Well this whole running from the USB thing is not going to work for me as a long time solution (heh I ruined the last install but in the morning I’m going to install it again). I’ve decided to get a cheap portable hard drive (250GB) and install it properly (not as a “LiveCD”) on that so I can make it work better on my machine (it was working fine, but just problems with my videocard, which are apparantly well reported, but the solution offered doesn’t work with the USB because some files that need not to be are read only - at least if I am getting the right end of the stick…).
Anyway, I think that will work, and I’ll be able to move pretty much everything except XP to that drive freeing up all the space of the XP drive for games. YAY. (Oblivion and Planescape Torment, here I come!). Fedora seemed simple enough to do normal things with, except the videocard thing, and I think I can make it work with a little google + a little trial and error so I don’t feel overly daunted.
It’s been a fun filled few days though, so I have to thank you for your help advice and encouragement. (And frankly I should have bought a cheap portable hard drive ages ago, I don’t know why it took this much to make me do it).
