From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15a67U-0005X4-00 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:50:48 -0400 Received: from localhost (wacker@localhost) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f7O1obL04229 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 01:50:42 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: wb2flw.octothorp.org: wacker owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:50:36 -0600 (MDT) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123" To: Subject: Re: Hello to everyone In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010823164715.009ede30@pop3.concentric.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, If your laptop happens to be a late model Toshiba, you can hit the C key just after powering on. It sounds like you have made the necessary space on your HDD to install Linux, although you didn't say how much. Once you start the installation procedure, you'll be presented with a choice of fdisk or Disk Druid. Either will work. I use Disk Druid. Any questions, call or write. Bill in Denver On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Peter M. Konka wrote: > I do know trhat the redhat linux cd disc 1 is bootable... For some reason > it doesn't want to boot on my laptop... I have created a second partition > buit i did not format it yet. How should i go baout installing linux and > creating a boot disk for the cd and how do i do dual boot with my current > windows operating system? > > --- Peter