Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / OS Installation Question

Author
Message
Killswitch
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Oct 2002
Location: School damnit!! Let me go!! PLEASE!!!
Posted: 28th Mar 2005 07:05
Link
Hey,

As some of you will have gathered from my Knoppix post, i've been experimenting with Linux. I quite like it and I'm going to go for a perminant installation. I've decided to get Mandrake 10.1.

As it stands my old computer that I plan to install on has Windows 98 on it. I want to get rid of this completly. Now to install Mandrake do I just simply have to format my C:\ drive and pop in the installation disk *or* do I have to format the disk and then do anything to it afterwards?

Thanks for your help,

Killswitch

~It's a common mistake to make, the rules of the English langauge do not apply to insanity~
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Ace Of Spades
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Mar 2005
Location: Across the ocean
Posted: 28th Mar 2005 07:08
Link
"'Trial and Error' is a man's best friend"
-Apolloed

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
the_winch
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 1st Feb 2003
Location: Oxford, UK
Posted: 28th Mar 2005 07:10
Link
Just change the boot settings in the bios so it boots from cd rom and put the cd in the drive and restart. The installation program will have tools to partition and format the drive.

Quote: "this is not a quote"
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Killswitch
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Oct 2002
Location: School damnit!! Let me go!! PLEASE!!!
Posted: 28th Mar 2005 07:18
Link
Great, thanks.

~It's a common mistake to make, the rules of the English langauge do not apply to insanity~
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-27 04:36:36
Your offset time is: 2024-11-27 04:36:36