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Paradise Lost · 08-27-2004, 10:48 PM

Erm... yeah, so, today I was trying to install Linux on the computer, and I followed the instruction manual prefectly, but, figuring if I deleted partitions on my computer from the install would then actually DELETE the freakin things, I could go along with the installation... Well, right when I got to the Portage part of the install, it says disk doesn't have enough size, or space, and stops installing it (so I'm guessing the old windows partitions didn't freakin delete). So I goto restart to go back into Windows (which made sense if the old partitions were still in tact), and I CAN'T DO IT. When I put in an XP disk, it doesn't boot from CDROM, even though I've tried everything that's humanly possible to try and make it boot from it, and I don't even think the Linux disk boots up, so I have no idea what to do to fix this.

I was thinking maybe there was some way to wipe the hard drive clean, or to boot somehow into DOS and format, but I'm clueless... Any help would be VERY appreciated, since I can't get past my motherboard BIOS stuff... (posting from my brother's computer right now...)

08-27-2004, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paradise Lost "Afternoon everybody." "NORM!" Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.	Error, cannot open operating system... Erm... yeah, so, today I was trying to install Linux on the computer, and I followed the instruction manual prefectly, but, figuring if I deleted partitions on my computer from the install would then actually DELETE the freakin things, I could go along with the installation... Well, right when I got to the Portage part of the install, it says disk doesn't have enough size, or space, and stops installing it (so I'm guessing the old windows partitions didn't freakin delete). So I goto restart to go back into Windows (which made sense if the old partitions were still in tact), and I CAN'T DO IT. When I put in an XP disk, it doesn't boot from CDROM, even though I've tried everything that's humanly possible to try and make it boot from it, and I don't even think the Linux disk boots up, so I have no idea what to do to fix this. I was thinking maybe there was some way to wipe the hard drive clean, or to boot somehow into DOS and format, but I'm clueless... Any help would be VERY appreciated, since I can't get past my motherboard BIOS stuff... (posting from my brother's computer right now...) __________________ "Marino could do it."