Originally Posted by GlennsPref

Hi, Welcome to LQ!

LQ has a fantastic search function that may save you time waiting for an answer to a popular question.

With over 3 million posts to search it's possible the answer has been given.

Google is your friend. (dual boot vista and linux)
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vi...lled_first.htm
you can get the iso here....
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download

the i386 is for 32bit cpu's
the x86_64 is for 64bit cpu's
the ppc is for apple mac's.

Get the latest stable version you can (fc11), this will have the most recent updates and kernel release.

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When it comes to partitioning, Make a /home as well as /(root)

If you change Linux (in the future) you won't have to format /home (a new install and upgrades recommend formatting /(root) partition, if /home is on the same partition as /(root) it will be lost (All your private stuff)).
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cheers Glenn

Originally Posted by Shaloo

Glenn,

Your message is informative, I have started downloading it already, let's see how far I go.

Thanks again for your time and help.

Sincerely,
Shaloo

Originally Posted by GlennsPref

Hi Shaloo, you'll need to burn the dvd .iso as an image, which should make the dvd bootable.

The fedora install program will give you the options you ask about, including partitioning. They (the developers) are very careful about getting windows users to adopt GNU/Linux without trashing your win install.

You'll only need the dvd version, all the rest (cd-roms) are included on it.

It won't hurt to get the checksum (Fedora-11-i386-CHECKSUM 04-Jun-2009 14:20 1.6K),

you can look that up (checksum.exe?) to see if the checksum of the dvd matches the file before you burn it to disk. (save some headaches, maybe)

Once you have burned the dvd to dvd-rom, you should be able to browse the cd with window$.

If you can browse, (look at the files it contains) it should be bootable.

Now it's just a matter of selecting the dvd to boot when your computer starts (re-starts).

Sorry I have taken so long to respond, I have been off-line.

Regards Glenn

ps. linux install will also require a swap partition.

Generally, the swap is about the same size as your installed ram.

The /(root) will only need less than 15 to 20Gb, use the rest for home, this is where you will be able to store downloaded and personal files.

As long as you remember that window$ is on the first partition of the first harddrive (hda1 pata, or sda1 for sata), you should be fine.

The install program should give you the option to partition the drive as the install process proceeds. They really have come a long way, it's almost fool proof.

At the end, you should get a new boot menu when your computer starts, with the option of window$ (proceeds to the same old windows boot menu next) or fedora (you'll love it!).

Originally Posted by GlennsPref

Setting up web access is a whole other question, but I'll do my best here.

btw, I use Mandriva, so the applications may be different.

OK, to setup web browsing with firefox and konqueror (kde)....

when in window$, go to start, run, type cmd.

When the dos window comes up, type....

ipconfig

note down the ip addresses.

In GNU/Linux the same information is gained by....

ifconfig
You might also try...
with window$
netstat /an

In GNU/Linux the same information is gained by....
netstat -an

But only the top portion (10 to 20 lines, you'll see the change in format ) is useful here.

When you next boot GNU/Linux Fedora, go to the system tools and find the network settings.

see how you go.

The firewall should be already running, iptables is the script,

there may be a gui for it like shorewall, check the Fedora admin tools, security.

Before you change anything, you can see how it's working using...

shields-up, at http://www.grc.com/intro.htm (Gibson research) It can check your firewall's activity on common ports. (All Service Ports)


It should be stealth. GNU/Linux is secure by default!

As far as the partitioning goes, Next time try the manual way, but you'll only have to split /(root)

because the swap will be there already. It can

(and will if you upgrade or try a different distribution later)

save you a lot of dramas later.

I have a separate partition for /var/www (and quite a few others, but that's a different story)

/var/www/http is a system dir, you won't access it directly on a normal basis, only during setup of particular programs.

This dir (/var/www/http, and httpd) is used by the apache web server.

To access the web, use a web browser directly, as you would in window$.

If you need to access the server box for outside, you'll need to look (search) for it.

The Fedora page @LQ will help.

One useful web page I have found very useful, and upto date....

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/

There are a plethora of howto's and tutes out there, check ....

Useful commands and explanations....
http://www.perpetualpc.net/srtd_commands_rev.html#m

Wizard boot camp articles by Jerry Peek....to become a GNU/Linux guru!
http://www.jpeek.com/articles/linux_magazine.html

http://www.makelinux.net/reference

Linux Admin Guide
http://linux-newbie.dotsrc.org/

Linux Documentation Project....
http://tldp.org/
http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html

IBM....
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/training/


see how you go.

Regards Glenn