On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 09:32:06PM -0000, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Answer: > > 1) Backup data > 2) F&W Windows XP. WARNING: when it asks if you want to convert > to NTFS [Non Transparent to Free Software?] tell it to go to hell
Forgot to reduce the Windows XP partition. It will let you make a smaller than full size partition during the XP install. > 3) Install Linux. When it doesn't partition the disk automatically, > reduce _manually_ the size of the Windoze [FAT!] partition, then > create the /boot partition manually, and then tell it to do the rest > automatically No need to reduce anything if you do a re-install like you said. > 4) Spend the next 30 hours installing Linux packages that the idiotic > Linux installation didn't think necessary [like C compiler] Sounds like Connectiva sucks. I use Debian with apt-get, and installing packages is literally effortless. Want a compiler? type "apt-get install gcc" and it is installed. Want to install gnumeric (spreadsheet), but you don't have all the gnome libraries installed? No problem, just type "apt-get install gnumeric" and all the libraries and gnumeric will be automatically installed. If you want to try Debian, I would suggest you use LibraNet which is just Debian with a friendlier install and front-end. It is Canadian Debian :-) at http://www.libranet.com/ > Steps 1-3 take about 2 hours, and require you to be constantly > changing CDs Hmmm. Not for me. Windows XP took a long time, it seemed to me (I didn't time it, but it was at least 30min, maybe 45min). But when I installed Linux, that only took about 20min. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
