My dear lord I think this is going to work after all. Thank goodness I didn't buy that chainsaw. But now I have what may be a repeat question.

So I managed to get to the bit where I can install openSUSE. I can see it and everything. And I can get to the BIOS now too. Turns out I had the screens plugged in to the motherboard and not the graphics card where they should have been connected. *[Slaps Forehead]*

My concern now is that someone said the installation software should detect and automatically set up the dual screen configuration. Which sounds great. But at what point will it do this? Is it during that bit at the end where it says 'Automatic Configuration'? Because right now I can see two versions of the same screen and two pointers moving exactly the same on each screen. Should I just move forward and trust it will work or is there something I should do to ensure it works? How much of a nightmare will it be to get it working after install if it doesn't work automatically?

Cheers again. *[Slaps Forehead again]*

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Lev Lafayette <lev@levlafayette.com> wrote:
On Tue, October 14, 2014 9:10 pm, Scott Junner wrote:
> @ Lev: When creating the partition, the way you described was not quite
> the way to get where you suggested. Instead I followed a video which told
> me to use the Run tool and type 'diskmgmt.mcs' into that which took me
> straight to it.

Same, same.

> Question. Is 'Free Space' the same as 'Unallocated' space? I've shrunk
> the main volume, do I need to do something else to turn the new partition
> into 'Free Space'. It is currently labeled as 'Unallocated'.

No leave it as it is; Linux will detect it and suggest that's where you
want to install.

All the best,


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