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kilgoretrout · 05-03-2004, 04:24 PM

I haven't done a hard drive install in a while, but IIRC setting the path to the folder with the mandrake stuff is a little tricky. As I recall, you first select the partition that the files are on and are then prompted for the path to the files. I don't recall wether you set that in unix notation (with "/") or windows notation (with "C:\"). Also, are the mandrake files on a FAT32 partition or NTFS? I think I used to put the files in C:\Linux and when asked for the path after designating the right partition would just type "Linux" assuming that I was already in the windows"C" partition. I think that worked.

05-03-2004, 04:24 PM	#11
kilgoretrout Member (11 bit) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,524	I haven't done a hard drive install in a while, but IIRC setting the path to the folder with the mandrake stuff is a little tricky. As I recall, you first select the partition that the files are on and are then prompted for the path to the files. I don't recall wether you set that in unix notation (with "/") or windows notation (with "C:\"). Also, are the mandrake files on a FAT32 partition or NTFS? I think I used to put the files in C:\Linux and when asked for the path after designating the right partition would just type "Linux" assuming that I was already in the windows"C" partition. I think that worked.