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Article #4169Re: newbie need advice/help pls
From: Ken Prydderch
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:00
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If you have got 95 on a machine you have ample memory installed. You need to fdisk the drive anyway and setup linux partitions from the cd. Everything else will setup via the linux cd. On Sat, 26 Sep 1998 16:09:14 -0700, "Russell Monasterio" <russellmonasterio@microdsi.net> wrote: >i'd like to install linux on my old computer (486, 8mb) to play around with. >It currently has windows 95 installed on it. It's been collecting dust in my >basement. i bought sam's teach yourself linux in 24 hours which has a redhat >linux version included. I was thinking about adding some more memory but >decided i don't really want to spend much upgrading the old computer if i >could get away with it. For that reason, i would like to get rid of windows >and using linux instead. How do i get rid of the old operating system and is >it recommended that i do anything to upgrade my computer? i would appreciate >any advice on this and any tips on where i might go to learn more about >unix.? >thanx in advance, i appreciate any advice. > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,d99d988c19b7f5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: ken@chesternet.co.uk (Ken Prydderch) Subject: Re: newbie need advice/help pls Date: 1998/10/09 Message-ID: <361ded17.73782775@read.news.xara.net> X-Deja-AN: 399315601 References: <6ujhhq$br9$1@supernews.com> Organization: Chester Internet Reply-To: ken@chesternet.co.uk Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux