On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 10:33:47PM +0100, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > 4. Use a separate harddisk. > I realy think it's a good idea to try seting up linux with a separate hd the > first time. (if someone disagrees, I'll listen). >
The original poster said that the (big) HD was already partioned, then I see no reason to not use one ore more of those partions right away. > > > For your firsttime setup, i suggest that you try mandrake or redhat. When you > get used to linux, you'll whant to switch to debian :) > Debian was my first distro. I found the regular installation instructions sufficient to get a running system. Adding features was, and still is, a slow but stable process. So have a look at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/#new-inst Hans Ekbrand
