Re: Linux on HardDrive

2004-11-23 Thread Michael Z Daryabeygi
Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote: You don't need to worry about creating the MBR, I believe it's already there. You are correct. The MBR is a place, not a thing. To install the bootloader, run either grub or lilo - I also reccomend grub. 'man grub' for info, and googleing for 'installing grub' or

Re: Linux on HardDrive

2004-11-23 Thread Nathanael Hasbrouck
On Monday 22 November 2004 2339, somebody named Curtis Vaughan inscribed this message: > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:02 -0800, Curtis Vaughan > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > >> I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to put linux on. > >> Since the networking on this device is

Re: Linux on HardDrive

2004-11-23 Thread Icebiker
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 02:44 Subject: Re: Linux on HardDrive On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 05:39, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:02 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to

Re: Linux on HardDrive

2004-11-22 Thread Ronny Aasen
On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 05:39, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:02 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to put linux on. > >> Since the networking on this device is poor, I removed the harddrive > >> and hooke

Re: Linux on HardDrive

2004-11-22 Thread Curtis Vaughan
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:02 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to put linux on. >> Since the networking on this device is poor, I removed the harddrive >> and hooked it up to my own computer. So, my question is what do I need

Re: Linux on HardDrive

2004-11-22 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:02 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to put linux on. > Since the networking on this device is poor, I removed the harddrive > and hooked it up to my own computer. So, my question is what do I need > to d

Linux on HardDrive

2004-11-22 Thread Curtis Vaughan
I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to put linux on. Since the networking on this device is poor, I removed the harddrive and hooked it up to my own computer. So, my question is what do I need to do to the hard drive to get Linux to boot up on it, when I put it back in the origi