New to linux help

Joe4pal · 03-08-2005, 04:09 PM

I just bought Redhat 5.1 for 4 bucks just had to pay SandH ive never used this stuff befor and i would like to lear stopped loveing windows when the abandoned 9X so please help

**LoneWolf071** · 03-08-2005, 08:10 PM

WOW, RedHat 5.1 that's old, did you blow the dust off the CD's... LOL, um linux is fun, but could you post you specs up for the computer you want to install linux on... so i could see how well the computer would do with linux. um... I would upgrade to FC3, it's a lot faster and better, but linux is easy to use, just have to know how to, so post again and i will help with anything you need, and remember, there's always google.com

**w00t** · 03-08-2005, 08:28 PM

Linux is free to download so If you got high speed download the latest iso's from linuxiso.org Redhat 9 would be a good Idea. But If your computer can handle then Fedora core 3 would be a good choice to learn linux on.

Joe4pal · 03-10-2005, 11:35 AM

Compaq Lte 5100 40Mb ram pentium 1 90MHZ docking station so i can CD and floppy at the same time. I don't know anything about the codes or anything involved in this OS. I was looking at a thing called a live CD or something but I couldnt figure out how to download it so that really didnt help.

Aeuzent · 03-10-2005, 04:47 PM

First I'd like to ask you to post your hard drive size. Second a live cd is a version of linux that boots completely off the cd. No hard drive install. If you want linux to be your default os running from a cd is probally not a good idea. Not to mention with those computer specs I doubt your cd-rom speed is very fast. Your gonna want at least 24x to run a live cd well.

To download one you need to get the ISO file. This is a cd image. You can use a software burning program like Nero or Easy CD Creator to open this file and burn it to a disk. In other words an ISO is a ready made cd that just needs to be burned.

Joe4pal · 03-10-2005, 08:01 PM

1st hd is 2.16 GB 2nd HD is 800MB HD CD rom drive is 6X 4 PCMCIA slots 2 onboard 2 on dock

Aeuzent · 03-11-2005, 02:58 AM

Your options are far as space goes are pretty limited. And the cd-rom speed completely rules out a live cd. The real problem is the 40 mb of memory. Linux lives in active memory and it will be fairly difficult to load something up in such a small space.

The most stripped down version of linux I know of is Damn Small Linux
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

It's a tiny distro will all your basic needs.

I'm not a hundred precent sure it will run but if anything will this will.

Then again there's always the option of having just the command line. But I doubt you want that

Joe4pal · 03-11-2005, 07:25 PM

I dont really mind speed I have windows XP running on a 250 MHZ cyrnix processer with 124mb ram. Will it run at the speed of the comp?

Aeuzent · 03-11-2005, 07:36 PM

I'm not really sure what your asking here

Joe4pal · 03-12-2005, 07:55 AM

Will redhat run on my compaq LTE 5100

batty_professor · 03-12-2005, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe4pal

Compaq Lte 5100 40Mb ram pentium 1 90MHZ docking station so i can CD and floppy at the same time. I don't know anything about the codes or anything involved in this OS. I was looking at a thing called a live CD or something but I couldnt figure out how to download it so that really didnt help.

That old release of Red Hat should run in a machine with a pentium processor, and as little as 32 megs of ram. I beleve your Compaq meets these requirements. The trick is, will your Compaq boot from CD? This can be an issue with laptops. BTW, you don't have anywhere's near enough ram to run a live CD. Before starting this endeavor, I'd check the Compaq website for a bios update for this machine, and I recently saw that Compaq has some level of support for Linux on their website.

Joe4pal · 03-13-2005, 10:13 AM

NO the laptop wont boot off of the Cd i Use bootdisks to make it boot

batty_professor · 03-13-2005, 01:03 PM

This is simple, if it works. if you boot from a win98 bootdisk, or similar that has drivers for the CD rom, try typing autorun.exe at the E:\ prompt. If it works the installer will begin. If this doesn't work, you will need to make a Linux boot floppy. More on this as needed.

03-08-2005, 04:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joe4pal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 OS: Win95/WinXP	New to linux help I just bought Redhat 5.1 for 4 bucks just had to pay SandH ive never used this stuff befor and i would like to lear stopped loveing windows when the abandoned 9X so please help

03-08-2005, 08:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
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03-10-2005, 11:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Joe4pal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 OS: Win95/WinXP	Cpu Specs Compaq Lte 5100 40Mb ram pentium 1 90MHZ docking station so i can CD and floppy at the same time. I don't know anything about the codes or anything involved in this OS. I was looking at a thing called a live CD or something but I couldnt figure out how to download it so that really didnt help. Last edited by Joe4pal : 03-10-2005 at 11:39 AM.

03-11-2005, 02:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
Aeuzent Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Severn, MD Posts: 367 OS: XP SP2	Your options are far as space goes are pretty limited. And the cd-rom speed completely rules out a live cd. The real problem is the 40 mb of memory. Linux lives in active memory and it will be fairly difficult to load something up in such a small space. The most stripped down version of linux I know of is Damn Small Linux http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ It's a tiny distro will all your basic needs. I'm not a hundred precent sure it will run but if anything will this will. Then again there's always the option of having just the command line. But I doubt you want that Last edited by Aeuzent : 03-11-2005 at 03:01 AM.

03-11-2005, 07:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
Joe4pal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 OS: Win95/WinXP	Hmmmm I dont really mind speed I have windows XP running on a 250 MHZ cyrnix processer with 124mb ram. Will it run at the speed of the comp?

03-08-2005, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
LoneWolf071 Be Free Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 834 OS: Windows XP, Linux	WOW, RedHat 5.1 that's old, did you blow the dust off the CD's... LOL, um linux is fun, but could you post you specs up for the computer you want to install linux on... so i could see how well the computer would do with linux. um... I would upgrade to FC3, it's a lot faster and better, but linux is easy to use, just have to know how to, so post again and i will help with anything you need, and remember, there's always google.com

03-10-2005, 04:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Aeuzent Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Severn, MD Posts: 367 OS: XP SP2	First I'd like to ask you to post your hard drive size. Second a live cd is a version of linux that boots completely off the cd. No hard drive install. If you want linux to be your default os running from a cd is probally not a good idea. Not to mention with those computer specs I doubt your cd-rom speed is very fast. Your gonna want at least 24x to run a live cd well. To download one you need to get the ISO file. This is a cd image. You can use a software burning program like Nero or Easy CD Creator to open this file and burn it to a disk. In other words an ISO is a ready made cd that just needs to be burned.

03-10-2005, 08:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Joe4pal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 OS: Win95/WinXP	1st hd is 2.16 GB 2nd HD is 800MB HD CD rom drive is 6X 4 PCMCIA slots 2 onboard 2 on dock

03-11-2005, 07:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
Aeuzent Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Severn, MD Posts: 367 OS: XP SP2	I'm not really sure what your asking here

03-12-2005, 07:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
Joe4pal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 OS: Win95/WinXP	Will redhat run on my compaq LTE 5100

03-13-2005, 10:13 AM	#12 (permalink)
Joe4pal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 OS: Win95/WinXP	NO the laptop wont boot off of the Cd i Use bootdisks to make it boot

03-13-2005, 01:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
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