Fortunately, my inexperience has yet to kill me. But I couldn't install Linux just yet. I need to pore over the esoteric tomes of Disk Partitioning.
Someone led me astray on the whole "Add another HDD, it's easier to "dual boot" that way!" As in, I needed to Partition the new HD and had no idea what I was doing.
Fortunately the folks who make the Distro I was trying are kind enough to let you NOT screw things up royally if you have any degree of caution.
Another try in the Morning.
Edit:
Discovered that the manufacturer of my Net Access Device is deliberately shafting Linux as well, so I'm in the market for a new one soonish. Ah Well.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Someone led me astray on the whole "Add another HDD, it's easier to "dual boot" that way!" As in, I needed to Partition the new HD and had no idea what I was doing.
Fortunately the folks who make the Distro I was trying are kind enough to let you NOT screw things up royally if you have any degree of caution.
Another try in the Morning.
Edit:
Discovered that the manufacturer of my Net Access Device is deliberately shafting Linux as well, so I'm in the market for a new one soonish. Ah Well.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll