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hey im not liking mandrake and i would like to go on to REDHAT8. I have got the cds for it, but how do erase the partition with mandrake on it. I am dual booting with win98 and mandrake. If someone could help me erase that partition or just format it so i can install redhat to that partition. Thanks

ok that problem is solved.. i got another, i dnt get this whole install thing. i got have tar.gz file, lets say that it is called linux-3.1.b4.tar.gz and it is located in /bin/src. I goto kernal and i type ./configure something. Could you tell me exactly what to type with the info i gave you. Thanks

when i start linux mandrake 9, it loads me into the terminal, not the place where i select my login. Is there a simplecommand i can type that will load linux?