[fraz]

Originally posted by Roger K
Downloading it now, done 2 of the ISO files, 86% left of the 3rd.

This thread is a bit pointless now actually because I decided to use this PC with the NIC, remove my 8GB WinXP drive and my 60GB files/games/video drive and install Linux on my spare 4GB drive which will be set at secondary master.
Then (I hope), all I'll have to do is use the Bios to set the first boot device if I want to use either Linux or WinXP when I've put the other two drives back in.

I'm only taking them out because I just read the 9.1 docs and it doesn't seem to give you the option of hda/hdb or hdc for the install and it has a big "delete everything" button.

To select the partion manuallly use the Advanced/Expert option when it asks you which disk you want to install to. There's then a nice GUI tool for selecting where you want your install to go.

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/demo...ges/reco6.php3

Hm,mmm probably a bit late now but with a NIC installed you could have done a network install from floppy and only downloaded the required packages rather than downloading all 3 ISOs

Originally posted by Roger K
Sweet!
Running nicely now on /dev/hdc for Mandrake and with /dev/hda for WinXP - no problems with either OS and I was surprised to find my NTFS partitions mounted automatically.

This is the best OS I have used in a long time, it found more hardware properly than XP did too.

must have been posting at the same time ;o)

Glad to see your up and running though

BTW NTFS support is experimental and may suddenly stop working although YMMV