> In installed Linux on my secondary hard drive and I use lilo to boot. I
> didn't install any portion of Linux on my master Hard drive. If you do
> this though, when you want to run linux you'll need to do boot with a
floppy.
You don't really need to boot from a floppy, just make sure that yo
In installed Linux on my secondary hard drive and I use lilo to boot. I
didn't install any portion of Linux on my master Hard drive. If you do
this though, when you want to run linux you'll need to do boot with a floppy.
I did it that way because of my paranoia with Windows :)
I'm too much
Ericka,
> I finally got around, last night, to cleaning off my second hard drive in
> preparation of installing linux & I have a few questions before I start.
> One is: Is there any overwhelming reason that I should get the very
> latest version of linux, or would installing an older one be ok?
>Linux in general, and Red Hat in particular, have come a very long way in
>the last couple of years. The GUI is the area which has changed the most
>dramatically. With 5.0 you will have neiter Gnome nor KDE, and your
>libraries will be old enough that you won't be able to run a modern GUI
>wit
Caitlyn Martin wrote:
> My advice: get the latest distro. Want to do it cheap? Go to:
> http://www.cheapbytes.com and pick up a copy of Red Hat 6.1 for a few
> dollars. Or, if you prefer, Mandrake, SuSe, Debian, et al... Another
> alternative is to pick up the November issue of Linux Magazi
Thanks much! I'll take all the advice under advisement.
Happy to no longer lurk,
Ericka
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> I finally got around, last night, to cleaning off my second
> hard drive in preparation of installing linux & I have a few questions
> before I start.
> One is: Is there any overwhelming reason that I should get the very
> latest version of linux, or would installing an older one be ok? I
>
Hi, Ericka,
> I finally got around, last night, to cleaning off my second hard drive in
> preparation of installing linux & I have a few questions before I start.
> One is: Is there any overwhelming reason that I should get the very
> latest version of linux, or would installing an older one be
I finally got around, last night, to cleaning off my second hard drive in
preparation of installing linux & I have a few questions before I start.
One is: Is there any overwhelming reason that I should get the very
latest version of linux, or would installing an older one be ok? I
already have a
