3.6 HDD install for n00b..plz

[Knad]

Hey, i managed to run Knoppix from boot disk (afta lots of re-writes) and it looks really kool :D

The thing is i am totally new to linux (used windows for years lol) and dont know how to install it to HDD.

Can sum1 please tell a n00b (me) how to do this?

Thanks all

[j.drake]

It appears that you want a detailed "n00b level" step by step, but you haven't given anyone enough information to help you. You probably shouldn't ask a general question when you want specific help. Specific help requires specific detail. Please don't take this the wrong way, but the way that you ask this question implies that you haven't yet learned enough of the basics to have a clue of what you are doing, or how to deal with things when they go wrong. Linux is not friendly to newbies - in fact it continues to pose serious challenges to people with years of experience using it.

If you have not done so yet, read through some of the documentation on the Wiki. (http://www.knoppix.net/docs/) Here are a couple of introductions:

http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/KnoppixForNewbies
http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/HelpForWindowsUsers

Once you understand those, look back at the WIKI for more information. For example, you can save yourself a lot of trouble while you're learning and get a lot of functionality, without risking your Windows installation, by doing a poor man's install (http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/PoorMansInstall). But even with that, you need to examine your existing hard drive, and figure out whether you can even write to it yet, or if you may need to partition. If you have a typical Windows setup, you have one hard drive formatted in NTFS. You cannot install linux to NTFS without repartitioning and creating some partitions that linux can use. Not much on the Wiki, so I would search posts on this.

Of course, I may have misunderstood, and you may have already figured all of this out, but insofar as you were talking about being brand new from Windows, and you didn't even mention your file system, I went with my doubts.

And, if you are ready, there are a number of posts and articles about hd installs, but I'm not the person to ask about that. I do everything I need with a poor man's.

http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/HdInstallHowTo

jd

[firebyrd10]

What do you want to do? Competly erase windows and install knoppix, or do a dual boot? Most choose the later so i'll talk about that.
Be sure to read all of it first, then do.

hit alt-f2 and type qtparted

click your drive and find your windows partition (Probably the only one.)

Right click and hit resize. Your going to need atleast 2.3 gigs, though more is better. (Try defragging if the amount of free space doesn't seem high enough) go up to the menu and hit commit.)

After that is done right click on the empty space and click create. pick the partition size (Your going to want to leave about 300 megs unused for the swap.) Pick ether ext3 or resier(sp?).

Now right clik the free space again and click create. Pick swap and make it about 300 megs. (Though the same as your amount of physical memory is recommened).

Hit commit again, then exit when done.

open up a consol (black box on the bottom) type sudo knoppix-installer and then just follow the prompts.

[Knad]

thanks guys

I got a 2nd HDD on tues and was gonna install knoppix on that but didnt kno how.....but that hard drive dont work..so when i get it replaced i will install it on that :p

thanks :D