
Note : make sure you make a linux boot disk at the prompt! (requires a floppy... remember them? :D )
and in case you missed it the first few times:
BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!
[ April 06, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]
Lennon:
LoL ok ok ok Faust! Thanks for reminding me once again. I'll BACKUP for sure!!! Just hope i got enough CDs...
And i downloaded some Diskeeper defrag program, after i tried that in DOS and it didnt work. I have never defragmented my HD since i got the computer (2 years) so 10% takes around 1 hour... Is this normal? And i cant backup and format, cos i have some installed software which i need and cannot re-install.
As for the floppy, i think i got some ... in the basement :D
Fett101:
You could try booting in safe mode and defragging.
Lennon:
Hey everyone, I got the Linux up and running!! :D
I feel delighted just like that time when I lost virginity... I mean I really did loose it!
The partitioning was done perfectly, no data lost as i can see so far. I got the partitioning schedule as i wanted it, but i wasnt clear on what JFS was. Now i understand, and it all works really speedy. The only "problem" i had is in Mandrake Control Center, once it took around 20 seconds to load. But i browsed around the OS for about 1 hour and i am really amazed. KDE looks awesome, and i dont know why anybody would complain about GUIs! Everything is SO fast, i can feel it! I managed to get a better refresh rate on my monitor, that XMMS mp3 player is so fast, Konqueror is AMAZING, etc.
One problem: I can't seem to get my ISDN going but thats ok cos i'm probably doing something obviously stupid as i'm real tired now. Now i used something like "DrakConnect", and i see it detects my card but it won't connect.
This works in Window$ 98:
DMI-128l+ ISDN Card
D-Link International
E-DSS1 (Euro-ISDN) Protocol
PCM Law: A Law
So my question:
-Can anyone offer any suggestions about what drivers/programs to get to easily configure/connect my ISDN card?
-Should i get a new ISDN card? This one sux anyway.
Perhaps someone else had a similar problem...
Lennon:
Fuck. New card it is...
http://www.dlink.co.in/dlink/Products/isdn/dmi128i+.htm
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