Right,
I have an Acer Aspire laptop running the following specs:
1.6 turion 64bit CPU
1gb RAM
x1300 ati gfx card 128 (exclusive memory)
120gb hdd
I've been looking at various linux distros and couldn't decide so I did a walkthrough test to find 'the best distro for me'
anyway top of the list was the 64 bit release of openSUSE
so i've promtly downloaded it and have got a Live CD with KDE 4
anyway some of you may know that acer split their drives into 3... 2 visable partitions: 1 for windows and the other for extras
and finally one hidden one that contains the factory restore files.
now ive been in two minds whether just to install OpenSUSE on one of the partitions and leaving the rest to windows etc
but then i dunno if i shoudl just use the whole HDD for Linux
if i go for the option of using the whole HDD .. how can I format the whole HDD? the installer for linux allows me to view every partition and i can delete partitions.
now does that mean I can remove them and format them later? or do i have to format out side of the installer.
my only experience of formatting has been by plugging an old HDD in my machine an formatting it as a secondary drive...
shall i just rip out my laptops HDD and plug it into my desktop?
sorry if it sounds totally noobish .. and your probably thinking "if he can't format a HDD then he shouldn't be running linux" but im usually fine with PCs it just formatting this HDD that has got me stumped
mental blockage n all that
Thanks in advance
Will
oh an also what shall I format it to?
I've read Linux doesn't get on with NTFS so FAT32 ftw>? or does it have its own format?
thanks again
I have an Acer Aspire laptop running the following specs:
1.6 turion 64bit CPU
1gb RAM
x1300 ati gfx card 128 (exclusive memory)
120gb hdd
I've been looking at various linux distros and couldn't decide so I did a walkthrough test to find 'the best distro for me'
anyway top of the list was the 64 bit release of openSUSE
so i've promtly downloaded it and have got a Live CD with KDE 4
anyway some of you may know that acer split their drives into 3... 2 visable partitions: 1 for windows and the other for extras
and finally one hidden one that contains the factory restore files.
now ive been in two minds whether just to install OpenSUSE on one of the partitions and leaving the rest to windows etc
but then i dunno if i shoudl just use the whole HDD for Linux
if i go for the option of using the whole HDD .. how can I format the whole HDD? the installer for linux allows me to view every partition and i can delete partitions.
now does that mean I can remove them and format them later? or do i have to format out side of the installer.
my only experience of formatting has been by plugging an old HDD in my machine an formatting it as a secondary drive...
shall i just rip out my laptops HDD and plug it into my desktop?
sorry if it sounds totally noobish .. and your probably thinking "if he can't format a HDD then he shouldn't be running linux" but im usually fine with PCs it just formatting this HDD that has got me stumped
mental blockage n all that
Thanks in advance
Will
oh an also what shall I format it to?
I've read Linux doesn't get on with NTFS so FAT32 ftw>? or does it have its own format?
thanks again