Ultra Noobie Question

[beefneck]

ok so I have never messed with Unix.. I am embarking on the journey soon.. been trolling boards and getting info....

I am getting mixed answers on a very simple question..

I am not going to multi boot or anything.. Just linux on the system.. probly red hat..

anyway,

Is it OK to use a regular DOS Boot disk, and use Fdisk to create my partitions the way I want?

Some things I have read say this wont work and you need a speciall linux type boot disk.. Others say you can use a Dos boot disk and tools...

Thanks in Advance.

[Derango]

I'm Deleting my post becuase the answer I gave previously wasn't exactly good info. Sorry about that.

[ 29 September 2001: Message edited by: Derango ]

[beefneck]

huh.. these file system formats, are not standard with the software?

where would one obtain a format utility to format the drive for the above mentioned file systems?

Thanks

[X_console]

There's no need to use fdisk from DOS, or any DOS boot disk. The Linux CD you get is already bootable, or if not, then it contains the instructions to make a bootable Linux floppy. The CD will contain all the tools you need to create the partitions and the file formats you want to use. In short, don't use a DOS fdisk. You don't need it, because you'll be asked to partition your hard drive during Linux installation.

[d23]

Besides, DOS boot disks can't make linux friendly partitions, just DOS and Windows friendly partitions. You definitely wanna do like HAL says - Linux boot disk it all the way. The graphical partition managers they have during the linux install procedure are even easier to use than the DOS one, and they're graphical - how cool is that?

[beefneck]

Excellent.. thats what I was hoping to hear.. heading to the store tomorrow to pick up RH 7.1

Thanks everyone