----- Original Message ----- From: <AlberLC@xxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday 15 December 2003 17:47 Subject: A Odd Question Before I do a change?? Help !!! > some months ago I baught Red Hat 9.0 Linux . The box says Red Hat > linux 9 > Oprating System > > later to get help in what I was doing, I baught a book Red Hat Linux 9 > Professional Secrets: With the book I got 2 CDs " Publisher's Edition " > I tried Installing them.... i got a message saying " this system not > supported by > this series " or something like it... > > now i have the " for Dummies" book with CDs publishers Edition...I have > not > installed it as of yet....but i'm buugged bout is " Why the OS CDs > install but the publishers edition won't > > Albert > I'm not sure about partition magic. (that is, I don't know anything about it) Is your disk partitioned yet or is it just win 98? If it is just win98 then run scandisk and defrag before trying to partition. That will put all your win98 stuff near the front of the disk rather than having it all over the disk. That way your partition program will have a nice clean section at the back to work with. You only neeed to create one partition for the entire linux section. When you install linux it should ask if you want to dual boot (run both linux and windows). Tell it yes. Then the install program should allow you to create several partitions if you want. Those are up to you, depending on what you want to do. It is good to have seperate partitions for boot and swap. Other partitions are good for security or seperating users, if you have more than one. The install program should have info to help you decide. You can also check the web and local libraries and bookstore for more info, or just ask here. How are you planning on using linux? Home or office? If at home - personal or work? Will you be connecting to the internet? How many users? Running any type of service such as web site, email, ftp, files, etc? wolf_bear@xxxxxxxxxx --- Outgoing male is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 03/11/27 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
