2006-10-13 22:16:50 · 4 answers · asked by ckm_ckm_ckm 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
if you decided to get a 2nd HD for linux, you should try to see if you can switch easily the bootable device from HDD0 (e.g.) to HDD1 in your BIOS.
be sure to leave WINDOWS on the HDDx it was;
for example, if the WIN HD was only device on your 1st ATA port (most likely MASTER), make sure you connect the 2nd hard disk to the SECOND connector (change the jumper to SLAVE), otherwise WIN won't boot anymore. if the cable is to short to connect the 2nd HD to the 2nd connector, try to put the HDs in different slots.
once you are comfortable starting from either HD and WIN actually (still) starts up, you may want to create FOUR primary partitions from Windows' c:\WINDOWS\system32\diskmgmt.msc :
1st partition: boot, about 100 MEGAbytes
2nd part.: root, whatever's left after creating part. 3 & 4
3rd part: linux SWAP; should be 2 to 3 times your RAM's size, which should be 1 GB or more... plan for expansion
4th partitoin: A FAT partition of 20 or 25 GB, to share your data between Linux & Win; Linux can read NTFS partitions but shouldn't write to them.
initially partitions 1 to 3 can be made FAT(32) partition w/ quick formating; lnx installer will reformat them.
if you create the partitions from the Linux installer, Windows (XP) will have problems accessing them and try to rewrite the MBR of the disk, which will ruin your linux install, of course.
power down completely, in order to avoid that the PC remembers IRQ settings from WIN
set the BIOS to boot from the 2nd HD (HDD1 most likely) put the linux CD or DVD into the drive and restart;
when proposed a default config (most likely overwrite the whole disk) choose Advance and use Disk Druid
make the 1st (100MB) partition your /boot partition (format as ext3)
make the 2nd (?XXGB) partition your / partitoin (that's the root) (format as ext3)
make the 3rd (2to 3 times RAM) partition the swap partition.
leave the 4th partition alone; you can update your /etc/fstab later.
when you come to the boot loader part, go to Advanced settings and set /dev/hdb1 as your boot partition. do *NOT* use the MBR, otherwise you'll have to reformat the whole disk, if you want to get ride of GRUB x( 8-X :-w
once you have rebooted, create a directory /mnt/data add the following line to
/etc/fstab:
/dev/hdb4 /mnt/data vfat auto,user 0 0
feel free to post additional questions.
2006-10-17 06:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by mr. c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Installation of many linux distributions are very simple now-a-days.
for example Fedora Core 5 or Red Hat or Ubuntu.
Just put the installation cd into the cd drive and follow the instructions. You can use the default installation for normal usage. Select any additional packages(programs) if required.
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https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
2006-10-13 22:35:36 · answer #2 · answered by Y Raghavendra Reddy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Boot to the CD and follow the instruction prompts.
2006-10-13 22:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
selection CD and unplug each little thing from gadget different than lan, keyboard and mouse. as quickly as put in you may plug back in yet take them off if the deploy isn't working (usb instruments, printers, exterior drives, etc etc).
2016-10-16 04:34:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