Linux What to use for my first encounter

Try Burnatonce I've found that to be very good.

Edit to fix typo in URL - Hex

 

Thanks, ill have a look next chance i get, probably tomorrow unfortunatly.

Thanks

Alex

 

Great, burned iso's and they work this time. Thanks RTT, next thing though is the partitioning.
I get 2 choices, automatic, or manual using druid. I chose manual.
first thing i get is choices of mount points, next is file system types. The next is size.
What i need to know is what the mount points need to be and one of the file types. One of the choices for file system types is swap, so thats one sorted, but how big should it be? What does the other need to be. What size should i use for the main partition? The max i have to play with right now is 9gig, after chrimbo ill be getting a 100gig drive with any luck. Having to survive on 30 is terrible.

Thanks

if none of the above made sense, ill try to explain better if needed

Alex

 

ok you need a native partition and swap. make the swap about double the amount of ram you have is a rough estimate for size. Then make the separate native partition whatever size you want (obviously big enough to install whichever distro you're using) then youre set to go

 

Thanks but im still a bit confused, So ill be using 640 mb for the swap but what is the mount point? choices are

/
/boot
/home
/tmp
/usr
/var
/usr/local
/opt

Next, what is the partition for the actual install, im guessing /boot. but what is the file system type?
choices for that are:
ex2
ex3
physical volume (LVM)
Software
vfat

thanks, sorrt for n00bness

Alex

Edit:
I found this link here for installing red hat 7.2, if i just followed this would it be ok, it looks almost identical...

 

Ok, i gave it a try using the redhat guide and when i click ok to create either partition, it says 'could not create primary partition' there is a button that say 'force to be primary partition' but windows is already there isnt it?
Im sure it just my stupidity..

Thanks for ur time and patience

Alex

 

Great, its installed on another drive. You wont belive though, another problem. It boots with no problem but after it displays a load of crazy stuff im confronted with a screen....

Whats going on? Am i just a complete n00b that cant do anything?

Heeeelp

Thanks
Alex

 

login as root

 

Done, thank you sir!!

Alex

 

holy wow, this has helped me lots, i've been wanting to install redhat for awhile, when i get my comp i'll be installing redhat linux 9. i cant wait

 

Good luck with it all, -thebroken. It might be a steeper learning curve than windows but stick with it

 

I'd recommend getting something like knoppix that boots off a cd. That way you can get used to linux things a bit before you try and actually install anything! Also helps if you can get a more linux savvy friend to come round and help Failing that, try your local library- see if they have any decent books on linux that you can borrow. Its pretty hard going (I'm still learning stuff daily) but its worth it!
Cheers

Sam