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06-19-2010, 12:24 AM
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Location: India
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Can any one tel how to configure yum client @ server Briefly ?
i am pursing rhce.... i am not understood YUMconcept ........plz help me....... what is createrepo ?
Last edited by raviteja_s; 08-04-2010 at 01:42 AM.
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06-19-2010, 12:39 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
Distribution: SusE 8.2
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Easy:
1. Get a "Live CD" of any Linux distro.
2. Insert CD.
3. Reboot PC (booting from your CD instead of your hard drive).
Voila!
Instant Linux - without affecting Windows at all. Nothing is written to hard disk, nothing is changed - but you can experiment to your heart's content.
Here are two good places to start:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/download-f...pdf-guide.html
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06-19-2010, 04:27 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
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06-19-2010, 07:33 AM
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida 20 minutes from Disney World
Distribution: SlackwareŽ
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Hi,
Welcome to LQ!
Quote:
Originally Posted by raviteja_s
i am new from Linux......pls help meeeeeee....how to instal linux in my pc? i am using windows xp sp2 .without changing that os?
and how to install virtualization in my pc?
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My suggestion is to scroll down to see similar threads. Or do a search here on LQ as this very subject has been covered so... many times.

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06-19-2010, 12:38 PM
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Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 22,361
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Install a VM and try it.
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06-19-2010, 07:41 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,710
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use a live cd
and while you are at it
UPDATE MS WINDOWS
service pack 3 has been out for YEARS and YEARS
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06-20-2010, 08:07 AM
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Eventually you will need to create some free disk space if you want to install Linux to your hard drive. In the mean time a Live CD is a good way to try Linux. Check out Distrowatch.com for the hundreds of choices.
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06-21-2010, 01:28 AM
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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Cyberspace
Distribution: Dynebolic, Ubuntu 10.10
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If you install Fedora, it will install grub which will automatically give you the option at boot time to boot into either Fedora or Windoze.
Just make sure you have Windoze installed *first*, which I think you have.
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06-21-2010, 03:26 AM
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You can install VMware player on your windows XP but before installing your RAM size has to be minimum 256 MB & atleast 1 to 5 GB free disk space in your system. After installing VMware you can install as many OS as you want by creating a virtual machine. Also insert the OS CD & start creating virtual machine on VMware.
so thats it, on windows you can work on as many OS as you want without rebooting the system.
Mukul
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06-21-2010, 07:30 AM
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Registered: Sep 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by raviteja_s
I am new from Linux. Please help me. How to install Linux in my pc? I am using Windows XP SP2 .
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That's better.
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Originally Posted by raviteja_s
without changing that os?
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and how to install virtualization in my pc?
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VirtualBox
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