fedora 9 installation

[Allen Meyers]

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I am mentally prepared to inatall fedora 9 but have some technological constraints my PC literate capability.

1. I want to devote the entire HD to Linux.

2. Presently devoted to XP home

 

Please advise

 

Confused Senior

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[Mark Haney]

allen wrote:
> I am mentally prepared to inatall fedora 9 but have some technological constraints my PC literate capability.
> 1. I want to devote the entire HD to Linux.
> 2. Presently devoted to XP home
>
> Please advise
>
> Confused Senior
>

That's not a lot to go on.  The graphical installer with fedora 9 is
pretty straightforward.  At the section on where you want to install
Fedora just select the option that says 'delete all partitions and
install' or similar. I don't have the install screens up to say exactly
what it says.   The click through the rest of the screens changing any
options you want to.

I simply don't know exactly what you are asking, so can't be more
specific.  I will be glad to help off list if you need it.



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[Anne Wilson-5]

On Saturday 05 July 2008 16:26:24 allen wrote:
> I am mentally prepared to inatall fedora 9 but have some technological
> constraints my PC literate capability. 1. I want to devote the entire HD to
> Linux.
> 2. Presently devoted to XP home
>
> Please advise
>
> Confused Senior

Allen, has anyone helped you check whether everything on your computer can be
expected to work?  Most things do, these days, but wireless networks and
printers do sometimes give problems.

It would be a good idea to give us as much detail as you can about your
computer.  Everything from motherboard, processor and RAM to monitor make and
model and printer details.

If your hard drive is big enough it's a good idea to have a dual-boot, just at
first, so that if there are problems you can still work in Windows while you
sort them out.

BTW, Seniors are not so rare on the lists, so don't let that put you off.  I'm
one, too.

Anne


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[Patrick O'Callaghan-2]

On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 16:45 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Saturday 05 July 2008 16:26:24 allen wrote:
> > I am mentally prepared to inatall fedora 9 but have some technological
> > constraints my PC literate capability. 1. I want to devote the entire HD to
> > Linux.
> > 2. Presently devoted to XP home
> >
> > Please advise
> >
> > Confused Senior
>
> Allen, has anyone helped you check whether everything on your computer can be
> expected to work?  Most things do, these days, but wireless networks and
> printers do sometimes give problems.
>
> It would be a good idea to give us as much detail as you can about your
> computer.  Everything from motherboard, processor and RAM to monitor make and
> model and printer details.
>
> If your hard drive is big enough it's a good idea to have a dual-boot, just at
> first, so that if there are problems you can still work in Windows while you
> sort them out.
>
> BTW, Seniors are not so rare on the lists, so don't let that put you off.  I'm
> one, too.

A good way to check if your hardware is supported is to run a Live CD
version of Fedora before actually installing it. This will not touch
your hard disk, so you have time to back off if necessary.

poc (another Senior, I guess; when does one become a Senior?)

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[Timothy Murphy-2]

allen wrote:

> I am mentally prepared to inatall fedora 9 but have some technological
> constraints my PC literate capability. 1. I want to devote the entire HD
> to Linux. 2. Presently devoted to XP home

This is not going to be popular here,
but I would definitely keep Windows XP on one partition,
and set up a dual-boot Linux + Windows system.

There are many programs that either don't run at all under Linux
or that run much better under Windows.
(I just updated my ThinkPad T43 BIOS under Windows -
I doubt if that would have been possible under Linux.)

I use Linux 99% of the time,
but still keep a Windows partition on each of my computers.


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[Jim Cornette-5]

allen wrote:
> I am mentally prepared to inatall fedora 9 but have some technological constraints my PC literate capability.
> 1. I want to devote the entire HD to Linux.
> 2. Presently devoted to XP home
>
> Please advise
>
> Confused Senior
>

When you launch the installer after downloading and burning the DVD
image onto a disc, you will see a pulldown allowing you to remove all
partitions from the drive so you could then use the entire HD for
Fedora. The default I believe it to remove only remove Linux partitions.

The other advice you got from others with trying the "Live CD" might be
good to try before blowing away the previous system. I use Fedora on
several Computers Exclusively and find no limitations or need for XP or
a similar OS.

Jim

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[Tim-163]

On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 12:23 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> A good way to check if your hardware is supported is to run a Live CD
> version of Fedora before actually installing it. This will not touch
> your hard disk, so you have time to back off if necessary.

Though, bear in mind that the live discs won't always work on some
hardware that a normal install does work on, and the performance of a
live disc can be quite woeful compared to a normal installation.

I've experienced both of them, myself.  Using a live disc is really only
a test of using a live disc.  But it's a fair bet that if the live disc
does work, a normal installation will work even better.

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[Patrick O'Callaghan-2]

On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 09:55 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 12:23 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > A good way to check if your hardware is supported is to run a Live CD
> > version of Fedora before actually installing it. This will not touch
> > your hard disk, so you have time to back off if necessary.
>
> Though, bear in mind that the live discs won't always work on some
> hardware that a normal install does work on, and the performance of a
> live disc can be quite woeful compared to a normal installation.

If it's supported by a Live CD it will be supported by a full install
(though in some cases only after some work, especially with video h/w),
which is why a check can provide reassurance, but as you say, the fact
that the Live CD fails doesn't mean the install will also fail.

poc

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