Posted by Freewheeling on 01/15/49 11:56

Freewheeling wrote:
> 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.
Never mind, I did a little search engine research and found a utility.
I even found a disk image specifically designed for flashing the bios!

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