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"erm, *cough*how do I install Linux*cough*"

I hate DOS and it won't read the CD from my CD drive (e:)
I used to think you typed in the name of the drive for it to change:

cd:
e:
install/setup/run

..whatever the command is but instead I get:

cd:
e:
Invalid Drive Name
*me slaps PC*

e:run
Invalid Drive Name or bad command

I really do hate DOS, I didn't get any documentation apart from the text files on the CD which are too long and boring for me to sit and read :)

ooh, also, I tried installing it through Windows and it just says they're all DOS batch files...so

I tried the DOS commands above in MS-DOS Promt and it changed the drive name..etc but said it needs to be run in the startup DOS mode thingy.

So if anyone can be bothered to write a few simple things fr me to do down here i'd be very grateful :)

obviously as when I got to it there wasn't any 'tables' shown.
anyway, i've got passed that, everythings installed but....

i've set all the passwords..etc up and it asks me for the final boot so I do that, enter the root login name and password and it gives me some spiel about authority and copyright..yadda yadda then stops.

wise Turbonutter, what shall I do?

Did you delete all partitions already on it?

it's a new hdd, says it's factory clean, I tried to fdisk it but it said it couldn't, I partioned it but it couldn't mount it with anything :/ so Linux wouldn't install.

Replace PC with HDD. Bah, it's early.

Well you need a PC with a free partition, free partition space or a partition you're not afraid to nuke. Do you have any of these?

It's not letting me partion the hdd :D
I love PCs...

Xbox unoffically with a mod chip (because MS are nasty), and PS2. The PS2 has an official project run by Sony, and is, by all accounts, better.

I'm pretty sure the PS2 was thinking about using it on their console but I think it would run better on a PC.

I have a consoley/Linux question - is it out on any console, and if so, which, how much, and where can I get it?

Most cards work with Linux. Just throw the model number at google and append the word "Linux", there'll be somewhere that mentions it. I'm sure it'll work though.