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To: David Howe who wrote (62837)	11/12/2001 3:19:43 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (2) of 74651

It depends on your internet connection and what kind of CD burning software you have. There are generally three ways to install Linux: 1) Directly via the internet - this requires you to have a good internet connection. Get ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/disk4/redhat/7.2/en/os/i386/images/bootnet.img and ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/disk4/redhat/7.2/en/os/i386/dosutils/rawrite.exe. Use rawrite to copy bootnet.img to a diskette. Boot your computer on the diskette, choose installation via FTP and specify ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/disk4/redhat/7.2/en/os/i386/ when asked. 2) You can download the CDs. This requires your CD writer software to be able to write a CD from an ISO image file. Some newer software delivered with HP writers cannot do that. You can download CDs from: ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/disk4/redhat/7.2/en/iso/i386/enigma-i386-disc1.iso ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/disk4/redhat/7.2/en/iso/i386/enigma-i386-disc2.iso There are more than two CDs, but you only need two CDs to try it out. The other two CDs contain source code. This is how I do it normally. 3) Get the CDs from somewhere else or copy your Neighbor's CDs. There are many places on the internet to download from - this one is the one I normally use. If you would specify your geographic location, I can find a mirror nearer you. I will strongly recommend that you do not do dual-boot installation. If anything goes wrong, it is difficult to make a Windows work again. So your idea of installing it on an old PC is good. Also - if you hardware shows not to be compatible, don't waste your time on making it work. There are many Linux nerds out there that can make almost any hardware work by tweaking existing drivers (that's how I made my first Linux laptop work), but in business this is complete waste of time. Lars.

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