On Tuesday 19 April 2005 09:10, Bob Dove wrote:
Hi Guys,
OOo v.2.0 is available from website - not sure whether full or beta or whether Linux (surely?) or Win. It is promised for May in an editorial in a Linux mag I browsed in the only place in Colchester you can browse Linux - W.H.Smiths.
So, what should be my first step in migrating from MS? Partition my hard drive? How??? I understand Linux wants two partitions so do I divide my HD, half each for Win and Linux, then re-partition the Linux lump? The instructions with a Linux prog disk seem extraordinarily complicated. Like it wants to frighten me away rather than induce me to dip my toes! I have one of these bootable disks with a working Linux but it only appears to see the apps on the disk and built in - Mandrake I think.
Cheers,
BD.
Not sure if I missed an earlier post here, but I would say if your Linux distro expects you to understand partitioning it's probably aimed at geeks (sorry, experts). The mainstream ones know all about pre-existing Windows partitions and also how much space each Linux partition needs, and don't expect you to dream up numbers. My favourite is SuSE; if you have broadband (and if you haven't, why not?) you can download a small CD boot image and do the rest by FTP. The instructions for getting running are simple but I won't waste space here; if you need to know just ask.
-- GT