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Hi,
I am running Win XP on this machine. I performed a clean install of Win XP and created an extra partition in the amount of 11 gigs. Win XP is running on 8 gigs. Is this acceptable?
Also, I am currently downloading Mandrake. Do I need all three iso's?
When I get it downloaded, I understand there is a program in it that will allow me to partition the drive again. What is the simplest, and minimal partitions that I will need for Linux.
Please excuse my ignorance, I am VERY new but I loathe Microsoft.
I dont really know what /boot /usr and all that is. But from what I understand that you are saying is that I only need 1 main partition and 1 swap partition. How much disk space should I allocate to each one?
Sorry, should have given those numbers in the first place. I have a 20 gig hard drive and 128 megs of ram. This is on a dell inspiron 2650 laptop but I am told I shouldnt expect any problems because of that.
Last edited by SirLostalot; 11-08-2002 at 09:19 PM.
Ummmm, I am not getting Red Hat. I am getting Mandrake.
Anyways, I do not use the onboard modem to connect to the internet. I have DSL. Any problems with that?
Any special instructions?
Geeez sorry i didn't know where i got red hat from, i think cause someone sent me an e-mail asking for help about redhat
You can probably ring up your service provider and they should have specific instructions for your DSL modem and how to set up, but anyway the latest DSL modems should be supported, maybe if you check out http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/hardware i think thats there compatible hardware list.....
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