Posted by Freewheeling on 01/15/90 11:56

Wes Newell wrote:
> 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.
>
Thanks. I downloaded the "disk image" but have no idea what to do with
it. Do I need to run some Linux program that actually creates the disk
from the image? It's funny how a lot of these sites leave out the most
fundamental stuff. I guess I'm just supposed to know that... and I
probably once did, but have forgotten.

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