You've GOT to be kidding me!! !

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OMFG I'm going to have a meltdown!! ! Once again, I try Linux, and I fail. This time, I didn't even get past the install. Fedora 10. I got the Live CD, but I think it's having a problem with my USB hard drive, so now it just sits there.


WHY CAN'T I WIN WITH LINUX!! !

take the drive off, and swap it for the one in your computer, that will save you loads of trouble
You may also try to look in your Bios to see if you can boot off a usb drive, but that might not
be an option

Problem is, my USB drive is 500 GB, and my internal drive is only 20. I took the internal out altogether. But I think you're right, I don't think it can boot via USB. Maybe a BIOS update.

I tried doing the same thing too haha, then I installed the harddrive got it all setup and working great, only to find
that my boot from usb device was set to off in my bios, I am using ubuntu right now on my other computer.

I hear good things about Ubuntu. I'm sure more information on it will follow this...

Is your usb drive in a cady that you can open? If so you may be able to swap it.

You don't need 500 GB anyway.

I think you can open it, but the drive inside is a SATA drive. I don't have a computer with SATA. I'm using this system for my NAS setup, so yes I do need 500 GB.

I unplugged the USB drive, and tried to do a regular install using the recommended install partitioning and all that s**t. Fail.

I HATE LIVE CD's!! ! I JUST WANT IT TO INSTALL!! !

Oh and another thing. This isn't like Windows or Mac, where you can just plug in a drive and share it. YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY A f*****g MOUNT POINT. IT f***s EVERYTHING UP.

Ubuntu is probably your best bet to get started....

...and it took me about four goes (spread over three years) before I finally accepted it too.

What hardware are you trying it on? I've never touched Fedora, but Ubuntu and OpenSuse are both pretty friendly.

Yellow Dog Linux has excellent support for Apple hardware. Ubuntu no longer has official PPC support, but the community still provides PPC ports (I think). Debian supports every architecture known to man, but is a bit harder to install.

If you just want to install very quickly and have an Intel processor, I like Vector Linux.

I was doing it on a Compaq Evo D500SFF workstation. It's certainly compatible.

I guess I'll try Ubuntu, or possibly YDL (don't think I have a Mac that will run it, though.)

I dunno, It's a "Business" machine. It's a Pentium 4.

will YDL run on "Old World Macs"?

I'm sorry, but I have to bring this thread up again.

I revisited Fedora, because now I really want/need to set up a Linux web server. I tried v10, by doing the minimal install CD and having it download the packages via HTTP. Fail. After some tweaking, I got v9 to work and it actually boots. i found some tutorial online to set up Apache and have it start everytime the system boots. Fail. Plus, external users cannot access the machine period.

I will admit that I have barely any knowledge, and that my patience is low. I just want it to work! I'm going to try Core 3 tomorrow. That one has always worked for me. If not, then I'll try Ubuntu or CentOS or something.

Thanks for letting me vent. Again.