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- From: greenfie@gauss.rutgers.edu (Greenfie)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: A few hopefully easy questions
- Message-ID: <Aug.16.11.56.40.1992.610@gauss.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 15:56:41 GMT
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Hi! Currently, I've got a 486-33 w/ 8 megs of memory running OS/2, but I'm
- interested in using Linux just to play around....
-
- I'm wondering how hard it is to install for someone who is totally
- clueless. :^) I already have a full 130 meg hard drive, but I'm going to be
- getting a 170 that I'd like to partition between OS/2 data partitions and
- Linux. Questions I was wondering if I could get answered:
-
- 1) If I'd like to run Linux w/ X11R5 and maybe something like emacs and gcc,
- how much space should I leave for it?
-
- 2) Is it possible to install Linux on a 2nd hard disk? (The docs seem to
- say it is, but they are unclear, and I'd prefer to get as much info as
- possible before installing.)
-
- 3) Is it possible to use OS/2's boot manager with Linux? (ie, have it ready
- to boot on a primary partition, but not the active one, so I can select it
- via a menu at boot up time.)
-
- Thanx in advance to anyone who can answer these questions. I'm sorry if
- these questions are already documented somewhere, but I couldn't actually
- find a straight answer to any of them.
- --
- Larry Greenfield
- greenfie(ld)@gauss.rutgers.edu
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