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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:23942 comp.windows.x:45401 comp.os.linux:10487 comp.unix.bsd:5389 comp.os.mach:2179 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:21760 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:31601 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!milton.u.washington.edu!newsman From: newsman@milton.u.washington.edu (Chris Ricci) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Linux Newbie Keywords: Diamond, free-software Message-ID: <1992Sep21.050240.23690@u.washington.edu> Date: 21 Sep 92 05:02:40 GMT Article-I.D.: u.1992Sep21.050240.23690 References: <1992Sep20.110805.12124@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Sep20.191833.10080@zeos.com> <1992Sep21.043126.23502@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 25 Here we go, I appreciate all the advice I have recieved about installing Linux on my machine. Here is my current setup and tonite I will make my first attempt at installing the sucker. I have two hard drives in the machine a 20Meg and a 40Meg. I know it's not much but it's a start. I have them partitioned as such, let me know if you think there will be a problem(I hope to pick up a new HD in a month or so..) C drive 5 megs, this is where I store DOS and a few system files I use a lot. D drive 35 megs, this is where I plan to put Linux, X windows(tight I know) E drive 20 megs, this is where I plan on reinstalling a minimized windows and word 2.0, etc. The basics. I have FTP'd the pub/linux/packages/SLS 15 disk set and also the Xega386.Z. I have a generic OAK 512K VGA card and a monochrome VGA monitor. Will I need the Xega... program and have most the bugs been worked out? Does anyone see a potential problem? Do I need a swap file partition? How big? Thanks alot, I should be a tenderfoot here soon, not a newbie.... Chris