> Using a 200GIG WD harddrive and VIA EPIA M10000 mini-ITX > motherboard with 512 megs of RAM.... > > #1 - I do the install, no problems as far as I can tell, then > it has to do a reboot. It gets to where it is then asking > for a "username" in the middle of the screen. I don't have a > username. At some point during the install it forces me to > put in an admin name or something, but that user/pass doesn't Yes you do. At a minimum, you have a username 'root'. The password is that which you established for the administrator during installation. You should also set up a separate "user's" account and use that account for your everyday work. > work. Is there a way during the install to tell it "hey, no > freaking user/pass on this computer"? No. Linux is a true multiuser and multitasking OS. Having specific usernames and passwords allows you to have better control over your system and makes it more secure. The tiny inconvenience of logging in is worth the benefit. I can think of one way in which you could avoid usernames and passwords (there may be others) but this is extra work to make the system easier to break. Set up users, and save yourself grief. Log in as user root, with the password you set, and run system-config-users at a shell prompt (System Settings > Users and Groups on the menu) to set up an ordinary user's account. > > #2 - Want to do a dual boot between XP and Linux. Do I > partition the harddrive first, then install XP, then install Linux? That is what I would do to create a dual-boot system. If you are working on a system which currently contains XP, reduce the size of your NTFS partition to make space for Fedora. Do not alter the small FAT partition which XP has created (XP needs a FAT partition to work). Leave the freed up space unpartitioned. Anaconda will handle formatting for you when you choose to install in unpartitioned space. Hope this helps. Erik
