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Topic: Serious noob in need of help!

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JeBuS +

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Posted: Jan. 01 2006,21:45

Hey,
I have searched and what not but i can find the ansewer probly because its too simple for someone else to need to ask
anywho
I have no idea which file or files i have to download

I want to put them on a cd then install it onto my harddrive so i can dual boot between dsl and win98. If you need any more info from me just ask and please dont flame me...
thanks
JeBuS

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Posted: Jan. 01 2006,22:27

Probably the best thing to do is a google on how to dual boot linux. It's a long discussion and you need to follow a step-by-step to partition and format your hard drive first.

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Posted: Jan. 01 2006,23:15

ok thx, but if i wasnt to dual boot then what would i need to download?

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Posted: Jan. 02 2006,13:05

Download one of the DSl-?.??ISO files. Use a CD burning program that can burn CDs from ISO images and burn a CD Try running it from the CD for a while first. It's pretty fast right from the CD and that way you don't need to touch your hard drive for awhile.

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Caspar_s

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Posted: Jan. 02 2006,20:51

It is actually incredibly simple to get dual boot runnning with DSL

IF

you have a partition to put it on. You just right click and use the script. It was done in about a minute (I'd just installed windows again and dsl was a pleasant surprise...)

If you get the cd running (current dsl.iso) and find it a bit slow, you can boot using the cd and use - fromhd= or toram so that it isn't accessing the cd.

If you don't have a spare partition and want to have dsl on it, you'll need to resize the one you have.

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