StandardsDT Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 hey everyone i have a few questions about installing the mandriva one cd. i just recently came to the conclusion that linspire sucks. i love the layout and all but i hate how they bound everyone to CNR. i tried apt-get and synpatic and it just ruined linspire. luckily i got it during their freespire promotional back in september, i just didnt have the time to set it up or anything. well after having it installed for 3 or 4 days now ive had nothing but trouble with it. so here are my questions as i tried over at the ubuntu forum. i was originally going to try that out but went with mandriva instead. no one was really helpful at all. my post mainly gets ignored now. first question is can i install mandriva right over linspire? if not how can i get rid of it? i dont have a Windows XP disc so wiping out the hard drive is not an option. i can follow the directions linspire gives on their site but their saying i need the xp disc to fix the mbr. but with 98 you need no disc and can use the fdisk command in command prompt and walla its fixed. can i do the same exact thing with windows xp? what should my biggest concerns be with the install? also does mandriva come with the grub at all or no? if i think of anymore questions ill be sure to post them. - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Welcome aboard. As it is late over here (1.01 am) and I wanted to get some sleep, here are some fast answers. 1. Yes, you can install over Linspire, once the partition got reformatted. Mandriva has its own partitioning tool that you will use during the installation. Set up /, /home and swap and that's it. Let the system only partition the root partition if you have a /home partition already and want to keep the files stored there. I guess that the default Mandriva partitioner is available in MDV ONE, too. 2. No need to fix the MBR. Mandriva should set up a working dualboot system by default. 3. Mandriva has both lilo and grub as bootloaders. Chances are that you will have both options in the live-CD, too. Mandriva is usually able to restore a Windows bootloader itself, if needed. 4. Biggest concern: Back up any important data (as always when installing new systems): Apart from that: nothing really. If you have more questions, just ask. We don't bite. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardsDT Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Thank You for your kind welcome to the boards :) That actually answered pretty much all the questions I had. Only other question I have that I got some what lost on is when you said Set up /, /home and swap and that's it. Let the system only partition the root partition if you have a /home partition already and want to keep the files stored there what do you mean by this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Do you have any files in /home that you want to save? If not let the installer create the following new partitions: / /home swap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardsDT Posted April 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 no there arent....im installing it now and am kinda stuck...i chose custom cause the partition linspire is on was already taken so i just chose the partition and clicked ok now it wants me to mount....what do i mount to? any help greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardsDT Posted April 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 anyone please i kinda want to get this done and over with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardsDT Posted April 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 nvm figured out what i was doing wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardsDT Posted April 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 loving mandriva right now! my favorite game on this OS is Super Tux! I love how it's based off of Super Mario as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 *yawns, drinks some coffee for breakfast* Nice to hear that you solved it by yourelf. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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