[NTLUG:Discuss] Installation questions from rank beginner:

[Jim Wildman]

I would vote for RH.  I don't remember the specs on the two
computers.  Go with the one with the bigger harddrive.  RH has an
autoinstall feature, if the drive is big enough (which I don't know
what the limit is).  Either will 'deinstall Windows' for you.

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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?
>
> Would it be simpler to install to the OS-less computer, the one with Win95,
> 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.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dan
>
>
> At 02:37 PM 03/10/2001, you wrote:
> >Dan Lobb wrote:
> >
> > > So, I would like to know how to install to either a operating less system
> > > or how to remove the other system once I have installed Linux.
> >
> >Which Linux distribution are you using?
> >
> > > Additionally, my copies of Linux are on cds, and I believe that neither of
> > > these computers has bootable cd drives. What is needed to allow me to
> > > create a bootable floppy to run the installation from the cd?
> >
> >Some Linux distributions come with boot floppies - most also have boot disk
> >images on the CD.  So, mount the CD on one of your Windoze machines and
> >you should see a README or something telling you what to do.
> >
> > > If you have a recommendation or can direct me to an article on the web that
> > > will answer these questions, I would appreciate it.
> >
> >Post to this list with the name of the Linux distribution you have and I'm
> >sure someone who knows that distro well will be better able to help.
> >
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