Installing Linux Mint on a G1S.

Hey does anyone have step by step guide on installing Linux Mint/Ubuntu 7.10/PCLinuxOS on the G1S? I've tried the Ubuntu forums, but it just scared me
Thanks for the help guys.
Dodoman

 

Accessibility mostly. I want maximum compatability with my current hardware I guess.

 

There shouldn't have any problems, everything works on my C90S except the webcam & fingerprint (well, fingerprint is detect ed but I haven't searched for a software yet).

If you wanna able to utilise all the Fn+ F7-12 (laptop functions), any Debian-based (Ubuntu or Mint in your case) will support them. Fedora & PCLinux 2008 didn't for me. Mint is a bit more begginer friendly.

 

What JCMS said If you want to dual boot, it's better that windows is already on the machine. Make sure you have all the free space you want on a separate partition.

 

*cough* How do I create a partition without having to format my XP partition? *cough*

 

LOL.....Ok with Vista it's easy, with XP download Gparted, burn an .iso, and boot from it. From there, 'shrink' your XP down to a size you want for Ubuntu. Better back up important data first.

 

Can I create a FAT32 partition with Acronis Disk Detector instead? Or is gparted a must?

Also I tried booting up Mint cd I just burnt. After loading all the binaries, it gets stuck at the immediate splash screen. What's wrong?

 

re Mint....I had that happen a couple of times and then it worked, did you try again? it's finicky for some reason...burning on a read/write media is a big no.

Yes, I guess you can do that, then install Mint on the FAT32 partition and have Mint format it to Ext3 or whatever you want. All you want to do is create a separate partition, either formatted or unformatted to install linux onto...if it's sufficient size for you, then it's a go! I would recomment creating a separate /home partition in linux during set up to keep all your personal files and settings, then if you upgrade, you can leave it alone. I have a "/" partition, a "/home" parition, and a '/swap' partition in addition to my NTFS partition for windows. I'm maxxed I believe at 4 partitions for any OS>

 

Wooo got it working
Typing this from Firefox in Mint. Feels awesome
What should I do first? I've download the latest nvidia driver package, but I don't know what to do next heh.

 

Go into restricted driver manager and make sure it's enabled (the nvidia driver, and reboot)

check out the thread I posted recently titled '13 things to do immediately after installing ubuntu' applies to Mint also.

Cool...I don't boot into windows anymore