Re: installation fears

John Bennett wrote:

> Hello:
> 
> I am anxious to try Arklinux but have a serious fear.
> 
> I have two hard drives: the first contains XP, the second is empty and
> formatted for Linux. Of course, my wish is to install onto the second
> disk and have a dual boot system.
> 
> When presented with the installation options, my choice is obviously
> "system install" or "express install". However, nothing on the screen
> indicates that any sort of search for avalable space will be undertaken.
> My fear, of course, is that if I choose "system install" the program
> will just proceed to repartition my C drive. This very thing happened
> once with another distribution.
> 
> Are my fears unfounded? If I proceed will I be given the option to
> choose a place for installation?
> 
> I am something of a newbie and my earlier experience has left me
> extremely "gun shy", so please forgive me if I am missing something
> obvious.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> John Bennett

Yes indeed they are well founded. The current alpha installer soon to be
replaced, will kill your primary hard disk if you choose system install.
Your best bet is to delete the partitions  on the second drive you want to
install to, and then run express install. It then take the un partitioned
space on the second drive and install ark. However I must caution you to
back up all important data. Since this is an Alpha, things can obviously
still happen.

Thanks
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