Ins tal l ing Le gacy O S to H ard D rive . O ve r th e ye ars I've re ad a l ot of com m e nts th at Le gacy O S is a Live CD onl y. Th e s e ob s e rvations and com m e nts are jus t pl ain w rong. Th e onl y tim e you s h oul d b e running Le gacy O S Live from th e CD is w h e n you're ins tal l ing Le gacy to a com pute rs H ard D rive . Th is guide if you fol l ow it w il lon ave rage h ave Le gacy ins tal l e d to your H ard D rive in 15 m inute s .
I m us t as s um e th at th e us e r re ading th is guide h as no prior e xpe rie nce in ins tal l ing Le gacy O S to a Com pute r's H ard D rive . O ne of th e b igge s t m is tak e s a ine xpe rie nce d us e r m ak e s is trying to ins tal l Le gacy O S to a com pute r's H ard D rive th at al re ady h as an O pe rating Sys te m ins tal l e d. Th is O pe rating Sys te m w il lm os t l ik e l y b e W indow s . Be fore w e can ins tal lLe gacy O S w e m us t form at th e H ard D rive to th e corre ct form at. In our cas e w e ne e d a EXT2 form atte d H ard D rive . W h e n you k now h ow , form atting your H ard D rive w il lonl y tak e a coupl e of m inute s . As th is Ins tal lguide is avail ab l e for dow nl oad from Source Forge , you m ay b e re ading th is guide not from Le gacy O S running Live . If th is is th e cas e pl e as e b oot up Le gacy O S from th e com pute r you w ant to ins tal lLe gacy to. If your com pute r ignore s th e CD and trie s to b oot W indow s th is m e ans you ne e d to ch ange th e orde r your Com pute r b oots up to s e l e ct th e CD D rive firs t. To do th is you ne e d to ch ange s e tting in th e com pute r's Bios . Ge ne ral l y Pre s s F2 or D e l e te w h e n you jus t turn on your com pute r w ith b ring up th e Bios . H e re you'l lh ave to do s om e e xpe rim e nting to find th e righ t s e ttings . D on't forge t to pre s s F10 to s ave th e ch ange s you m ak e .
Le t's ge t s tarte d!
O pe n th e ControlPane lfor th e Appl ication M e nu and s e l e ct "Sys te m Se ttings /App Re cove ry & H e l p". Now Cl ick "Le gacy O S Ins tal l e r".
W e al lh ate to re ad l ong ins tal lins tructions . In th is cas e it's w orth it as it w il ls ave you a fe w h e adach e s and ge t Le gacy O S ins tal l e d q uick e r.
Re ad ab ove and w h e n re ady Cl ick "O K ".
Re ad ab ove and w h e n re ady Cl ick "O K ".
M e dia Util ity Tool(M UT) w il lope n. Cl ick on "M ount" as h igh l igh te d in ab ove im age .
By cl ick ing "M ount" in M UT th e fol l ow ing dire ctory (fol de r) w ith ope n w ith th e conte nts on th e CD containing Le gacy O S. To m ak e it l e s s confus ing M inim ize b oth M UT and th e D ire ctory containing Le gacy O S.
Re ad ab ove and w h e n re ady Cl ick "O K ".
Wel com e to "Gparte d" w h ich is going to h e l p you form at your H ard D rive re ady for th e ins tal l ation of Le gacy O S. In th e ab ove im age you'l ls e e w e h ave one NTFS (W indow s ) Partition, tw o EXT2 (Linux) Partitions and one Linux-Sw ap Partition. Ab ove th os e are b oxe s of diffe re nt s ize s w ith th e s m al lre d b ox to th e righ t b e ing your Linux-Sw ap Partition. Le ts s ay you h ave a 20GB H ard D rive . W h at you w ant to cre ate is a 500M b Linux-Sw ap Partiton and a 19 .5Gb EXT2 Partition. Your com pute r w il lus e th e Linux-Sw ap Partition as e xtra Ram w h e n your com pute r's Ram ge t ful lw ith Appl ications w h ich are ope n. For th is guide w e 're going to de l e te and form at th e NTFS Partition for th e ins tal lof Le gacy O S.
To de l e te th e NTFS Partition s im pl y righ t m ous e cl ick ove r it and s e l e ct "D e l e te ".
As you'l ls e e in th e ab ove im age h igh l igh te d b y th e re d re ctangl e , you now h ave an unal l ocate d partition. Th is doe s n't m e an your NTFS partition is gone .
Tim e to te l lGparte d w h at type of partition you w ant to re pl ace th e pre vious NTFS partition w ith . Righ t m ous e cl ick on th e unal l ocate d partition and s e l e ct "Ne w ".
