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I have downloaded RH 7.2 ( both enigma-i386-iso disks)
Have not even attempted install yet as I want to add a seperate hdd for linux. For a total newbie would I have more success with RH or Mandrake 8.1? I am going to be installing it to a Gateway PIII 450 currently running win 98. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
well,
things are about 50-50 here. either one is good in terms of hardware support, utilities, guis, etc. but 2 places where feel mandrake has the edge ( and remember i run both mandrake 8.1 and RH7.2), is its little configuration wizards, and the option to choose between a vriety of filesystems at install time. also i think the install stallation program for mandrake is better.but as far as user-friendlyness goes, there's nothing to choose. (Mandrake is based on RedHat, remember?)
Well it sounds like RH is the choice for me. I am currently in my first year of an IT program and I want to learn the ins and outs of Linux, so I don't want everything configured for me. Are the two ISO disk of Red Hat all I need to do a successful install?
Yeah, the two Enigma CDs will do it for ya. That's all you need. Good luck with it, but things are so built ready-to-go with RedHat that it really is easier than installing Windows these days.
You'll probably have a problem with a sound card, or X-settings, or a NIC or something, but just post to the forum and these guys will help you straighten it out. Oh, and in about 3-4 months when you're beginning to feel comfortable, I recommend installing something like Slackware or Debian. Masochism breeds competence you know.
Great...... sounds good to me!!! I have already been surfing these boards looking for potential problems and solutions that I might encounter. I plan to leave win98 on my existing hdd and load RH on its own 40gb 2mb cache drive. I'm sure you'll all be seeing more posts from me soon
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