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Linux Installation

Before Installing Linux
Check the existing machine configuration, whether your machine is compatible with Linux operating system Recommended configuration is

for workstation node ·	Processor - Pentium-III	[X86 compatible] ·	RAM- 128 MB ·	HDD- 6 GB ·	Mouse [2 button/3 button/ wheel mouse] ·	Keyboard [Standard keyboard 101 /104 keys]

for server ·	Processor - Pentium-IV	[X86 compatible] ·	RAM- 256 MB [512 MB recommended] ·	HDD- 40 GB ·	Mouse [2 button/3 button/ wheel mouse] ·	Keyboard [Standard keyboard 101 /104 keys] software Linux distribution kits(recomended) ·	Red hat 8.0/9.0 –Fedora 4/5/6/7 ·	Suse ·	Mandrake ·	Caldera

There are three ways to installing the Linux on your system as a 1.	Single Operating System 2.	Dual Operating System 3.	Virtual Operating System

Installing Linux Decide first which procedure we want to follow for installation of Linux Here we are using first one Linux as single operating system, Software Name	: Red hat 8.0 CDs: 3CDs

Machine configuration: Processor- 	Pentium II/III-[X86 compatible] RAM-		256 HDD-		20 GB				Mouse-		3 Button Keyboard-	104 keys Step 1 Insert the first CD of Red hat 8.0 in CD-ROM and reboot the machine [Note: If your machine is not set for booting through CD-ROM then do following setting] Step 1a – Press ‘Del’ key or ‘F2’ for setting up the CMOS [BIOS] setup Step 1b – Choose “First Boot” as “CD-ROM/DVD-ROM”

Step 2 Testing the Installation media Before Installation one Utility of Testing media automatically get starts. Test all 3 CD-ROM disks before installation When booting is started by CD-ROM. Linux OS gives you :boot prompt  [See the screen short  below]

Step 3 press ‘Enter’ to start booting [its searching for necessary drivers for devices like keyboard, mouse, soundcard, monitor etc –probing is taking places] Step 4 After probing is taking place it will give following screen shot

The following options are given Option	Functioning New	For creating New partition Edit	For editing /Modifying Existing partition Delete	For deleting selected partition Reset	Resetting to previous state [Before partitioning] RAID	Redundant Array LVM	Large Volume Manager

Hard disk partition