GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide
by Graham Williams
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GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams |
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Standard install. Choose boot media with F12 on boot. F2 to edit the BIOS, needed for 2.4 kernel (no support for AHCI so select Combination under Drive). MSWindows XP already installed, so use the Debian GNU/Linux installer to reduce the NTFS partition size, but keep it, and repartition the remainder, ending up with a dual boot machine.
Install: lang=English, location=Australia, kb=American English, network through DHCP, hostname=belinos, resize NT partition and partition remainder as a desktop, write partition changes, install grub, reboot.
The repartitioning of the pre-existing MSWindows NTFS partition is now
handled directly by the Debian GNU/Linux installer. At the partition step
select:
#2 primary 159.9GB ntfs |
Default Desktop partition was:
| / | 7G | sda3 |
|---|---|---|
| /home | 110G | sda6 |
| swap | 2.8G | sda5 |
Grub automatically noticed MSWindows XP and added an appropriate entry for booting.
Root passwd, user account, apt install.
Install sudo for wajig.
Package installs: exim4 (smarthost with no local delivery).
StartX (choosing defaults for setup) has no problems (initially vesa, then install the non-free fglrx driver).
Install kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686-smp. Set BIOS back to AHCI and in
/etc/fstab change the /dev/hda to /dev/sda. Tell Grub to boot
from /dev/sda3:
# kopt_2_6=root=/dev/sda3 ro |
With the BIOS back to AHCI we can now boot MSWindows XP and GNU/Linux.
