As far as installing Linux without losing windows. Use partition Magic
to set aside about 4gigs on the hard drive (after defrag and scandisk
the windows stuff). As has been said, go to bios and set your computer
to boot from the CD-ROM drive. (as it appears you don't have a boot
diskette) The install will go automatically. At one point in the
installation it will ask if you want to make a boot disk and you should
answer yes, put a clean floppy in the drive and let her rip. By the way
the auto install is best for your first try, IMHO, I don't recommend
custom or developer unless you are somewhat familiar with linux. Time
will make you more adventuresome as the comfort level goes up. Good
Luck. (I have installed 7.0 as a dual boot on one machine and 7.1 stand
alone on a second machine, the second one has had three installs because
I kept messing things up in places like Netscape and networking and
didn't know any better than to do a full reinstall. But I'm better now,
thanks)
"John A. MacLaughlin" wrote:
>
> They won't be gone unless you have seriously corrupted your Win
> file system. Windows saves the registries from the last five or six
> good boots (&only from the good boots!) & apparently steps back
> through them 'til it finds something that works---usually the
> immediately past good one.
>
> I don't offer panaceas---just hints that are likely, but not guaranteed,
> to be helpful.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Garand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:24 PM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry,
> keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......
>
> > This might work, but what will happen if all the registry files are gone?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John A. MacLaughlin
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 9:37 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windows registry,
> > > keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can't be configured......
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone who is tempted to call this post off-topic is invited to
> > > observe that I am talking about recovering from a problem which
> > > sometimes arises during the Linux installation process.
> > >
> > > In W95 three or four years ago I stumbled upon what seems to me
> > > a particularly simple way to fix Windows registry problems. It still
> > > works in W98 & W98SE. I make no promises abut 2000 or ME;
> > > try it at your own risk. I also do not explain how it works; I think it
> > > invokes Windows' own internal registry restoration code, but that's
> > > only an inference.
> > >
> > > 1. Boot your machine into Windows' step-by-step mode. There are
> > > several ways to do this. Start with a hardware reset (push the reset
> > > button on the case, if there is one) or a power-up reset (turn the
> > > power off for 30 seconds or so, and then on again). I do not recom-
> > > mend a mere warm start (ctl-alt-del). When the memory test ends,
> > > hold down shift+F8 to go directly to step-by-step (or hold down ctl if
> > > you prefer to go to a menu first, and then select step-by-step).
> > >
> > > 2. Step through the boot process by pressing Enter whenever it asks
> > > you a question. Don't worry about what the question means, just go
> > > on. At end, Windows will be up in either normal or Safe mode. If in
> > > Safe mode, shut down & repeat this process.
> > >
> > > I have never had to do this more than twice.
> > >
> > >
> >
--
Dennis a registered linux user #180842
