[101868] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Installing RH 5.1 on a notebook
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Mon Nov 30 02:29:38 1998
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 02:15:38 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Anthony Tibbs wrote:
> I am considering moving from Windows to Linux. (Mostly because of repeated
> reinstalls of Windows, etc.) However, only one of our systems here has a
> CD-ROM drive. I have been told that it is possible to make up disks for
> the basic system, and install from that.
>
> Question: Is it possible to install across PLIP, if I can get a basic
> system installed? And how would I go about setting this up? (Not to
> mention, how would I go about making up the basic system disks?)
You can do a PLIP install. If you're new at linux, the only way to go
is to get the RH5.2 (not RH5.1) CD and book, which contains plenty
of good instructions.
All the fixes available for 5.1 are already in 5.2, without having to
apply 85mb of upgrades.
>
>
> I'm going with RH51 because the bugs in that are known, and fixes are
> available. This comes with a book, 'Using Linux', along with Caldera
> OpenLinux & SmartSuite (or StarOffice, can't remember which one)...
>
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