So what is the procedure for installing CentOS on a Windows XP machines ( want to format XP ) . Is it a complicated procedure? Some kind of drivers and issues, is it common to expect ?
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Marco Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're running XP, be aware of the others suggesting 64-bit. That > depends on the exact proc you're running. > > You sort of need to break this down into first determining how to get > Linux on your systems. > > RHEL is pretty costly for a test, unless you've got that covered. Go with > CentOS for a proof of concept. > > Get that covered first, then move on to determining how to get Hadoop on > them. > > Marco > > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Rody BigData <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> I have some old ( not very old - each of 4GB RAM with a decent processor >> etc., and working fine till now ) Dell Windows XP machines and want to >> convert them to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for a Hadoop cluster for >> my experimental purposes. >> >> Can you give me some suggestions on how to proceed on this plan? My >> initial plan is to target 4 to 5 machines. >> >> Does the hardware on which Windows XP machine is based supports RHEL? >> >> Are there any other drivers or software should we install before >> installing RHEL on this machines? >> >> How easy/difficult is this, if some one like a Linux Systems >> Administrator is involved in this? >> >> >> >
