OpenSuse 11.3 Installation Help
 

Im wanting to install opensuse on an old inspiron 6000 laptop in hopes that a linux OS will help it run faster. The problem im running into is that i get to the disk part of the live CD and im lost on how to make it not dual boot this OS on laptop. I dont want any of the data on the windows part all i want on the computer is OpenSuse .


Can someone direct me through this on how to install it so their is no windows XP OS on the computer. Pictures would be the best

You should be able to simply select overwrite all partions or erase hard drive or some thing like that. How old is this computer? Opensuse dosen't really have a reputation for being good on old computers. I'll try and some pics in a moment.

This site has a step by step install guide with pics.

Ive tryed installing opensuse and i couldnt figure out how to overwrite/erase and im not sure how old it is exactly the copyright for the windows serial # is 2003 but the copyright doesnt always show the date this was actually made.
What distro would you suggest for an old computer?

For a very old computer something like puppy Linux is best, but puppy is kind of restrictive. I recommend a distro with Lxde as it's main environment, such as lubuntu or Fedora Lxde. Something like Zenwalk may also be good.

Not that old...

If your old machine is so old that it is from 2003, it should run an installation of openSUSE 11.3 with KDE/Gnome providing that it has sufficient RAM. Otherwise, 11.3 has a choice of light weight desktops that should run well with less than 512Mb of RAM. It is not so much the linux distribution that requires RAM, it is the load of the desktop and windows manager that demands it.

You have more choice, including that of desktops, partitions, etc. if you install from the installation DVD.

http://software.opensuse.org/113/en

for me opensuse 11.2 i had installed on a old box from 2001 ( p4, 512 ram ,gf mx 400 nvidia ), suse was way to slow is be used
it ran but NOT WELL

However a slim Arch install is lightning FAST on that box

but Arch dose take some experience to install
Gentoo or slackware might work

but keep it a "slim" install