Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system - Update #2

2002-09-20 Thread Steven Kopischke
At 16:27 9/20/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I loaded Mandrake 8.2 and was going through the networking setup after >loading the wireless RPM when the workstation started acting goofy. The >networking setup window did not close upon request and was still showing >an h

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system - Update

2002-09-20 Thread Steven Kopischke
I loaded Mandrake 8.2 and was going through the networking setup after loading the wireless RPM when the workstation started acting goofy. The networking setup window did not close upon request and was still showing an hour glass 90 minutes after selecting 'Close.' I finally killed the process.

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-20 Thread et
On Friday 20 September 2002 12:22 pm, you wrote: > On Friday 20 September 2002 11:10 am, Steven Kopischke wrote: > > Will diskdrake run from the ISO CD(s)? > > > > oldgnome that depends on your daffinnation, an ISO is am image of the informaion used to make a CD, As I understand it iso is "short

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-20 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Friday 20 September 2002 11:10 am, Steven Kopischke wrote: > Will diskdrake run from the ISO CD(s)? > > oldgnome Oldgnome: Yup. It's called up as part of the installation process. Works fine. Just be sure to read the fine print. Oh, since it doesn't actually write anything to your drives unt

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-20 Thread Steven Kopischke
Will diskdrake run from the ISO CD(s)? oldgnome At 10:18 9/20/2002 -0400, you wrote: >On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:12 pm, Michael Notforyou wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 20:30, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > > > On Thursday 19 September 2002 06:40 pm, Steven Kopischke wrote: > snip > >

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-20 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 19 September 2002 10:12 pm, Michael Notforyou wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 20:30, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > On Thursday 19 September 2002 06:40 pm, Steven Kopischke wrote: snip > > > Steven Kopischke > > > Green Bay, WI USA > > > > Steven: > > Looks good, and sounds like fun.

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-19 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 19 September 2002 06:40 pm, Steven Kopischke wrote: > My laptop is returning home tomorrow after a week in the shop for a bad > hard drive. It is a 4-month old Compaq Presario with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb > hard drive -- plenty of room for XP and Linux to coexist while I migrate to > Linu

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-19 Thread Michael Notforyou
Compaq Presario what? This sounds suspiciously like my Presario 730US laptop. If it's a 700 series, check out the website at the bottom of the page. It will help in the installation. On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 18:40, Steven Kopischke wrote: > My laptop is returning home tomorrow after a week in the s

Re: [newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-19 Thread Tony Castro
Steve, your approach sounds pretty good. Is 20 gigs enough for all that though? My xp installing is over 6 gigs. I have a similar setup but I use a 15gig chopped in half (7.5gig for all of linux and 7.5 for fat32 data partition). Then I have a 40gig drive with xp on a 12gig partition and the rest

[newbie] Upcoming addition of Linux to XP system

2002-09-19 Thread Steven Kopischke
My laptop is returning home tomorrow after a week in the shop for a bad hard drive. It is a 4-month old Compaq Presario with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb hard drive -- plenty of room for XP and Linux to coexist while I migrate to Linux. That having been said, how do I begin? (I have the three Mandrake