Frugal Installation from Live CD  Forum: DSL Tips and Tricks
Topic: Frugal Installation from Live CD started by: jhsu  Posted
by jhsu on Aug. 06 2008,19:23 From my web site at < >    1.
 Boot up DSL from the live CD.   2. Back up all files on your
hard drive to an external memory drive or another computer. You
MUST save all of your data, because installing an OS to the hard
drive involves wiping out its entire contents. DO NOT GO ANY
FURTHER UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS STEP.   3. Use a hard
drive erase program to erase your hard drive. If you are using
Darik's Boot and Nuke, use the following settings for speed:
Quick Erase method, verify feature turned off, 1 round   4. When
the hard drive erase program is finished, reboot.   6. Enter the
command "cfdisk". You are now in the cfdisk application.   7.
Delete any and all existing partitions.   9. Select "hda1" and
make it type 83 (Linux). Select "Write" to write it to the hard
drive.  12. Select the Free Space and create a new partition for
the main drive. Ma