RedHat newbie questions...


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Okay well I have downloaded Redhat on my XP system.

1) I burn all the iso files onto cd's, right? :huh:

2) After I burn the cd's do I just run my system again with cd1 in it? :unsure:

3) Is it possible to have XP and Redhat installed on the same pc? :huh:

4) If yes to 3 then would it be possible to transfer files from XP to Redhat without having to burn the files/programs onto a cd? :unsure:

Thanks in advance :)

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1. use this to burn the files: http://www.burnatonce.com/

2. boot your PC with CD1 and follow the install.

3. yes, you can choose an option to double-boot through RH's boot manager.

4. you can use files from your windows partition, not sure if you are able to write to it.

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1. Would it be okay to use Nero?

4. So some program in RH will let me have access to my XP files or is there a special directory for all my files on other OS's on my system?

PS: You guys reply FAST! :p

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1: yes, nero's fine

4: just mount the hard drive...red hat USUALLY does this...but keep in mind NTFS will only mount as read-only as it is VERY lethal to write to NTFS from linux

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4. So some program in RH will let me have access to my XP files or is there a special directory for all my files on other OS's on my system?
4: just mount the hard drive...red hat USUALLY does this...but keep in mind NTFS will only mount as read-only as it is VERY lethal to write to NTFS from linux

Just remember that (I don't think) that RedHat/Fedora support NTFS by default. You can reconfigure your kernel to read NTFS, or (for the not-so-brave as Sir Lancelot) you can google for an RPM to do this for you with a simple click and enter password. ;)

4. What do you mean by mount?

Also, do you mean read-only so that I cant run my programs or change anything in any of my word docs??

Mount means to "connect to" so Linux can access that drive. Windows does this automatically behind the scenes for you. Linux does this as a separate task (though you can add an entry into fstab to make it happen on every boot, automatically). And, read only will treat it like a CD-ROM. You can read from it, and you can make changes to the documents, but you must save the changes somewhere else. Microsoft hasn't released their NTFS filesystem specs, so the ability to access it has been done entirely by reverse-engineering.
Would my PC slow down by a lot if I still kept XP?
Errr... Keeping XP slows down ANY system that runs XP. ;) That is why people reboot it after it has been running for a long period of time. :whistle:

On a serious note, having a dual-boot system will not affect the operation of either system. Once past the boot loader, the active OS is the *only* OS, as far as your computer is concerned. :yes:

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Thanks for all the help.

One last question, so when you said: "On a serious note, having a dual-boot system will not affect the operation of either system. Once past the boot loader, the active OS is the *only* OS, as far as your computer is concerned."

Does this mean XP will not be using ANY ram etc while I am usign Linux....

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Thanks for all the help.

One last question, so when you said: "On a serious note, having a dual-boot system will not affect the operation of either system. Once past the boot loader, the active OS is the *only* OS, as far as your computer is concerned."

Does this mean XP will not be using ANY ram etc while I am usign Linux....

XP will use up nothing but some space on your hard drive when you run Linux. It is like "used space" that does nothing.

The same is try when you use Windows on a dual-boot system. Linux uses drive space, but other than that does not affect the system at all.

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