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Posted: June 07 2005,00:44 QUOTE

Hi everyone,  still trying to understand.
Recieved the CD last week and finally got it come up on my laptop.  So now it to the point where I need to build a Swap File and a Partition for install,  problem is HOW THE HECK DO YOU FIGURE IT OUT???????   I have a 4.0gig HD and Windows XP S/2 configured in fat32.  Can not get on the internet with DSL because I need to down load the drive for the Sony Erickson GC79 Lan card.  If I work with DSL I don't want to loose my files that I make, also would like to use Open Office with DSL.  I plan  on removing window as soon as I get the hang of linux.  I need to also move all my book marks, ect.  

As stated before I have no real concept of any of this.  I did download the DSL Book but I don't know what sizes and such.  I have gone through the forms and been to other sights to tring to figure out.  Can DSL be installed in fat 32 like windows or do I need to change the partition to ntfs?

I would appreiciate any and all help possible,  really tired of win.

Thanks,  beekers :(  :(  :O
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Posted: June 07 2005,02:39 QUOTE

If your laptop can run Windows XP, you may not even need any swap file or partition.  XP is such a memory hog compared to DSL.  How much RAM do you have?

Were you able to boot DSL from the CD without any special settings?  If you are, then we can consider you installation options depending on how much you want to have DSL share disk space with Windows.
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Posted: June 07 2005,03:11 QUOTE

I agree. If you're using XP on that machine probably no need for swap on that machine. I run with 512mb ram without swap very comfortably.

Prepare to have a happier PC. My dektop cpu fan runs almost 1000rpms higher when running XP Pro as opposed to running DSL. There's an amazing difference!

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Posted: June 07 2005,04:11 QUOTE

I am running 160 ram, the most I can upgrade to.  How about files useing a LiveCD?  Do I loose everythng once the shut down?  How do you make a file in win. enviorment that opens with DSL operating????
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Posted: June 07 2005,12:57 QUOTE

it depends on the file... you won't get an exe running unless you install wine... if you want to watch a movie or something, install either xine or use xmms which comes with it...

yes you will lose everything when you reboot because everything is run in your ram, which also means you can't screw up your windows on the other driver short of using a certain formatting tool

as far as formatting goes, i suggest going into windows xp and using something like partition magic to cut off a piece of the free space since it's a little safer to do it in windows with that than to use cfdisk/fdisk

however, you should just learn everything you can from dsl and not touch your harddrive since you want to make sure you still have windows until you decide you just want linux.... like they said this works pretty good in just memory... i have a 200mhz processor and 110mb of ram and it isn't really all that bad unless i do somthing stupid like try to use openoffice.org :) also since you have a little room, after you do learn some stuff and decide to use linux, go download something that is designed for harddrive installation.. like suse or slackware or something, those hd installers usually come with all the zingy zangy doodads most people don't need but they look cool
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