Ed,
Thanks for the answer. I know its a Redhat list, but I have both flavors of Linux and as you guessed no documentation. Yes I am new to this OS, so far it seems promising. I am sick of Windoz crashing, not running stable so I am trying something new. Who knows Maybe I will like it. I am going to try both flavors, I also have SuSe Linux but I have spoken with some Unix guys at work and said that this is a much more complicated version. They were being funny and told me to get Slackware Linux. Once I found out what that was, you can imagine my reaction :)... Anyway I have got it installing on a pc now so, I am sure I will be posting a lot on here. Also do you or anyone else know of a good Mandrake mailing list. Thanks MIke -----Original Message----- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Installing Linux Redhat/Mandrake On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 02:35:39PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I go to install this OS, if I am using a hard drive that currently has > Windoz on it. Will it give me the option to wipe it out and start over or > do I need to fdisk prior?? "this OS" conflicts with your subject line. You're referring to different operating systems. Red Hat Linux, which is what this list is all about, has a drastically different installer than that provided by Mandrake for its distribution. The installer is one of the key differentiators between the vendors. Red Hat's installer does allow you to start from scratch. Since you're obviously new to Linux, I *strongly* suggest you read the Red Hat Linux Installation Guide. It's available online at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ and you can either download the PDF, read it online, download the HTML Tarball (winzip should be able to open the tarball) or purchase a boxed copy of the Red Hat Linux software - this includes a paper copy of the manual plus another manual (can't remember off the top of my head which other one I got). To answer your question, you can either chose an automatic partitioning where it wipes everything and repartitions, or you can ran fdisk (or Disk Druid) inside the installer to partition the way you want. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
