[NTLUG:Discuss] Installation questions from rank beginner:

[Indraneel Majumdar]

Hi,

On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Dan Lobb wrote:

> Thank you Steve and Jim, I have both Red Hat and Corel. Which of these 
> version, Red Hat or Corel is simpler to install for a rank beginner?

Corel is one of the easiest distributions to install and is targetted
towards the desktop user.

> Would it be simpler to install to the OS-less computer, the one with Win95, 

It is easier to use on the machine with no OS if you can boot with the CD.
Otherwise you need to install dos (with a floppy and CD drivers) and make
a linux boot floppy from the CD. Then use the boot floppy for
installation. Also thete is a file called autoboot.bat on the CD which can
start the installation from DOS prompt.

> or should I install DOS on the OS-less computer then Linux? If I go with 
> the win95 machine, do I remove that system before or after I install Linux? 
> I don't want to partition since the hard drive is small as it is.

It is difficult to install if Windows is already there but it's
possible. You can resize the Win partition using partition magic or GNU
parted. Then install using loadlin (on the CD) or by directly booting with
CD if possible.

HTH,
Indraneel

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