this may sound dumb (attention everyone I am a newbie)

[Fingers]

exactly how would I go about installing linux and creating a dual boot with win 98, I have also heard you can download linux free, where would i get that. Thanks for your help in advance

 

[DAM]

well, you have taken the first step on exploring outside windows, well, first you can visit any of the major companies that makes linux.


redhat, caldera, suse, corel


they offer their distro for free to download.

well then, you have to partition your hd, into two pieces, one for linux and one for windows, after that, you need to burn your linux onto a cd and make an iso.


ok here is how i did it. i have suse linux 6.3, and all i did was put the cd in, and restarted the comp, then linux guided me all through a "windows" like guide.

warning warning: make sure to back up all your stuff before doing this, i love a hd that way 🙁 sniff sniff, ohh well.

theres tons of info on this boards as well as all over the net, and linux zealots are always willing to help you, just dont let them convince you to delete your win partition.


disclaimer: this post is a rather cut and dry version of what you are supposed to do.




dam(indestruct)

 

[Fingers]

is there any way you can do it with out burning it to a cd?

 

[andri]

Redhat has for example a option of booting up from two floppies and installing the system from anywhere on the Internet via FTP or NFS.

 

[IaPuP]

If you just have a modem, there really is no practical way to do the install without a CD.

Go buy one off Eb@y. You can get them for $2.

Keep in mind that Linux is *not* easy to use.

Remember DOS??? multiply that by 10x. then you have Linux.

Distro's like RedHat make it a little more simple by automatically installing XWindows, but that's no piece of pie either. It looks like Win98 but behaves more like Unix.

If you are willing to spend the time to learn it, its a GREAT system.
Eric