why people grumble in changing to linux
recently i got a cd of PCQUEST linux
http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux/default.asp
now i had made to change my os to linux no matter what .
i backed up my hdd and started the installation
its installer was anaconda ( weird name) and i started the install
now it had a disk utility called disk drud. i had a nite mare with the partion ,i created a partion ,it won't take it,ERROR "/ primary not specified ", by god i had to make a 21 partions and delete 20 partions the 21st partion worked .
now the installition moved forward and the installer formatted my disk.it took more the 1 hr to format it ( 40gb) and now it began copying the important files, an hour passed and i was asked to insert the second cd which i did .
another hour passed ,and after that another and another
"6 min left"
i tried to eject the cd ,but it wont respond,i checked the "num lock",it was also not responding.so i restarted and now iam struck witha command called
grub>
and now i don't know what to do????
on the other hand when i installed win 98se it asked me only
the drive to install (only one drive was left) ,serial key ,next....next.....next ,plz wait and whola!!!
if linux was just as simple in installtion then most of the home users might have changed to it by now
won't you say so!!!
Re: why people grumble in changing to linux
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Originally posted here by yourdeadin
its installer was anaconda ( weird name) and i started the install
now it had a disk utility called disk drud. i had a nite mare with the partion ,i created a partion ,it won't take it,ERROR "/ primary not specified ", by god i had to make a 21 partions and delete 20 partions the 21st partion worked .
You *had* to create 21 partitions, and delete the first 20? Perhaps you could have looked up a guide on how to use Disk Druid, or simply used FDISK if you could have done it better with that?
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now the installition moved forward and the installer formatted my disk.it took more the 1 hr to format it ( 40gb) and now it began copying the important files, an hour passed and i was asked to insert the second cd which i did.
It didn't take me that long to format my 60GB partition on my 80GB drive, at least with EXT3. What partition type did you select?
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another hour passed ,and after that another and another
"6 min left" i tried to eject the cd ,but it wont respond,i checked the "num lock",it was also not responding.so i restarted and now iam struck witha command called
It crashed during the install, some of your packages may be borked, but it shouldn't be anything core to the system, so you should be okay if you can get it booted.
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grub>
and now i don't know what to do????
Are you asking if you don't know what to do? My guess would be yes then. :)
Anyway, boot off your linux CD and enter recovery/rescue mode, and then try and run the grub configuration off your system, after having mounted it, which I would guess to be beyond your abilities if you had problems with disk druid. Better idea here, just boot with an alternate and more recent distribution's install CD, and overwrite your existing linux partitions. I would suggest SuSE if you are looking for raw ease of install, or perhaps Fedora Core.
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on the other hand when i installed win 98se it asked me only
the drive to install (only one drive was left) ,serial key ,next....next.....next ,plz wait and whola!!!
Yep, and Win98SE can't do the following things that linux can:
- Use more than one processor.
- Have an uptime longer than 50 days. :D
- Run bleeding edge hardware -- most support is dropping from 98 in favour of XP.
- Install drivers for everything just off the install. My last slack install involved adding NVidia drivers (they're proprietary closed source), while my last win98 install involved adding drivers for my mouse, my keyboard, my sound card, printer, TV tuner, NICs, etc..
- The list keeps going, if you want, I can expand on it.
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if linux was just as simple in installtion then most of the home users might have changed to it by now
won't you say so!!!
Keep in mind though, Linux, while being very user friendly, is still designed to give you options. A lot of your complaints seem to be from not understanding being given so many options (something common in the Windows-only world). Personally, I'm of the mind that if a person can't repartition their drives, they probably shouldn't be installing Linux. That doesn't mean Linux isn't very user friendly, it's just not installer-friendly because it gives you a bit more control than Windows does.
May be more home users might have switched to it, but given your attitudes and approach to it -- which IMO reflects pretty accurately the "it won't do what I want but it's the one with the problem because I know how to do everything" attitude that many home users have -- is that really a good thing?
