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| Thread ID: 51047 | 2004-11-10 06:13:00 | Linux, what can you do with it? | Prescott (11) | Press F1 |
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| 290007 | 2004-11-11 05:27:00 | yea, that is the question, ntfs or fat32? my hdd in my xp machine is ntfs. im gonna install yoper first with ntfs and give that a wirl and after awhile try the other distros. thanks for all the help :D |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 290008 | 2004-11-11 05:31:00 | Ahhh..uummm! Hi guys :D :D you want to see something funny (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). Good timing eh! I hope to have a new DVD R/W by the weekend though, so hopefully there will be no holdup. Prescott, what would you prefer, CD or DVD? Murray P PS. If you would like to put your oar in on the best drive for my requirements, please feel free. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 290009 | 2004-11-11 05:35:00 | > yea, that is the question, ntfs or fat32? my hdd in > my xp machine is ntfs. > im gonna install yoper first with ntfs No offence and all, but I just thought I should clarify something about the Linux native filesystem - they don't use NTFS or FAT32 if that is what you thought. :D Linux has its own filesystem that is not recognised by Windows, most common is ext3 and reiserFS but there is a variety to choose from. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 290010 | 2004-11-11 06:24:00 | Yoper has support for Reiser4 which I would HIGHLY recommend! ReiserFS got a bad name for namesys because they released it too soon - But reiser4 has gone through one hell of a stringent test and its fast, really fast! Yoper doesnt care if you have NTFS or FAT32 so dont sweat it - You can do repartitioning during installation. During the Yoper Install it'll give you a GUI partition manager (qtparted) which looks similar to Partition Magic. Here's what you'll want to do: Resize your Windows space. Be generous and give linux 5gb+ Make a primary Ext3 partition. This should be the better part of the space you'll use for linux Make another partition, but make it Linux SWAP. This should be 256MB and the rest can be your Ext3 partition. Save the changes and quit It'll ask you first for a /home partition, tell it CANCEL! (Read it carefully or you have to restart install). Then it'll ask you for a / partition, select the main ext3 partition. It'll then ask you what you want to format you / partition as. This is where you format it as Reiser4 - Namesys.com's High-Performance Filesystem! Enjoy! Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 290011 | 2004-11-11 07:55:00 | >Prescott, what would you prefer, CD or DVD? cd please, because i have a cd burner, but not a dvd burner but i do have a dvd rom.:p so yeah cd's please murray if thats not too much to ask:D >No offence and all, but I just thought I should clarify something about the >Linux native filesystem - they don't use NTFS or FAT32 if that is what you >thought. >Linux has its own filesystem that is not recognised by Windows, most >common is ext3 and reiserFS but there is a variety to choose from. oh sorry, this is really different compared with windows, becuase its not windows :p thanks for the clarification Jen chill, how big do you think my partion should be 5gig? my hhd is 40gig we should make this a faq or something for people that are about to try linux for the first time, but there is sorta one like this.... thanks for all the help guys |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 290012 | 2004-11-11 07:56:00 | >Resize your Windows space. Be generous and give linux 5gb+ whoops didnt see this, i should read carefully next time, right back to my study |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 290013 | 2004-11-11 09:55:00 | It really depends on how much space is currently taken up by Windows. The more you can give, the better, to allow you room to grow and use it.... But you dont wanna cut Windows short at the same time :p Ive been considering doing a "Getting started with Yoper" series for a while..... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 290014 | 2004-11-11 10:06:00 | > > Ive been considering doing a "Getting started with > Yoper" series for a while..... Loooking Loooking Loooking. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 290015 | 2004-11-11 10:09:00 | go for it, add parts of this thread in it. you will wanna have lots of "basic" question and answers because there are sooo many questions, just look at this post for example :p thanks for the help |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 290016 | 2004-11-11 10:29:00 | I was going to until an 8gb Hard Drive I had set aside decided to kick the bucket on me... :-( Might needa give it a couple of weeks. Could be something good to do over Christmas after hours while Im at home and the Family is away. |
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