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[Will Hatch <fhkms AT adelphia.net>]

My hard drive is blank. When I boot the pc it stops after the bios runs 
through.  I tried to install Tiny Linux and went through the process of 
installing, but didn't have all the disks.  Anywhoooo...  I have a couple 
partitions and a swap, but i'd like to start from scratch. I think I'm ready 
to partition and install.  The computer is a Dell optiplex Gn+. It has a 10 
meg hard drive, pentium processor, and 32 meg ram.  -Will
> 
> From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
> Date: 2004/06/19 Sat PM 05:33:46 EDT
> To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [BL] newbie
> 
> Will Hatch wrote:
> >
> > I have my Basic Linux floppy discs functioning, and am just 
> > beginning to explore.  I found the word processor, but can't 
> > seem to exit out of the program.  
> 
> CTRL-X
> 
> > Alt-h shows me a help screen but the commands the list do not work.  
> 
> Are you pressing the CTRL key?  The ^ symbol stands for CTRL.
> 
> > Also, I want to install this to the hard drive and have it boot 
> > from the hard drive.  Can anybody point me toward step by step 
> > instructions, including the partitioning of the disk?  
> 
> The specific commands for partitioning your HD, depend on what
> else you have on the HD (and whether you want to preserve it).
> If you give us the details of your HD, we can probably help.
> In particular:  what OS is currently booting, what is on the
> various partitions, is there currently an empty partition 
> available?
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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