On Thursday 06 June 2002 04:08 pm, you wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:47:40 +0100 (BST)
Prabhas Kunisetty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hellow,
I faced a problem in login linux, i installed the software from a cd
which is freely supplied with a magzine . i installed the software, it
automatically partionied my hard disk, when i started my computer it is
asking a login , how to bypass that login , how should i use with out
login, my operating system is windows 98, 256mb ram , 40gb hard disk, how
should i uninstall the linux software from windows, because i cant able
to login linux
please help me
bye...
kachi
hm.. i think you need an explaination..
Windows and Linux are both Operating systems. they are both used to
fullfill similar tasks. therefore, when you use the Linux installer, it
will overwrite Windows partitions unless you tell it not to. Linux and
windows can coexist, but it takes a bit of experience with partitions ..
some practice, and some trial and error.
now, if you forgot your login/password and cannot use your computer, it's a
good chance to start all over, since you will probably need to reinstall
everything anyway.
do the Linux installation process again. this time, choose the expert
install, so you can choose how to partition your hard drive. this will let
you choose how much space you want to leave to Linux, as well as restore
your windows installation.
when you come to the partitioning stage of the installer, do as follows:
( the partition manager is pretty intuitive and i think you can follow
these steps just by reading the captions in the buttons. )
first of all: select and delete all existing partitions, one by one. All of
your harddrive space should be displayed as a white bar, meaning all of the
space is free.
wow, I don't know if you want to tell someone that is not aware of the fact
MDK is an OS to delete all existing partitions until we have had a chance
to see if he has really over written his fat partition, or just messed with
the MBR so he don't see his fat partition
second: create your first partition with filesystem FAT32. ( i think it's
labeled Win98 FAT32 in the installer )
of course if you see the win fat partition BEFORE you delete all the
partitions, then you may very well have not lost the house, just missplaced
the keys to the door
use the sliders in the 'create partition' dialog to give it as much
space as you like, but remember you need some space for linux too. leave
about 2 GB AT LEAST for Linux. the option mount point is the folder
inside of which you want Linux to show your Windows 98 files.
/mnt/windows or any name you like, inside of /mnt/ is a good option.
ehhh if you can, leave 6 gigs for Linux,
third: as the new fat32 partition shows now in the dialog ( it will be
displayed in blue )select the remaining white space, and click 'create'
button again. this time, choose 'ext3' filesystem, give this partition all
of the space you have left, minus 500 MB. you will use those 500 MB on the
next step. The mount point for this partition will be the root directory.
in mount point, simply select the slash / .
ext3 may (or not) be the best choice, I (personally) would suggest ext2, and
for swap a standard suggestion is 2x the amount of ram.
fourth: you should have the blue fat32 partition and one red ext3 partition
and a little 500 MB blank space left. select that blank space and create a
filesystem of type Linux swap. pull the slider all the way to the right,
to make sure you waste no space. the mount point for this one, is swap.
now you should have the blue fat32, the red ext3 and the last green Linux
Swap.
now, this is the importat step:
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once you have made all of the partitions, choose to format them all. once
you are done with this, exit the installer. reboot your computer, and
reinstall your windows 98.
as you complete your windows installation you will notice that your
hard-drive space will not show the space being used by Linux partitions.
that's the way it is. Windows cannot see or display filesystems other than
FAT, so while you are in windows, Linux will be invisible.
while there are third party (non-free) software to allow WINblow$ to see
linux partitions, Mandrake Linux can, out of the box, see, read and write to
many other types of file systems. (IMHO, this is because Linux works
correctly and winBlow$ works the way Uncle Billy wants.)
once you are happy again with your windows installation ( you may have some
problems downloading all the porn again ;o) ) you can get back to
installing Linux.
( when you are installing more than one operating system in a computer,
it's always better to install windows first, since it's more agressive on
the boot settings and would overwrite your Linux boot entry no matter what
you did, and it would cause more problems. )
once you enter the Linux installation
