I need help to instal Linux... Please help

[KidAdmin]

Originally posted here by owls
Thankyou hatebreed and amon for your tips. I am sorry for this delay message because I've been busy lately. I will try to get partition magic. And Install the Linux.

There is no reason you need to buy partition magic. Are you planning on getting rid of xp? If so, you do not need any program to help partition, linux install will help you do that.

[johnnymier]

You don't need partition magic 8, RH 8.0 comes with disk druid which is easy to use, you are gonna be prompted during installation about this, just choose to partition with disk druid:
-Choose the ext 3 file system.
-Swap space = 256 mb if you have this or more RAM. Your swap space should be double your Ram size if you have 128 mb or less.
-mount point /


Partitioning is the only dangerous part of the installation the rest is pretty much pressing next.
I installed RH 8.0 last week and didn't have problems with the installation.
Here you can find how to put LILO on a floppy if you want.

[amon]

i think that by using partition magic things would be much more easier for him.i mean he is a newbie just like me and it is better having your disk partitioned before you try installing linux.
i mean that you can easily get confused when trying to format the hdd during the installation.
if you are planning to keep the xp partition,i would suggest you not to install lilo on your mbr.just have it on a floppy.cya all!

[owls]

Thanks everybody I think I am going to get partition magic. I looked already for it and the cheapest one I can get for 40 bucks. I actually tried to install linux with the disk druid and I messed all of my computer. Thank God I backed up all of my important stuff before I started to get all smarty with my computer lol.
Thanks amon and all of other respected member of this priceless site for all of their efforts to help me.

I really appriciate it.

[owls]

Hi everyone I just downloaded successfully linux and I have another question. I thought to post it here. My question is how do I get online with linux? I know it comes with mozilla and when I click on internet icon it opens up the RH linux home page but I can't get connected.

Thanks in advance and thank you all of you out there who helped me to install linux.

[Stephenmg]

How are you connecting to the Internet? The answer will be different depenending which way you connect. And If its Broadband, are you connecting through a router?

[owls]

I have 56k modem and I am going to connect through telephone line. But I got another problem when I reboot my machine it takes me to grub> prompt and not to the screen where I can choose the operating system I want to boot up with. Any idea what is going on?

[Stephenmg]

Modems can be a bit of a challenge to get to work with linux.
Check this site to see if your modem has a full modem chipset. If your modem is not on atleast under "linmodem" it prob wont work with linux. Cant help with grub, never used it.
-Stephenmg