13-04-2004, 08:04 PM
Quote:Originally posted by picanin
Ja get yourself a copy of either Mandrake, Suse or Redhat. Then just do as PB says and boot from the CD Rom. The software will do all! Be ware though that the partition scheme willbe different to that used by MS. You will have at least the following partitions created /(root partition), /home(where the users home files reside), /usr and /swap. The software will have wizards that will guide you along the way. I am currently using Redhat 9 which is actualy simpler than XP to install.
Jan if you can try Mandrake as that is the most newbie friendly distro out.
Hi Jan
Do as Picanin says. I did and as he says it installs itself. I installed Redhat 9 and now have a dual boot system. I set it to boot up windows first by default after a time lapse. If not just select Linux and away you go.
All that said I have it working OK except for the internet connection. At first it was the onboard modem. I then acquired a second standalone modem which worked OK to start with. But since then I am still trying to iron out some bugs. The rest of the system is very stable and a pleasure to use, once you get used to it's "nuances".
Go for it, I'm sure you'll love it.
Good luck
HH
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