RE: Redhat 5.2, Inspiron 3200, DVD + New HD

[Jonathan and Carla Day-Reiner]

Thanks for the input, but what about the DVD problem? I have seen on this
list and on other inspiron pages, that the installation crashes when reading
off the DVD drive. The obvious way to counter this, would be to copy the CD
onto the hard drive, and do an HD install. However, how can I get rid of the
HD partition that I put the files on, AND then allocate it back to RedHat?
If I set my root linux partition to be growable, will it grow to take up the
space freed up by removing the DOS partition with the install files on it?
Or do I have to use some sort of partitioning program? Or is there some as
yet unspoken way to fix the problems with the DVD drive?

Still confused,

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Ziolkowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 1998 1:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2, Inspiron 3200, DVD + New HD


You just create a boot floppy as per the instructions on the CD (which is
Windows
readable)
and boot off it, The rest is of the install is paint-by-numbers,

Jonathan and Carla Day-Reiner wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I just ordered a new hard drive from Dell, and will be using it as a
> dedicated Linux drive. However, I've heard that Redhat crashes when being
> installed off of the DVD drive. Is there any way to install redhat onto
this
> new, clean, harddrive without having to create a dos partition and copying
> the CD-Rom contents to the HD? If I do have to copy it to the HD, how can
I
> rid myself of the DOS partition after it's installed and allocate that
space
> to linux? I'm a newbie here, so please excuse my ignorance. I just haven't
> been able to find a clear solution to this problem. Please help?
>
> Confused,
>
> Jon
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>



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