At 11:35 AM 9/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi List,
>     I am interested in learning about Red Hat Linux and my plan is to add
> an older hard drive (WD Caviar 2340, 340 MB) as a second hard drive on my
> HP PII 400, and then install Linux on that drive.  Is this the best approach?

340 MB will not be enough to install the latest build of Red Hat (version
6.0).  I have successfully installed Red Hat recently, and even the minimal
Workstation install required over 400MB.  That is just the OS with XWindows
and some minor (what I would call root level) utilities and programs.  Very
similar to how Windows 3.1x used to install by default.

Personally, I would recommend 1GB at a minimum to be able to install the OS
basics AND all the software you might want.

With that said, you MAY be able to remove enough options to fit it all on
your 340MB drive by using the "Custom" installation and un-checking
anything you don't want.  Be careful with this procedure though as many
"packages" required by Linux will not look "necessary" to the novice and
removing the wrong thing can be fatal.

As to the installation itself, I recommend leaving the hard drive
completely unpartitioned and letting Red Hat do the work for you.  You will
need a bootable CD and CD-ROM to accomplish this however.


Eric

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