Sussed cfdisk, formatted hda into primary (boot) and swap, then spent *HOURS* installing Woody.
So, it asks me if I want to enable things I've never heard of which will do things (or not) that I wot not of.
It asks for details it really doesn't need to know, and there's no way of skipping the question. (How do I know what number I need to dial for my ISP without accessing the data on the HD in one of the other trays?)
Just as well I had the book for the monitor I'm using - it's the only monitor (out of four) I have the data for.
I can see what people mean when they say that Linux will never get a real foothold until it is more user-friendly.
At the end of unpacking everything and (presumably) installing it, all HD and CD ROM activity ceased, and the screen remained blank.
In the end I switched off.
On restarting, it went into the configuration programme all over again.
Switched off.
cfdisk again?
Flippin' quarter to three and what have I accomplished?
G'night.