Suse Linux

[jemtman]

Ok, Here's the predicament, I want to install Suse linux off a cd onto my old windows 98 comp. I have it on a boot CD (which works fine on our newer computer), but it wont load when you reboot it. Is there some simple thing i'm missing?

~Jemtman

[Silmaril8n]

Do you have the boot order set correctly in BIOS so that the CDROM is set before the first HardDisk?

[jemtman]

I highly doubt that i do.

Could you please explain how to do this?

Thanks,

~Jemtman

[Silmaril8n]

It depends on the type of BIOS that you have installed on the system.

When it begins to bootup and says "Press [key] to enter setup," press the key (usually "Delete").

Then, poke around in there for the Boot Order. I'm not looking at a BIOS screen right now but it's usually in a general or standard configuration screen. You will want to be careful not to change anything else there as you could throw an system through quite a loop with a mistake. You can always exit without saving if you think you hit the wrong thing.

[jemtman]

Ok, thanks a lot.
Now the computer boots from the cd drive first. However, when i try to install linux, it wants to patition the hard drive. Thats all good, but it gives me an error message, and aborts instalation. So, in other words, i need to know how to partition a hard drive with windows 98, does anyone know how?

Thanks,
~Jemtman