[ale] HELP! Installing Linux over Windows

[Geoffrey]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Then there is no longer a winXP partition.

I'm not entirely sure that's the case just yet.

> 
> Let redhat boot up and open a terminal window. run "df" to see the
> partition layout. 

You mean 'fdisk -l /dev/hda' correct?  df will only show mounted file 
systems, fdisk will show all the existing filesystems, mounted or not.


> If you selected the "remove ALL partitions on this system" and then
> selected "Yes" when asked to verify, then RedHat politely tossed XP
> where it belongs (the bit bucket). You don't need it so don't bother
> trying to reload it. :)

I would agree on both counts here...

Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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