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timothyb89 · 06-09-2006, 06:48 AM

Fedora 5... I installed it...
It's really nothing special. I would really reccomend PCLinuxOS. It's really easy to install, has it's own graphical installer (which is included on the LiveCD so you can test it before you install. It also defaults to KDE, which I find to be much easier than GNOME (which Fedora uses by default)
And it also uses Lilo, which I know (I use it myself) will find your windows partition after deleting GRUB. Lilo will replace GRUB [windows] and provide it's more graphical interface. For you I'd guess the second option in that bootloader would be for Windows, so booting back into Windows would be as easy as pusing the down arrow on your keyboard and pressing enter.
All you need to do is boot into the live CD, click the install icon on the desktop, partition your hard disk (shrink your windows partition so you have at least 5 GB of free space, and create an ext3 partition in the free space) and continue with the install. The install
should only take about fifteen minutes and you can boot into it immediatly afterware. It also includes all the programs you need to do basic and advanced computering.
Find it at PClinuxOS.com

EDIT: You may have to configure you BIOS to boot from the drive you install Linux on before the drive with Windows.

06-09-2006, 06:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
timothyb89 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 357	Fedora 5... I installed it... It's really nothing special. I would really reccomend PCLinuxOS. It's really easy to install, has it's own graphical installer (which is included on the LiveCD so you can test it before you install. It also defaults to KDE, which I find to be much easier than GNOME (which Fedora uses by default) And it also uses Lilo, which I know (I use it myself) will find your windows partition after deleting GRUB. Lilo will replace GRUB [windows] and provide it's more graphical interface. For you I'd guess the second option in that bootloader would be for Windows, so booting back into Windows would be as easy as pusing the down arrow on your keyboard and pressing enter. All you need to do is boot into the live CD, click the install icon on the desktop, partition your hard disk (shrink your windows partition so you have at least 5 GB of free space, and create an ext3 partition in the free space) and continue with the install. The install should only take about fifteen minutes and you can boot into it immediatly afterware. It also includes all the programs you need to do basic and advanced computering. Find it at PClinuxOS.com EDIT: You may have to configure you BIOS to boot from the drive you install Linux on before the drive with Windows. __________________ And now that I'm running my life support equipment through Windows 95, I'll never have to worry about - beeeeeeeep... Registered Linux User #425668 Registered Linux Machine #333299 Last edited by timothyb89; 06-09-2006 at 06:50 AM.