HD Install :: need ehlp with partitioning and harddrive instal

At the logo screen type

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dsl 2

A boot process will happen then you will get a blinking cursor.
type:

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cfdisk

make a Swap partition that is twice as big as the amount of ram you have, and finally make 1 more Everything Partition that uses up the rest of the hard drive.
write the partition table and exit cfdisk.
on a piece of paper make a note of what your partition names are. You'll need it later.
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swapon

Okies reboot with CD this time though be sure to press F2 look through the list and type

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dsl whatever options you need

press F3 and look through the list and set your vga=7xx to whatever it should be. Finding the right boot codes may take a couple 2 or 3 reboots to get everything just right with trial and error but its not to difficult.
At the desktop

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right-click goto-->Apps-->Tools-->install to hard drive

answer any questions it asks and if it asks be sure to tell it you want to use the Everything Partition that you wrote down its hdxx code for earlier.
Anyway hope that helps. I only did 1 hd install for dsl, I prefer frugal, but hd is a great way to get the hang of it. Frugal is nice cause if your experimenting and bork your system you can do a reinstall that leaves all your good stuff in place , you know email, custom sh scripts you painstakingly learned to write, book marks etc... a reinstall for a frugal user is painless and takes about 5minutes, more if he spaced out on Oh Brother Where Art Thou and forgot to tyep "dsl 2" at the logo screen
GL hope that was helpful
Rob