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When installing Linspire in the Advanced Install mode is specifically
for users who already have an operating system on their computer. The
advantage of using advanced install is that you are given the opportunity to
install onto a system with multiple partitions or multiple operating systems
already installed.
During the setup process click on the bullet 'Advanced Install' and follow the
options. You can select a specific partition to install so leaving other installations
intact. You will be presented with a display of available partitions and
discs to install to. Each will display the drive number, existing format
and weather the installation on the disk is possible. Note: if you use a
RAID drive configured as additional IDE drives do not use these. Although
the install may work Linspire do not recommend this due to the instability of
Linspire when reading RAID drives. The effect can be significant loss of
performance at best and lost system at worst.
Be careful and ensure you know the configuration of your hard drives before installing as
once you click OK there is no turning back and all data on the selected
partition or drive will be deleted.
Once you are happy with your selection click next and you are presented with a
warning as above. Click continue and your install will continue.
Install takes between 10 and 15 minutes depending on your system speed and
drive speed. You will be prompted for a computer name and Administrator
Password. Do not forget this password as the only way past it is to
re-install your system.
Once the process is completed you are prompted to remove your CD and hit
enter. Once done your computer will re-boot and you will be taken to the
GRUB loader where your default OS will be Linspire. If you do nothing
Linspire will load after a few seconds.
Congratulation your system is installed.
Last Modified 7/4/05 2:42 PM