Douglass Davis wrote:
I am running an Intrex Pentium 4 1.8 GHz w/ 512M of RAM. My
motherboard is a 845G by MSI.
I have Red Hat 7.3 installed on a partition at home. I have had it
installed for a while. I had many problems with using it, including
Gnome crashing for no reason. So I stopped using it after a while.
But, now I would like to just either upgrade that partition to a newer
version, or just erase everything and start over.
I just tried to install Suse 9.3 at home and got the message "An error
occurred during the installation." Nothing specific as far as what
error it was. I verified the installation CD and it was fine. So, no
luck with Suse.
My question is, what do you think is my best option in terms of
erasing the partition and installing a new version of Red Hat, or
upgrading to a new version? What version should I use? Also, I am
looking for something free.
I know a little about Linux, but I am not an expert. By the way, I
will be teaching a Linux class at a local college in the Fall, so any
help any one could give would be good. :)
No matter which Distro you choose, I would erase and start over.
Trying to get an upgrade version running on an already flaky system is
not how you want to spend your time.
I would suggest trying three or four of the "Live CD" Distros that
are out there first. These CDs boot from the CD drive and then run from
your Ram and do not touch your Hard Drive. When you power Off, it's
gone! One reason to try these first is you can see if that Distro has a
problem with your hardware before you do an actual install. Note that
there is a speed penalty with the Live CDs that will not be there on an
actual hard disk install.
Not in any order:
Knoppix has a Live CD that you can then install from.
Ubuntu has a separate Live CD.
DSL Linux is a very small (50 Meg) Live CD, I like it because it loads
very quickly and will run from less ram than the others..
I fell the list will respond with many more Distros if you ask. ;-)
I think one other advantage of Live CDs from a teaching standpoint is
that the students utilizing them would not have to go through the actual
install process (with its many hardware problems, including accidentally
wiping the hard drive) to run commands and view Linux systems.
If you can attend a Trilug meeting, I would be glad to burn some of
these Distros for you and bring them.
john mitchell
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