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Does anyone here have Linux installed, or know how to install it?

I'm having some serious trouble with the SUSE install (getting an error when trying to partition the HD). I'm defragging right now to try and clear up the issue, but I'm not sure if it'll work or not.

And I'm not trying to do a dual-boot system. WinXP just needs to be removed completely.

We have it at work. I will ask the tech guy your question

i'll ask my techy friends for ya too

The guy I talked to at work said there are different types of installs. The one we have required him to start from blank and reformat the system. He said it soulnds like you are doing the same thing since you aren't doing a dual boot. I have no idea what any of that means, but that is what he said. Hope it helps.

i got advice from two friends......i don't speak yall's language so i am copy-pasting



Linuxquestions.org - follow links to the SUSE forum. Looks like a common problem. Right now I'm using ububtu, but when I was using suse instalation was a snap, the
distro you are trying to install is it a download or boxed set? if it is a download
you may have a corrupted download, which happens from time to time,
What kind of machine are you using, for example if you are trying to single install
suse on a compaq machine it will not install, you will have to do a dual boot.
Not knowing more about your problems this are but a few of the reasons you are unable
to install your distro.

Got it up and running with SUSE. Took it to a friend of mine.

Anyways, I have to get going, but I just wanted to say thanks for all the help and I'll update you all later!

Well, I got SUSE up and running. I tried Debian but I was having too many problems with the mouse.

I had originally tried SUSE but the partitioning part of the install would give me a ton of errors, so I used Debian to partition, aborted install and went back to SUSE. Worked like a charm. Set-up was a breeze (nice and graphical!). No mouse/monitor information needed, it was all automatic.

Anyways, I got MS Office 2003 up and running on the machine. That's what took the longest of the whole switch. Took a while to find something that would work.

The only problem I have now is that it doesn't like my wireless USB mouse (oh well, I think I want to go back to wired anyways). Also, I'm having a hell of a time trying to get the wireless card to work. Drivers are all installed, but it just... doesn't like my network.

Work on the internet connection will progress through the night I'm sure =]