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I need help instaling linux on my laptop. I am leaving a link here for you to see what kind it is I barely remember the specs but i remember it had a 50-60 gigabite hd. and theram was in the megabytes. the name is Averatec not sure of the model type, sorry.
You can do it in 1 step on installation cd, I just choose to make it 2 so that there are less chances that a person make a mistake and just choose to install to the wrong space.
You can do it in 1 step on installation cd, I just choose to make it 2 so that there are less chances that a person make a mistake and just choose to install to the wrong space.
Fool-proof!
But user can still choose wrong partition when running installation. You don't know how inventive fools are!
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