” The installation of Vector was a relatively simple affair,
using a non-graphical, but nevertheless easy-to-use, dialog driven
installer. The kernel choice was simple (IDE or SCSI) and the
installer even checks the base install file for errors, which is
handy. One issue for a new Linux user would be the
partitioning.“The user is given a choice of parted or cfdisk to sort out the
partitioning. This could prove difficult for those without a
knowledge of partitioning basics, although parted does allow
partition resizing, which is a plus for those with one big Windows
partition. For me, the process simply involved creating one
partition in my unpartitioned space using cfdisk, as I already had
a swap partition on the drive for Slackware.“Having selected ext3 for the file system type (the standard
options were available : ext2, ext3 or ReiserFS), the installer
proceeded to add the base package and then presented me with a
simple yes/no dialog to see if I wanted X or not. I did; I clicked
yes…”