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Re: Installing Linux



Hi,
In response to the letter below, two people made the following point:
'You can install it on the same drive, you'll need to repartition
the drive, which means that you'll need to re-install win95 afterwards as
well.'

As far as I know, if you use FIPS, there is no need to reinstall win95 
after repartioning. I used it several times to repartition and add Linux
to computers that already had win95 installed, without any problems. 

  Ofer Margo 

On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Ariel Biener wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Gil Kushilevitz wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I know this a bit of a novice thing.. I'm having 
> > a 200 Pentium Pro system, running standard hardware
> > (Intel Venus motherboard, 32 MB Ram, ATI graphics 
> > card, WD drive, Creative CD drive) operating a WIN95 
> > (Enabled). I'm interested in installing Linux.
> 
> Before I even start answering. I read the whole letter, and it sounds
> like you don't really understand the whole issue at all. While you might
> be a power Windows user, you fail to comprehend what installing a Unix
> operating system means. Maybe go to the trouble of reading some FAQs and
> such, before you actually go on and do things. Even after you did read,
> and have installed Linux, take the trouble of reading the FAQs and HOWTOs
> in the Linux distribution, and learn about the man command (man = manual),
> where man some_command_name, for ex. man mount  will give you the manual
> page on mount. This will save you the trouble of asking questions here,
> and having people send you to the manuals. Knowing Unix is not a very easy
> task, but IMHO, it's a very worthwhile one, surely more than knowing
> WinBlowz95. 
> Now on to the letter.....
> 
> > 
> > 1. Is it possible to install Linux from within Win 95
> > using an installation shell or something like that ?
> 
> Nope. Linux is not a Win95 application.
> 
> > 
> > 2. Would I have to dedicate a seperate drive for 
> > it..? I have a spare 212 MB WD drive. X-Windows is 
> > not a must at this time.
> 
> You can install it on the same drive,you'll need to repartition the
> drive, which means that you'll need to re-install win95 afterwards as
> well. So, using a second drive can be a good idea, but, using a old and
> suckie 212MB drive might not be such a good idea, IMHO.
> 
> > 
> > 3. What package is recomended now days..? Red Hat, 
> > Slackware..? I have a 2.something slackware version 
> > here .. Is it possible to install it on the above 
> > system without much of a mess..?
> 
> Slackware 2.3.0 (which is what you probably have), is too old to even be
> considered. Use Redhat 4.1 or Debian, if you can put up with the Debian
> package installer.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for your reply. E-mail replies R 
> > preffered..
> 
> Hmmm, how else would we reply ?
> 
> 
> --Ariel
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Gil.
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Name: Gil Kushilevitz
> > E-mail: gk@shani.net
> > Date: 24/04/97
> > Time: 20:39:52
> > 
> > This message was sent by Chameleon 
> > -------------------------------------
> > 
> 
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>  | Ariel Biener                                            |
>  | e-mail: ariel@post.tau.ac.il        Work ph: 03-6406086 |
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