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Topic: new user trying to install, HD install on P1 no CD boot option

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cswank

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Posted: Mar. 17 2004,22:51

I have been away from using any unix / linux system for about six years now. I have an older P1 system with a floppy and CD drive that I want to install DSL to. The system had Win 95 on it now and I want to reformat and replace it with DSL. The system will not boot from a CD drive. I have already burned a CD with the DSL ISO on it and am not sure what to do next.

How do I format the drive for unix / linux, what file system ?

The how do I get DSL installed?

Thanks!

cswank

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Posted: Mar. 18 2004,03:06

OK, now I have made a boot floppy and am able to boot using the floppy and the CD.

I still don't know how to format the HD for ext2 or whatever file system I should use. I guess my question is what file system do I need to use with DSL on a p1 system with a 300mb HD. Also what utility would I use to format in that file system?

Thanks !

pvdvyve

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Posted: Mar. 18 2004,08:35

Hay,
You can use Partition Magic, but you should better use a partitioner from whithin a running Linux system.
Make:
1-ext2 partition for your system data
2-swap partition
3-reiserfs or ext2 partition for your data.
Find more info howto's... :laugh:

I made a partition for Knoppix, and that worked well
(just made 1 ext2 partition though, still learning a lot)

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Greetings from pvdvyve "Belgium-Europe"
... just another Linux user ...

Lee

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Posted: Mar. 18 2004,09:28

Eeesh, 300mb HD. I thought I was pushing it with my install on a 850mb HD.

Works alright though, except there has to be other things I have to do to my system because its just like running the Demo cd from the HD, meaning it won't save any settings etc.

cswank

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Posted: Mar. 19 2004,02:15

Ok, I don't want to spend any money on a fancy partiition software package. Is there any free utils out there to format in the correct file system?

How can I run it in a existing linux system if I don't have a linux system installed

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