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01-20-2010, 09:13 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Posts: 8
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Windows to Linux
Hello all,
I am new to Linux world. I am an experienced Windows Admin.
How can i learn Linux. any books or just trail and error.?
What is the best OS to install.
I downloaded Fedora core 12 cd's and burned them but the disk are not working, the checksum is corrupt.
Any idea where to get good linux OS's.
Thanks a many.
Last edited by ChildofGod; 01-20-2010 at 01:20 PM.
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01-20-2010, 09:22 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 568
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Hi Fedora 12 is good. Could be an error on the burn itself. Try again. DVD-RW is good for this. Then you can re-use the same DVD when they upgrade.
Trial and error is probably best. There is of course this forum and the Linux Documentation project. Also various magazines, e.g http://www.linux-mag.com/ and http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/
Welcome to Linux. Any specific questions just ask them here.
Mons
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01-20-2010, 09:23 AM
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#3
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 27,811
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChildofGod
Hello all,
I am new to Linux world. I am a experience Windows Admin.
How can i learn Linux. any books or just trail and error.?
What is the best OS to install.
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"Best" is a relative term. All Linux systems perform the same ways, but differ in some aspects. It depends on two things: what you're trying to do, and what you LIKE. Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, Debian, and Mandriva are all good distros, among many. Pick one, or try them all.
And as far as how you can learn, you can go buy books, use Google, or ask questions. How did you learn Windows, since you are "a experience" admin?
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I downloaded Fedora core 12 cd's and burned them but the disk are not working, the checksum is corrupt.
Any idea where to get good linux OS's.
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You get them from whatever site you pick. Get Fedora from Fedora's site...openSUSE from the openSUSE site, etc. Google can point you to each one, and you can check distrowatch for others. Also, you asked about the checksum issue in another thread, and have already received a reply there. Might also want to provide details, instead of just saying "not working". Can't diagnose a problem with no information...
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01-20-2010, 09:24 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: root
Distribution: Slackware & BSD
Posts: 1,669
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ChildOfGod,
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Hello all,
I am new to Linux world. I am a experience Windows Admin.
How can i learn Linux. any books or just trail and error.?
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Here is a good tutorial download and learn from it.
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What is the best OS to install.
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Any of the top five in this site can be an easy install for learning and use.
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I downloaded Fedora core 12 cd's and burned them but the disk are not working, the checksum is corrupt.
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You will only need to redownload it again. Use torrent downloading. There is a windows torrent downloader called "rtorrent" for the start use it.
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Any idea where to get good linux OS's.
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Try Linux Mint, get it from here.
Hope this helps.
Good luck.
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01-20-2010, 09:28 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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You can download live cd's from any distribution you want to use,
or install linux in a virtual machine in windows.
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01-20-2010, 09:42 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,443
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01-20-2010, 11:15 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Annapolis, MD
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 17,809
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChildofGod
Any idea where to get good linux OS's.
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Anything in the top 5-10 on the "hit list" at http://distrowatch.com
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01-20-2010, 11:53 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Posts: 8
Original Poster
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Thanks to all. Torrnet download checksum does not match
I downloaded the DVD image for i386 using the torrent link from the fedoraproject.org site.
i have two files in the downloaded folder an iso and checksum file.
When i run the sha1sum Fedora-12-i386-dvd.iso the check sum that is displayed doesn't match the checksum in the checksum file.
Does it mean i have to redownload again. ??
This is my 4th attempt to down the Fedora iso file and it always downloads fine, but when i boot the disc and check the disk it fails.
Please help.
Thanks to all, for your good word of advice.
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01-20-2010, 12:05 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Posts: 3
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I would recommend bittorrent to download.. you can always Re-check files
torrent.fedoraproject.org
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01-20-2010, 12:39 PM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,443
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Also if you don't want BitTorrent I would at least recommend a real download manager, not FF or IE's built-in ones.
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01-20-2010, 12:45 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Posts: 8
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Re-checking done
What does Re-checking prove.
Can i burn the image to the disc, if the rechecking doesn't error.
thanks
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01-20-2010, 12:46 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Posts: 8
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I am using Bittorrent.
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01-20-2010, 10:53 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Ohio
Distribution: Fedora 13/14/15KDE/PclinuxOS
Posts: 95
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could be nothing wrong as Fedora uses shasum 256and most bruners don't check it right
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01-21-2010, 07:38 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: root
Distribution: Slackware & BSD
Posts: 1,669
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ChildOfGod,
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What does Re-checking prove.
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It compares the downloaded file (ISO file on your drive) to that of the source original. If there is variance or they are different the checksum will return a different set of integers. If the copied file is an exact copy from the original (no flaw) the checksum will return an exact set of integers or numbers.
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Can i burn the image to the disc, if the rechecking doesn't error.
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Yes, you may proceed to burn and use it after checksum assured that the copy contained NO ERROR. As "chrism01" said: burn as low as possible, and do not disturb the burner app while doing the work.
If the checksum is not equal to the original you should download it again. Torrent download is the safest way, so far to my experience, and bittorrent is the most reliable and simple software for this work.
Hope this helps.
Good luck.
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