Linux Help regarding Mandriva Installation

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Dark Star was convincing me to just try the Mandriva once... That day came today.. I had free time so Downloaded Mandriva 2008 Version.. [Not 2009, coz its still in beta state]

Now, I've some questions.. I hope Darky or other members will help me out from these...

I've already installed Windows XP Pro SP3 on one drive... Can I install Mandriva on other Drive?? I need Windows XP as default OS... Can I install Mandriva without touching installation of XP??

Also, Do I need to install all those Graphics drivers and Audio drivers again??

I'll be looking to be more Open Source and Freeware User now...

Thanks to Darky... :hap2:
 
I've already installed Windows XP Pro SP3 on one drive... Can I install Mandriva on other Drive?? I need Windows XP as default OS... Can I install Mandriva without touching installation of XP??

Also, Do I need to install all those Graphics drivers and Audio drivers again??
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Don't worry abt Xp its safe. .Just create 2 partitions on with 8-10 Gb and one for swap of 1Gb.. Now follow the instruction here Things To Know Before Using Linux - Guides and Tutorials - TechEnclave

I guess you have 8800 Gt ? That card has open source driver now all you need to do is to update the system after installation for full driver support :) No need to install any driver :)

In Mandriva Control Center there is a boot tab under that you can easily change the position of OS in Grub list :) No more changing/playing with grub menu.lst file :p
 
As That Guide said, we've to make 2 partitions using Gparted... I downloaded that Gparted.. but that software is for windows I think so... Can you explain me? do I need to make those paritions in Windows or in Linux...

More explanation for installation would be better :)

Thanks.
 
ur XP SP3 must at first drive.........i.e C drive .......

to install MANDRIVA or other LINUX create partition of 10-15 GB at last of ur H.D.D

intall ur MANDRIVA in the last partition. also make swap space .

ur XP will be untouched.......logon screen will be of MANDRIVA there u can select OS u want .

MANDRIVA is good.......am currently using it .

i do not use Gparted or any other soft.......i make partition during installation time ....

Rahul i can help u installing.........u just need to ask buddy :P
 
Gparted is a Live CD installer using Linux system.. NO way its a windows s/w :p You can even use Gparted from Ubuntu Live CD :)
 
what about Gparted Live CD ? .. we need to boot that right.. now the worst confusion for me is that i have 2 hard drives.. 1 is 250GB where Vista is and the other is a 160GB which has about 29GB free in a partition.. infact thats an empty partition waiting for OS to get installed :P.. when i run unbuntu, everything goes smoothly, but i am just to scared to install it because of the naming conventions used by linux. I am really confused as to which partition should i be using for ubuntu without touching my Vista and other partitions
 
Rahulrulez said:
As That Guide said, we've to make 2 partitions using Gparted... I downloaded that Gparted.. but that software is for windows I think so... Can you explain me? do I need to make those paritions in Windows or in Linux...

More explanation for installation would be better :)

Thanks.
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you will need two partitions for installing linux.

1. is a swap partition ==> pagefile.sys in windows. this partition is usually 1.5-2*RAM. (swap is optional. you can install linux without swap too just like you can run windows without pagefile.sys)

2. you need a root partition with '/' as mount point. the file system could be anything in "ext2, ext3, jfs, reiserfs". suse defaults to reiserfs. and some flavours dont support reiserfs. Recommonded: ext3 or reiserfs as they are advanced compared to others.

creating partitions:

again there are two ways.

1. creating raw partitions

2. creating logical volumes. or lvms.

Raw partitions: these are the raw partitions :bleh: created by fdisk.

LVMs: LVMs are logical volumes created over raw partitions. these are new generation partitions and can spawn across multiple hdds. they can be resized later. scenario: today rahulrulz has only 1TB of disk space and after 30 days, he filled the entire disk with the p0rn that he downloaded. now he wants to add one more disk. no problem, he can add another disk and extend the pr0n partition using lvresize and resize2fs to the new disk. now his pr0n partition has 2TB space :D

how to partition:

boot using live cd and partition using UI.

steps in creating LVMs:

1. take a raw partition and initialize it for LVMs

2. create a "volume group" with some name.

3. create a logical volume and mount it as '/'

using bash:

1. 'fdisk -l' to list all the raw partitions.

2. pvcreate /dev/sdb2 (assuming second partition is free as /dev/sdb1 is windows.) This command will initialize lvms on /dev/sdb2

3. 'vgcreate "pr0nVolumeGroup" /dev/sdb2' create vg called pr0nVolumeGroup and add /dev/sdb2 to it

4. 'lvcreate -n /dev/pr0nVolumeGroup/pr0n -L1T' create a pr0n volume with 1TB size -L is for size. 1G would create 1GB size.

5. mkfs.ext3 /dev/pr0nVolumeGroup/pr0n to format the volume to ext3

PS: if you are not sure about all of these stuff and want to play safe. I would suggest using vmware.
 
BackToExistence said:
what about Gparted Live CD ? .. we need to boot that right.. now the worst confusion for me is that i have 2 hard drives.. 1 is 250GB where Vista is and the other is a 160GB which has about 29GB free in a partition.. infact thats an empty partition waiting for OS to get installed :P.. when i run unbuntu, everything goes smoothly, but i am just to scared to install it because of the naming conventions used by linux. I am really confused as to which partition should i be using for ubuntu without touching my Vista and other partitions
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naming conventions :S
/dev ==> for all devices.
/dev/hda ==> hdds on IDE (PATA)
/dev/hda ==> first disk.
/dev/hda1 ==> first primary partition
/dev/hda4 ==> Extended partition. which holds all the logical partitions.
/dev/hda5 ==> first logical drive in extended partition

/dev/sda ==> all disks using scsi protocol. (scsi drives and SATA drives)

/dev/pr0nvg/pr0n ==> volume group and logical volume refer to the above post for lvms.

eg: /dev/sdc5 means first logical volume(5) on the extended partition (>4) of the third(c) sata disk(s) in your computer.
 
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