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    ah right cool, cheers for the help. I'm too tired to install it now so i'll do it while i'm online tomoz just for that extra help

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    to install suse for free, simple, downlod the bootdisk images and do an ftp install
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    pretty easy really, stick first cd in the drive, boot from it, choose installation with acpi disabled (trust me), do the install, sometimes ya need to use the following boot options:

    noapic vga=normal

    should work fine like that, some older cdroms can't boot from the 1st cd, boot from the second
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    The Suse install is not so difficult, go through it and follow the defaults until it comes to the point of choosing packages, then install only what you know you need you can add anything else later) if you get stuck at any point then stop and ask here before proceeding, it will see windows etc but you need the free space obviously on the hard drive (pqmagic). Suse is one of the easier friendlier distro installers although for a beginner Mandrake would be the one.
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    • ingouk's system
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    Here is a linux to suse's Reference manual. it has a section about the install aswell. jope that helps u a bit.

    http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.su....2-97.i386.rpm[peek]
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    • ingouk's system
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    uupps. when clicking on the link it will try to open the rpm file.
    U have to put the "[peek]" right after the url in the address bar to open the rpm in the browser and then download the pdf at the bottom of the page.
    If it doesnt work, i can email u the pdf file.
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