Here's how I usually go about this: What you'll need: 1) Windows boot disk, with CDROM support. 2) Windows CDROM. 3) Linux distro of choice. 4) A little patience. 5) 1 pack of Marlboros. 6) 1 litre hard liquor of choice, or case of beer. Let's get started: 1) Backup the crap I wanna keep. 2) Use a Windows boot disk to fdisk drive, kill all partitions and carve out a small one for windows. 3) Reboot 4) Use same bootdisk to format windows partition. 5) Create directory C:\windows\options\cabs and copy windows setup files from cd to that directory. 6) Run the windows setup from the C drive. (This way you won't have to hunt down the windows CD every time you try to add or change something.) 7) Install windows drivers, drink liquor, smoke cigs, reboot at least 5 times. 8) Install Linux distro of choice. 9) Configure linux without ever having to reboot. 10) Smile. 11) Take three ibuprofen, have a little nap. Good luck, I'm sure you can handle it. -----Original Message----- From: Lorry [mailto:fish at slava.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 9:55 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] starting over :( > > There is just too much wrong with my computer at this point, and I've decided to burn the few files I really need onto a CD, clear everything and start over. Right now I am dual-booting WinME and Slackware 7.1, and I'm redoing with Win95 and debian whatever-version. I know it matters which I install first but I'm new to this sort of thing. So here are my questions. 1) Is this too much for me to handle alone? I *really* want to do this ASAP. Without going into too many details, suffice to say I am not happy at all with the way it is now, and every passing day makes me unhappier. So if I can do this today I will do it today. 2a) If above answer is no, can anyone give me a few pointers? I didn't install slack myself so I really don't know anything about the process. How easy is it to install debian, make the partitions and do whatever else it is I need to do? 2b) If above answer is yes, who wants to help me out? :) via phone, in person, or whatever.... Lorry _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list