Newbie with questions

**EricCartman** · 06-08-2005, 06:44 PM

I am curretly running XP PRO, and despretly wanting Linux. For Knoppix, my friend told me that it can completly wipe the comp, so i have my full harddrive dedicated to Linux, but, he said I have to partition it properly. What does he mean by that, how would you partition it properly??

**tdjokic** · 06-08-2005, 07:17 PM

Try this: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/knoppix1 or this http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Hd_Install_HowTo

it can completly wipe the comp

Any OS can do this. This is in no way Knoppix monopole!

**Harry Kuhman** · 06-08-2005, 07:37 PM

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16574

**UnderScore** · 06-08-2005, 07:47 PM

First, if every newbie creates a new post with the subject line"Newbie with questions" then we would have tons of useless non-descriptive subject lines. These useless subjects would not only foul up the search engine but ultimately make the forums less helpful for newbies. A better subject line would be "HD install and partition" or "partition a hard drive to install knoppix". In the future please READ FIRST. Search second. Then if necessary post a detailed question so that we can help you.

The top of the page:

has a link to the Documentation. In it is the hard drive install HOWTO.