now....i hv a new hdd....i would like to make it a dual boot...............

i hv three choices of distro......

1)fedora 2
2)suse 9.1
3)knoppix

im a newbie in linux..........generally people will say .......its all the same.....but can anyone suggest me a good distro out of those three.......or help me to choose which one is first......

there's no hard and fast rule. everyone here will have their own opinion on which one is best. you just have to try them out and find which one is best for yourself. All of them (distros) have their own strength and weaknesses. As you get better at linux you'll fall in love with one of them.

For me I started off with mandrake, then moved to debian, suse, xandros, yoper and finally settled with knoppix.

welcome to the world of linux!

thanx 4 the advice.........

mmm.....ok......how about this?.............which distro has easy to get manuals or ...........when there is probs in the distro....which one that can get help easy....from forumers or sites........

mandrake linux is good for newbiz. it provide great environment for newbizz

xandros and lindows is the best desktop os.

depand on u la!

thanx xanda........but out of those three?

all three ... if you're looking for immediate support you need to subscribe, then only SUSE is your option.

i would advice to try with suse or knoppix first... coz fedora has a little problem n u'll need to configure that if u r going to install ur OSs in different harddisk

but it's not hard to configure... u'll net internet for this though

*need i mean

Why Fedora Core 2?

Myself prefer Fedora Core 3 & Suse 9.2

Have Fun!

coz this three is wat i hv at my desk

arghhhh.....i install suse.......than blackout at my place......than when the electricity came back......suse ask for username n password.......

cant login lah......help!!!!!!!

can i make a fresh installation again.....how can i delete the previous one?

troubleshooting time

i bet your knoppix cd still with you. or whatever installer cd that have recue mode.
get boot up with it (let say now we use knoppix cd) and try to have root access.

in knoppix you just have to change to the first terminal .
maybe the CTRL+ALT+F1 will help
(you can change to ay termina using CTRL+ALT+Fx)

in the root's terminal, try to mount the partition where your install your Linux
using full path. afterthat "chroot" to the mount partition. Now you are in suse. change root password by issueing command "passwd". now you have setup the new root passwd. Now time to reboot the pc.

e.g.
1. mkdir /mnt/tmp
2. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/tmp
[i assume you have installed your Suse in first partition so i use /dev/hda1]
[please use the mount command with the device file or you wont be able to
chroot in knopix]
3. chroot /mnt/tmp /bin/bash
[now you are in suse]
4. passwd
[changing root passwd]
5. CTRL+D
6. reboot
[logout and reboot your pc]

now you wil be able to logon to your linux sytem and also any Linux systtem that physically unsecure ...

however theree is a faster way using GRUB to do this, but i not familiar with suse GRUB, suse costumize it turning to LILO like application.

thanx genlee.......problem solve by reinstalling it back.....n thanx for the troubleshooting........learn something new