[Cialug] Which Distro is best?

[Don Cady]

Did you get through the install, and are running off the HD, or did
you go the LiveCD route without installing?

Don

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Nick Johnson <mainbass64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yah guys, everything is working fine with the cd and the partitions, but the
> only problem that is persisting is that my mouse no longer works...
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck2k at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>
>> In case for some reason some things still don't work with the linux
>> partitioner, defrag and scandisk in windows, then try it again.
>> Some linux software may not be able to handle a badly fragmented drive.
>>
>> If that still doesn't work get partition magic(in windows) and create an
>> Empty partition by shrinking down the windows partition, do not move it!
>> To be on the safe side try rebooting into windows to make sure everything
>> still works, some older versions of windows may freak out and start
>> scandisk
>> after resizing the windows partition, let scandisk do its thing. If
>> windows
>> is still working after all of this then take your linux cd and boot from
>> it.
>>
>> When the installer gets to the partitioning you "should" see an option for
>> installing linux to an empty partition. Install to the empty partition and
>> things should take off and install.
>>
>> The above was derived from many, many screwed up linux installs I've done
>> Over the years. Before I found this group everything I did was by trying
>> it
>> to see if it worked, if it didn't I got to format and reinstall
>> everything.
>>
>> Also it would be better to have another computer to try linux on because
>> if
>> you mess something up you don't have worry about saving your windows
>> install.
>> One last thing you could try, Microsoft virtual pc, it has the ability to
>> mount the iso directly. That eliminates the problem of trying to burn a
>> disc. Hope this helps...
>> -dh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Todd Walton
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 3:25 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Which Distro is best?
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley
>> <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
>> > Do you have a full backup of your system?
>> > Have you tested that the backup actually works?
>>
>> Just to return to the big picture: the backup is "in case".  It's very
>> unlikely that you'll screw up your Windows partition.
>>
>> -todd
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