By de faul t Le gacy O S w il lch oos e EXT2 for your "Fil e s ys te m ". As th is is th e Fil e s ys te m w e w ant th e re 's noth ing you ne e d to do. In th e ab ove im age th e re 's a re d circl e "A" w ith a arrow pointing righ t. If w e l e ft m ous e cl ick and h ol d it dow n ove r th e arrow w e can drag th e arrow to th e l e ft adjus ting th e s ize of th e partition w e 're going to m ak e . I'm as s um ing you don't al re ady h ave a Linux-s w ap partition. If you do jus t cl ick "Add". If not s im pl y drag th e arrow l e ft untilyou h ave at l e as t 500m b in th e b ox ne xt to "Fre e Space Fol l ow ing (M iB) and cl ick "Add". Th is w il lcre ate a ne w unal l ocate d partition to cre ate Linux-s w ap on. Re pe at ab ove s te ps b ut th e tim e s e l e ct "Linux-s w ap" and not "EXT2" from th e pul ldow n m e nu.
In th e ab ove im age w e 're re ady to de l e te th e NTFS partition and cre ate a ne w EXT2 Partition. If you're al so cre ating a Linux-s w ap partition it s h oul d al so be l is te d.
O K th e fun is ab out to b e gin. If you're h appy w ith your ch oice s cl ick th e gre e n and w h ite tick icon (Appl y al lO pe rations ).
O K b e fore anyth ing h appe ns you're give n one m ore ch ance to cance lth e partitioning. O nce you cl ick "Appl y" your H ard D rive w ith b e form atte d. W indow s w il lb e de l e te d for e ve r and you'l le nd up w ith a ne w EXT2 partition w aiting for you to ins tal lLe gacy O S.
Your H ard D rive is b e ing Partitione d.
Al lgoing w e l lyou s h oul d h ave a m e s s age th at "Al lope rations s ucce s s ful l y com pl e te d" cl ick "Cl os e ". If not you'l lh ave to go b ack and try again. Al so b e aw are th e H ard D rive you're form atting m igh t b e dam age d and th is m igh t b e one re as on w h y th e com pute r is n't b e ing us e d anym ore .
Congratul ations you now h ave form atte d your H ard D rive re ady to ins tal lLe gacy O S.
Pre s s "O K " tim e to ge t Le gacy O S ins tal l e d on your H ard D rive .
I've s e l e cte d ID E (ATA) inte rnalH ard D rive (O l de r PC's ) as ab out 9 0% of th e com pute rs Le gacy is s uitab l e for w il lh ave th is H ard D rive ins tal l e d. Th e oth e r 10% w il lus e a SATA inte rnalH ard D rive (Ne w e r PC's ). If your not s ure w h at type of H ard D rive your com pute r h as try th e ID E option firs t. If it fail s th e n try th e SATA option. Al lgoing w e l lone of th e tw o w il lw ork for you.
As m y com pute r onl y h as one H ard D rive , I'm onl y give n one option to s e l e ct. If you h ave m ore th an one h ard drive , s e l e ct th e drive you w ant to us e . H ope ful l y th is is th e one you jus t form atte d. Cl ick "O K ".
As I've jus t form atte d Partition O ne (h da1) th is is th e Partition I w ant Le gacy O S to b e ins tal l e d to. Cl ick th e "Ins tal lLe gacy O S 2 to h da1" icon.
Confirm th is is th e Partition you w ant to ins tal lto and cl ick "O K ".
H ave a good re ad of th e ab ove im age . For a norm alful lH ard D rive ins tal l , cl ick "NO RM ALoption 2". Th is Guide onl y de al s w ith Ful l Ins tal l s . If you de cide to cl ick "CO EXIST option 1" th e n re ad ful l y th e options give n and you s h oul d b e s ucce s s fulw ith your ins tal l .
Th e ab ove m e s s age w il ldis appe ar afte r a fe w m inute s , th is is norm al . Jus t b e patie nt as th e ins tal l e r is continuing to copy fil e s to your Com pute r.
Afte r a pe riod of tim e th e ab ove m e s s age w il lappe ar. Th e ins tal lin continuing...
To al l ow Le gacy O S to b oot up w h e n you turn on your com pute r, w e ne e d to ins tal la b oot l oade r. In th is cas e th e "Grub " b oot l oade r. Cl ick "Ins tal lGRUB".
O nce you've re ad th e ab ove im age cl ick "O K ".
H igh l igh t th e "Sim pl e " option and pre s s "O K ".
H igh l igh t th e s tandard option and cl ick "O K ".
As in th e ab ove im age jus t e xce pt th e de faul t e ntry. Le gacy O S s h oul d fil lin th is inform ation for you. Cl ick "O K ".
Scrol ldow n and h igh l igh t "M BR" Cl ick "O K ".
As in ab ove im age l e ave b l ank cl ick "O K ".
Al lgoing w e l lLe gacy O S h as b e e n ins tal l e d s ucce s s ful l y. Cl ick "O K ".
Cl ick "No".
Al lgoing w e l lal lyou ne e d to do is e je ct th e Ins tal lCD (O pe n "M UT" and Unm ount th e CD D rive .) and s e l e ct "Re b oot" from th e Appl ications M e nu. I h ope you e njoy us ing Le gacy O S as m uch as I did cre ating it. Al w ays re m e m b e r a Pe ntium 3 or 4 com pute r is not going to do w h at a m ode rn com pute r can. Le gacy O S w il lm ak e an ol d com pute r us ab l e wh en oth e r O pe rating Sys te m s can't.