<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Hi Vincent</DIV> <DIV> I am a newbie to Linux but here a few hints and tips:</DIV> <DIV>NB; try and list your system specs like the processor, memory and if your HD is RAID capable and hot-swappable. Also try the <STRONG>kubuntu </STRONG>(KDE not GNOME - You probably know that. The other thing is try and search the web forums  for a list of hardware that is backward compatible with the fiesty distro. </DIV> <DIV>I have an HP PC running Vista Home Basic(145) on the main  partition and Kubuntu (10GB) on the mnor one (my HDD is 160 GB SATA) and i dual boot using the windows boot manager to opt for the OS of my choice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>OR get PARTITION MAGIC 8.0 from Powerquest it comes with PQBOOT and BOTMAGIC. Install it, parttion and format your drives and try loading fiesty on the LINUX parttion. <BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 9/17/08, vincent <I><bullet@ballmail.co.za></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: vincent <bullet@ballmail.co.za><BR>Subject: [ubuntu-za] Re-installing Feisty<BR>To: "Ubuntu Mailing lists" <ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com><BR>Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 12:49 AM<BR><BR><PRE>Hi Folks, Can anyone please help me with info on re-installing feisty on my computer - I've just about given up with hardy.It won't recognise my graphics card & will only display resolutions of 800x600 or 600x400 & not 1024x768 which is what it should be - Feisty has no trouble with this. Hardy won't allow package manager to open feisty, giving a whole list of files it say's aren't there, so it would appear that I can't install in hardy. Should I install in windows, won't I possibly mess up the partition's on the drive? The other hassle with hardy is that it won't turn off when selecting the shutdown option & the off button on the case freezes so my only option here is the reboot button on the case which still work's...so it's into XP,(dual boot sys)& then turn off. I've tried shutdown, going into root & shutdown -h -P - Same story, the screen goes blank & computer keeps running. I've tried re installing hardy, still won't recognise on board graphics card.(S3 Prosavage DDr Microsft)It's defaulted to a "vesa" which only give the 800 or 600 resolution. Enough now! Please help, I don't want to mess up or corrupt any files & need to know the correct procedure - Also, will I lose any upgrades done? e.g.. Eye of gnome, gnome dialup tool,modem driver? Or will they be transferred over to feisty? Vince -- ubuntu-za mailing list ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>