install linux . . help pl .

[phuchungbhutia]

i recently bought a new hdd sata . . i have winxp on it . now i wnt 2 install linux also . . prob is that it shows old hdd only ie /dev/hda, as my new one is /dev/sda . . why is it so ......
i tried open susi it asks for swap partition how do i create it . i have allotted 1gb in /sda1 ......
how can i install from iso when my C: DRIVE ie WINXP is ntfs but i hav E: DRIVE is fat32 . .
pl help

[aditya.shevade]

As far as the sata HDD is concerned, I have a sata one too, and OpenSuSE detects it as HDA1 only.

To create a Swap with SuSE's installer. Manually create the partitions, and create a partition approx 1.5*(your RAM). Then format it (in the create partition menu, lookout for format, it's ext3 by default) with Linux Swap filesystem.

And for installation without CDs, visit this.

Aditya

[phuchungbhutia]

thanks for the reply . . but i dnt understand that is it a problem if my new hdd shows as /sda instead of /hda . . plus i dnt get how to create swap . . is there some partition sware that can do it . . earlier i had used mandriva to do that part then installed susi but now mandriva doesnt detect my new hdd . .
thanks anyways . . by the way do u know how to get help on SE W700 prob my usb cable is not working n m not abl 2 use net thro pc . .

[aditya.shevade]

^^ I have no idea about anything related to mobile phones. I use Nokia 1600 .

As far as swap is concerned. It's a partition on your HDD. It is similar to the pagefile in windows. A virtual RAM, but as it is on the HDD, it's not as fast as RAM.

If you want, the Gparted live CD can be used just to modify the file system structure. You can get it here.

Aditya

[phuchungbhutia]

now i v stopped tryin to install linux coz its givin some prob with the bios. the old hdd is pata n it reads like primary ide n keeps changin the disk priority . my new sata hdd seems to switch off at times n have to check bios each time i log in. good day to all .

[Pathik]

check the 2 internet thru mobile threads in the open source section.. Also u can use some partition manager to create ext3 and swap partitions..

[drsethi]

congratulations for selecting Suse 10.2, a very good distro of Linux. For tutorial visit
http://www.opensuse.computerlanguages.org/install.php?0

[phuchungbhutia]

thanks for all ur help now i hav installed fedora ... now how do i install programs in it .tar files which cant be installed using software installer

[praka123]

dont download .tar,.bz2 etc they are meant to be source compiled.for eg,like in ur windows xp,how do u feel if ur given .dll files instead of a .exe? rpms and debs are the packages in Linux.dont go searching softwares in source format as does with windows.read below thread may be helpful to you.
how to install "xmms-1.2.10.tar.gz" on ubuntu ??
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...72&postcount=4
Dont try those source given from digit.its just illogical for eg;how it'll be if u get those .dll files,diffrnt config things etc wholesale to ur hand instead of installshield setup or simply "setup.exe"-the same thing in linux/unix are those gzipped(.gz) or bzipped(.bz2) source files;for eg:ur xmms source!.
So the thing is there are very good package managers which can fetch you and install software without searching internet like in windows.for eg: Debian or Ubuntu have apt and dpkg doing a wonderful job.for redhat/fedora .rpm is there,yum is there etc.
So never try those outdated source and if possible any source packages,get ur package manager works for you!
for eg:in GNOME menu after Applications and Places,there is another menu called System which contains administration menu>in which there is synaptic manager.give ur local user password when prompted.
Do read below article very informative for Windows Users too:
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm

[anantkhaitan]

Originally Posted by phuchungbhutia

thanks for all ur help now i hav installed fedora ... now how do i install programs in it .tar files which cant be installed using software installer

Now as praka123 has already mentioned don't go for source packages (tar.gz) prefer binary (rpm/deb) packages .. Now since you are in fedora go for RPM or simply use Yum installer for installing ..

$ su -c yum install <application name>

You may save the downloaded package from /var/cache/yum/<repository name>/packages