brianw
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Posted: July 17 2006,15:35 |
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| Quote (Giskard @ July 16 2006,23:35) | | ok i could boot, i could see everything (i guess) but from cd, how can i format my hd for linux? because with my win98 boot i can format to fat32 but i dont think that will work |
use the commands from a terminal window:
sudo fdisk
or
sudo cfdisk
for partitioning
sudo mke2fs /dev/hda? (the partiton number goes where the ? is)
for formatting the ext2 partiton for linux
use mkswap /dev/hda?
to format any swap partition you create
If you use the install to HD instead of the frugal install it will format automatically
For the frugal install I think that the partition must be formatted but the format is not really important (only for the swap partition if you plan to have a seperate swap). You can use a seperate swap partition or use a dos swap file.
Your system specs will determine what kind of install you do. More ram means frugal is best but low ram machines are best with regular HD install. There is no reason you can't have win98 and DSL installed together (make sure win98 is installed first) but you will probably find DSL will be your main OS.
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