----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Antoine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 12:42 AM Subject: Re: Win95 replacement
<snip> > > > I have been 'sort of' watching this thread, and the above statement puzzl;es > me, because one has to partition the drive BEFORE installation, and you say > you have not got that far ?????? I guess I have been unclear on my setup. Right now the computer has windows and only windows installed on it. So the partitions I was referring to were the ones that were created for windows. > > You basically need to have a 'swap' partition and at LEAST one (1) other > partition for linux; do these exist at theis present time ? If not they need > making and I use partition magic to do this.eed making and I use partition > magic to do this. > > I am also of the opinion that you have not done enough, correct me if I am > wrong, reading of what is required of you before TRYING to load linux. I could always stand to do some more reading on linux, but I have successfully installed linux before using these disks. Before posing my problem to the list, I did do a brief search in the Caldera users list archive and the step by step site. I would gladly read up on kernel panic errors if somebody would point me to a reference. > > -- > Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' > 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 > Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
