[aclug-L] Re: setting up new computer

[John Reinke <jmreinke@xxxxxxxxx>]

>put the cd in the drive and turn it on.

I hadn't thought of that - PCs will do that automatically?

Okay, assuming that works, I'll need to format the hard drive. I've seen it
many times in many places, but I don't remember the reasoning behind it -
how many partitions should I have, ideally, for a computer that will be a
network server, workstation, and possibly a web/mail server on the net?

John

>On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, John Reinke wrote:
>
>> Forgive the simplicity of this post, but I've always worked with PCs that
>> already had some OS installed, and I now have a new computer. It has a
>> CD-ROM drive, a floppy, and an empty 13 gig hard drive, and I need to
>> install Linux. All I have is the Red Hat 6 CD that came with the computer,
>> although I hope to graduate to Debian ASAP. (I should mention that I just
>> got cable modem access, so that can be used for large downloads if needed.)
>>
>> Um.. er.. where do I start?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John Reinke