----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You should have downloaded the 'iso' images ... > Once you have your discs burned insert CD#1 and configure your BIOS to boot > from CD. Everything is then automatic and you will be guided through the > install. Before you start defrag your Windows drive and be sure to UNCHECK > the box where windows defragger offers to order programs to start faster. > If you do not do this then you cannot be sure that Linux will be able to find > a large enough contiguous area of disc in which to create a linux partition. The Win2k defrag isn't terribly helpful - in spite of having 2gigs free, I can only get at about 1gig. How much disk does it need for a lightweight install? I'm planning to install it on my laptop for now (when I asked my earlier question, it was with a view to building a linux-only server on a desktop PC). Since I don't really know linux very well, I figure putting it on the laptop will be better for learning because I can play with it when I want. Not too bothered about having X - more the unix command line stuff and general system architecture that I want to learn. User accounts, file server (samba?), that sort of thing. > At the very least you need CD #1, but CD#2 contains some very useful stuff > CD#3 IMHO you can mostly do without. Got all three. :-)
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