Micro$oft sux.
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
That's too bad, because it drives people away. For everyone with a hate-on for MS
there are a dozen people who're potentially interested in UNIX but who are repelled by
the puerile behavior that comes with it. I was one of them for about a
Yes you need to format it. With a new floppy, preformatting is almost
universal, but with a hard drive it's not possible to know in advance what
operating system will be on it. And not only do you have to format it, you have
to partition it too. If you're a total newbie, let the installer
