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WaWAR_FA:
if you have mandrake 8.1 you can use the linux4win and not have to worry about formatting your hd yet.

first thing you should do tho is search for every driver you think you might need for sound/video/lan etc. most of them will be on the install disks but ocasionally you will ruin into a hard time finding drivers for newer equipment. (damn you creative finish making the linux drivers for the audigy cards!!!)

TheGreatPoo:
I hate to be a bugaboo (I have a tendancy to ask a lot of questions so forgive me.  Or just slap me.   ) but I took my freshly burned linux discs home and tried to install it on my mom's HP Pavilion.  I started the computer up with the CD in (the same way I did it at work) and it loaded for about 15 seconds and the same error message came up!  Said that it couldn't initialize (or something) the RAM Disk!  It also said (just like before) that this could either be a hardware problem or a Linux kernel bug!  I hope it is not the bug but it looks like it is which means that I will have to download it again!  NOOOOOO!  Is there anyway around this?  Is there anyway top keep from re-downloading this?  Any help is VERY appreaciated!

slave:
Why not just stick with what works?  If you think MS Office is buggy, you're going to thing staroffice is unusable!  It takes 15 seconds to load even on the fastest computer, and the fonts are awful.  I doubt your mother will be able to use Linux either (not that she's dumb or anything, but Linux isn't exactly intuative)  Linux just doesn't have the 'polish' of Windows if you know what I mean.  You say you have problems installing Linux.  Let me tell you, you're not the only one!  Every single time I install Linux I have to hold my breath in anticipation of a crash or a fatal error.  If you want an easy to use, powerful OS then your only alternative to Windows is Mac OS, but even that is a pretty lame solution.  Take my advice; you already have Windows, so stick with it! I assure you, Linux will not solve any of your problems.

Bazoukas:
You have trouble installing it XP cause you are a moron. Am ruuning RH7.3 on a 356Celeron Dell Inspiron3500  Laptop and it doesnt take 15 seconds to load Star.
  Where the fuck you get these numbers boy?


 Anyway back to the original Question.
TheGreatPoo Go buy a Book that deals with RedHat7.2 or 7.3 or with Mandrake 8.1. They have the Distros in CDs on the book cover. These books cost about 49 Dollars.
 
I am saying this because its the safest way to do it. you dont have to worry if your media is messed up or if you Downaloaded all the correct files. Its ready to go and install.


  Now if you are SURE that your media is in good shape and that you have Downloaded all the correct files then , man i dont know what to say to you. I  never encountered that error message.

UnknownQ:
Your hardware is very nicely supported, I have almost the same MoBo (M810MLR), and I haven't had any problems. Forget about 3d games though with the on board graphics, SiS OpenGL is very shaky. I did get Unreal to run decently.

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