October 2000
Intermediate to advanced
1152 pages
26h 41m
English
Before you start the install of your system, there are a few things you should do:
Make sure your hardware is compatible with Linux. You can check the supported hardware list at http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware.
Find all the manuals that came with your system—everything from the monitor manual to the sound card manual. These will come in very handy later on when you are configuring your system.
Check to see if you have enough space on your hard drive to install Linux. It is preferable for this to be unpartitioned space. To give you an idea of how much space you will need, here is a list of the installation choices and how much space they take up:
GNOME Workstation—850MB
KDE Workstation—850MB
Server—1.7GB ...
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