Your Linux CD should be bootable.

Set the BIOS to boot,  CDROM, C, A  and it should take you into the Linux
setup which will guide you the rest of the way.  Don't forget to allocate
space for the Linux swap partition.

--gary r. tennesen


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Irena Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:40 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] HD fdisk/format for linux Red Hat 6.2


> Hello Listers,
>  One of our machines experienced a disk crash. The machine came with a
> factory-installed linux Red Hat 6.0 as its only OS.
> We got a brand new replacement disk and the user intends to have Red Hat
> 6.2 as his OS.
>
> How do we prepare the hard disk for linux installation ? Do we use DOS
> fdisk and format and a generic CD driver to start linux installation CD ?
> Can I use a win98 startup diskette from another machine to fdisk and
> format the new drive ?
>
> Any help will be very appreciated.
>
> Irena.                                      ([log in to unmask])
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