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Subject: Re: Linux Hardware Questions
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:00:39 -0400
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, besterp12 wrote:
> I'm going to be installing Linux on a second hard drive and I have some
> questions:
>
> How should I partition the new drive?
>
Don't do a THING with it as far as formatting/partitioning
it. Linux should help you with all that!
> In Windows whenever I add a new drive, the first
partition of the new drive > automaticly becomes D, and
every other partition gets shoved down a notch > messing up
programs on those partitions. Is there any way to stop
this?
>
Sure....don't make the new partition a "primary" partition.
Whenever you add a new PRIMARY partition, it's ALWAYS
going to be "D" as far as DOS/Windows is concerned. If,
however, you make it an EXTENDED partition, it should work
just fine!
>
> If I install the new drive can it be formattted
as a pure linux drive?
>
YES! Not a problem at all! :-)
>
If so > will my current DOS D drive
stay as D? > > Here are the specs
>
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Yes. Your current "D" drive will remain the same. Windows
won't see the new drive if it's a pure linux drive.
>
>
> How well does Linux work with AGP cards?
Works fine...I've got an AGP Creative Graphics Blaster TNT
in my system here at work...
>
How well will the V2 run?
>
You may need to download the drivers for that card for
Linux, but it's supported.
>
>My NIC is PCI should I expect any problems with this?
>
Nope. As long as it's a standard chipset, it should be fine.
>
>The modem works in DOS so > I'm assuming this will be fine.
>
Should be. :-)
>
> One thing I'm wondering is this. I have a network setup at home. With 98SE
> I can use the Inernet Connection Sharing fuction to share my connection with
> other computers. Does Linux have some equivelent to ICS?
>
Yep. With SAMBA and some other configuration, it should
work just fine.
> Can a Linux > machine serve as a DHCP server
that Win machines can use? Can a Linux > machine get the
DHCP information sent from a 98SE machine and connect >
through that? >
Dunno.... it SHOULD serve as a DHCP server just
fine.....whether it'll take it I don't know. I can't say
for sure on either, never having done it myself.
