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Posted by Wes Newell on 09/29/25 11:56
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:48:53 -0400, Freewheeling wrote:
> Oy. I got about halfway through the installation to where it had
> apparently saved the configuration information and backed out. I
> couldn't "quit" or even "go back" so the whole thing looked pretty
> shakey to me and I just re-booted everything. I was afraid that my XP
> box had been compromised, but it seems to work OK. Even the Desktop/LX
> seems to still work... so far.
>
It ask if it can wipe your disk and wrans you even after that before it
starts. So if you didn't tell it to, it didn't. You are safe.:-)
> I'm not sure what KnoppMyth did though, so am still a bit worried. It
> may have found a section of my main drive that was free and partitioned
> it for the installation, possibly wiping out some data or something. I'd
> like to repartition everything so that I can wipe out that Lycos
> installation and use that for XP, but there isn't even a Lycos user
> group any more.
if you already got a linux distro install, it should have what you need to
watch a dvd. Linux programs for that include mplayer, xine, totem, and
a few more. Check the multimedia menu. the only difference in Linux
distros is manily packaging. They all use the same base linux kernel.
AKAIK, WXP can delete the linux partitions.
> Whoever bought them out just killed everything, and
> left all the users hanging. Bunch of jerks. Anyway, as a result I'm
> not to friendly anymore to Linux.
>
You can always overwrite that distro with another. just download the one
of your choice, burn the cd's or dvd and install the new one right over
the old one. Mandriva 2006 would be a good choice.
> BTW, I tried to update my BIOS but I apparently need to create a
> "bootable floppy" to do it, and don't think I can with any of the later
> Windows distributions. I'm not sure how to update, but the latest
> version for the A7M is 1007 and I have 1004 installed, so it'd be a good
> idea to update (if I can figure out how to do it).
Download Freedos.
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