Eroberer
10-16-2001, 04:29 PM
Hey, I've been compilling a list of problems that I think I'll run into when I try to install Linux on my Windows box as a dual-boot option. I'm looking at Red Hat 7.2, so I got a little bit more time.
Now, I'm installing RH on a laptop about which I know only a few hardware specs. It's a Dell Inspiron 8000 with:
-PIII 1Ghz
-GeForce2 Go graphics
-256MB RAM
-Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-2002
-Actiontec 82559-based Mini PCI Ethernet Adapter
-HP Deskjet 932C (printer)
and I'll need it to connect to my University's internet connection.
I also have a lot of seemingly proprietory Intel boot agents, HDD controllers and whatnot, that I know next to nothing about the specifics of.
The most I've done with any computer was back in the days of DOS, when I could remember all the IRQs and whatnot for setting up sound in games.
So what problems, and in what situations might I have to know something as obscure as an IRQ (maybe my ethernet card # that the IT ppl took to connect me to the internet here) do you all forsee? I searched the NHF a while back for this kind of info, but it's just so general, and I found nothing.
I'm also slightly concerned about overwriting Windows, so if you can't help with the above, maybe you can point out some instructions for creating a Linux partition and a shared WinME-Linux partition?
Now, I'm installing RH on a laptop about which I know only a few hardware specs. It's a Dell Inspiron 8000 with:
-PIII 1Ghz
-GeForce2 Go graphics
-256MB RAM
-Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-2002
-Actiontec 82559-based Mini PCI Ethernet Adapter
-HP Deskjet 932C (printer)
and I'll need it to connect to my University's internet connection.
I also have a lot of seemingly proprietory Intel boot agents, HDD controllers and whatnot, that I know next to nothing about the specifics of.
The most I've done with any computer was back in the days of DOS, when I could remember all the IRQs and whatnot for setting up sound in games.
So what problems, and in what situations might I have to know something as obscure as an IRQ (maybe my ethernet card # that the IT ppl took to connect me to the internet here) do you all forsee? I searched the NHF a while back for this kind of info, but it's just so general, and I found nothing.
I'm also slightly concerned about overwriting Windows, so if you can't help with the above, maybe you can point out some instructions for creating a Linux partition and a shared WinME-Linux partition?