linux question

The idea is to boot with the CDs. There might be an image for a diskette on the first iso which you can use, and then tell it where your media is. I think you could then just extract the CDs to a folder somewhere, but I haven't done it so I don't know.

Cheers for the fast reply.
So it's ok to have the iso's then?
I was told linux was free and so asked a mate if he could download it for me (i am not connected in my house) and he gave me the iso's.

Anyway, does anyone know how much hdd space it would take up, I have a seperate partition that is 2 gig, would this be enough?

Or should I create a new partition from my free space?

The thing is they are both NTFS partitions, is that a big problem.

I know this is dragging on a bit but it's for uni so does anyone know the exact process of installing this?

It would be a bonus if I could run linux from within an XP session, does redhat allow this?

Cheers again.

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Original post by JinJo Anyway, does anyone know how much hdd space it would take up, I have a seperate partition that is 2 gig, would this be enough? Or should I create a new partition from my free space?

I think it's enough but 5-10 gig would probably be better.

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The thing is they are both NTFS partitions, is that a big problem.

I think you can *techicly* install linux on an NTFS partition but it's much better to install it on a linux friendly file format.

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I know this is dragging on a bit but it's for uni so does anyone know the exact process of installing this?

You would usually just boot with the cd and follow the on screen instructions.

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It would be a bonus if I could run linux from within an XP session, does redhat allow this?

I think it's possible but I'm not sure. Why would you want to anyway?

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Original post by JinJo Cheers for the fast reply. So it's ok to have the iso's then? I was told linux was free and so asked a mate if he could download it for me (i am not connected in my house) and he gave me the iso's.

It depends on what version of RedHat it is. RedHat enterprise linux doesn't come for free, but that's targeted a companies. The last free version of RedHat was 9.0, after that the free version became Fedora.

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Anyway, does anyone know how much hdd space it would take up, I have a seperate partition that is 2 gig, would this be enough? Or should I create a new partition from my free space?

It depends on what you install, but I'd give it more then 2 gigs.

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The thing is they are both NTFS partitions, is that a big problem.

The RedHat installer should be able to resize NTFS partitions. Linux can read NTFS partitions, but writing to it, is rather limited (you can't change the size of the file, for example).

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I know this is dragging on a bit but it's for uni so does anyone know the exact process of installing this?

Yes : burn iso to CD -> boot with CD -> follow instructions

Read the installation manual for more information.

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It would be a bonus if I could run linux from within an XP session, does redhat allow this? Cheers again.

You can probably pull that off with Virtual PC or something similar.

=)

If you have a cd-burner, this site has tutorials on how to properly burn iso's to a cd. Once the CD is burned you can then restart your computer follow the onscreen prompts.

Basically, the order of operations is:

1. set up partitions. for example:

/dev/hda1 Linux (ex2) bootable   /dev/hda2 Linux Swap/dev/hda3 NTFS        bootable

2. install windows onto the ntfs partition.

3. install linux onto the linux partition

4. set up a boot loader (LiLo is a good choice) and write it to your MBR.

And that's all there is to it.

Cheers for all the replys.

I already know how to burn the iso's the problem was is I have no cd's lying around, so I'll have to stop being lazy and get to the shops ;)

Also I already have windows XP installed and I have lots of data etc that I don't want to have to spend hours backing up, that's why I was wondering if you can install it while you have XP running so I could use Alcohol's virtual drive to save going to get cd's.

Well, here is a link that might be of some interest. It talks about installing linux without using removable media. Not sure if it's what you're looking for though.