[linux-help] Re: I forgot to mention.

["Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If it will help, I have slackware running on my laptop, I have a / dir, a
/boot dir, and a /home dir on my drive ( or should I say partitions, along
with a <swap> partition)  One mistake I've made is: I made a 1.5 gig windoz
partition and lilo crashed.  Linux must have something in the first 1024 meg
of the hard drive to boot with.  That is why I have a 20 meg /boot partition
as hda1 then a 2 gig partition for windoz and then linux in back. Once Linux
was up and running, it can go anywhere on the drive it wants, but when it is
first starting, it must be within the first 1024 meg.    When you made one
big fat partition and nothing else, it could boot right up front and put
stuff where it wanted.

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Vetor" <jvetor1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: I forgot to mention.


>
> I had a terrible time trying to install Slackware. One day by accident I
> made the complete drive root with no other partitions and the install went
> off without a hitch.
>
> what was I doing wrong.
>
> The problem I had with slackware is most files that I had worked with in
> Mandrake were either different or not there. I just had a terrible time
> finding things or knowing how to manually change settings.
>
> I needed a working system so went back to Mandrake. When I get my older
> system back working I would like to install Slackware and try to learn it.
I
> have a friend who swears by Slackware and that is his main desktop. To bad
> he lives so fare away. :>) I have only been messing with Linux a little
over
> a year off and on. CU
> Jim
>
>
> >From: "Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [linux-help] Re: I forgot to mention.
> >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:03:35 -0600
> >
> >
> >I have run slackware on my laptop for over a year now.  Zero problems,
> >nada,
> >not one single problem on the laptop.  I has booted every single time.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steven Saner" <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 12:51 PM
> >Subject: [linux-help] Re: I forgot to mention.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Well, I am one of the few (only?) ACLUG members that thinks Slackware
> > > is superior to all other Linux distributions (slightly exaggerated
> > > statement designed to ruffle some feathers :-). So, I can probably
> > > help you. Feel free to email me privately if you wish. I don't know
> > > what kinds of classes New Horizons offers. I kind of doubt that they
> > > offer a class specifically on Linux, and I'm sure they don't offer one
> > > specifically on Slackware. However, I think they do have some basic
> > > Unix classes.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 12:21:49PM -0600, Anthony A Bogardus wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I forgot to mention. I had Slackware Linux 7 installed but I
> >uninstalled
> > > > it because I was low on hard drive space and I forgot to enter a
user
> > > > name and password when I installed Slackware. If I install Slackware
> > > > again I ought to have someone from ACLUG or somewhere else help me
> >with
> > > > it because I'm a newbie. I really need to take some classes.
> > > > New Horizons might be a good place.
> > > >
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