Installing Linux

[IPXP]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how I would install Linux on a machine running windows?

and

Can I do a clean format/install using windows startup disks?

and

How would I have windows and linux on the 1 PC?

Cheerz

 

[apj101]

you will have to partition up your drive, install xp on one partition, and install linux on another partitions
read something like
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/
there guides are good, you will have to commit sometime to reading though

 

[IPXP]

Thanx apj, I'll have a read of that when I finish work tonight

Cheerz

 

[apj101]

good luck, you may want to post any complex questions to blue, i think he i good and keen to answer linux questions. Hope to hear how you got on

 

[houssam_ballout]

be careful, to the type of file system and make sure that it is ext3.

 

[IPXP]

ext3? I have suse linux and i thought it would be a simple matter of inserting the cd and clicking setup, but there is no setup on the cd. How do I actualy install linux over win98 or me? And can I use fat32?

 

[houssam_ballout]

I don't think that FAT32 works, casue linux have the extension ext3,
Ihave used the red hat linux and then I havetochose what type of file system should I have
have u change the BIOS to load with cdrom?

 

[IPXP]

Oh I booted from cd rom and I've got suse installing now, sorry about that!

 

[houssam_ballout]

dothey told u about the configuration
or something like that