okay, I'll admit it, I know there are lots of OS's out there, but I have always been a looser Windows dude. DOS was fast. Now its dead. So I just got this computer from a friend and it has Gentoo Linux on it. The screen is black and says "bacchus login:" Damnit it just keeps blinking and no mater what I type it just stairs back at me. What do I do? I really wanna make it so I can do a dual boot with Win XP or Gentoo, but for now, How do I get to some sort of command prompt where I can do something with it. Its got a faster video card and alot more RAM on it than my last computer, so you know what that means. if I can figure it out, I CAN FINALLY WATCH "CLUB JENNA". Damn I have waited a long time, help me.

Sounds like a typical login prompt. Check your keyboard? When all else fails... rtfm.

You probably should dual-boot until you're use to Linux though. You might want to try to install it yourself... to get familiar with it. :o)

I found a big discussion board about it. I am told I can't dual boot. The harddrive has so many partitions I don't know what to do with it all. I might just buy another harddrive for windows.

or instead of buying another hard drive (depending on the size you have now)... just wipe it... install Windows, then install Gentoo... then dual-boot.

you really only need 3 partitions to learn with... later on when you're more advanced... then be partition crazy :o)