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[Don and/or Mila Trombley]

Bill Davidson wrote:
> Don and/or Mila Trombley wrote:
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>> Don and/or Mila Trombley wrote:
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>>> Bill Davidson wrote:
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>>>> Don and/or Mila Trombley wrote:
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>>>>> I do plan on using the entire HD for the Linux....Thanks for the 
>>>>> suggestion for Xubuntu, as the Memory I believe is only 80 megs. . . Oh 
>>>>> well..... I assume the burning of the Disk for Xub is the same as for Ub?
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>>>> Yes. Here is the home page: http://www.xubuntu.org/
>>>> Here download page: http://www.xubuntu.org/get
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>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> Bill
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>>> Thanks, I am just about finished d/líng. Will see what happens.....
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>> I completed the burning of the CD , and now have the Master disk for 
>> Xubuntu 6.06 .... I am having trouble in getting Xubuntu to  install 
>> itself onto the Hard drive. It just seems to waste time trying to create 
>> a System Disk... only to find out that there is nothing there.. I am 
>> wondering  what could be the problem, or, if I need to reload it several 
>> times for Xub to Load itself onto the Hard Drive?
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> Could you be a little more detailed? In particular, what steps have you 
> gone through before it fails? I'm a little fuzzy on what step "create 
> system disk" is at as I don't do that many installs.
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> Bill
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I am wondering if the Hard drive needs reformatting, and if so, what 
program and/or switches ( e.g. format/s ) do I need to perform this task?
Does Xubuntu have such a disk initialisiing program which I need to 
utilize, before I am able to install?


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