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- From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: OK, how does a fella start?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.121825.28034@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 12:18:25 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.002000.19138@starbase.trincoll.edu>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- Lines: 51
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- nmiller@starbase.trincoll.edu (norman miller) writes:
- >OK, I'll bite. Would some kind soul tell me:
- >
- >1. Where to get Linux and how to start it up.
-
- Quoted from my Meta-FAQ article posted every Monday:
-
- Major FTP sites for Linux
-
- textual name numeric addr Linux directory
-
- tsx-11.mit.edu 18.172.1.2 /pub/linux
- nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/OS/Linux
- ftp.mcc.ac.uk 130.88.200.7 /pub/linux
- kirk.bu.oz.au 131.244.1.1 /pub/OS/Linux
- utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 133.11.11.11 /misc/linux
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.0.110 /pub/Linux
- fgb1.fgb.mw.tu-muenchen.de 129.187.200.1 /pub/linux
- ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de 137.226.4.105 /pub/linux
- Tupac-Amaru.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE 137.226.112.31 /pub/Linux
- sunsite.unc.edu 152.2.22.81 /pub/Linux
-
- The general Linux FAQ (FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions list, with answers)
-
- The FAQ contains a LOT of information, and is pretty long
- (posted as two parts). Everybody should read it, 'cause it
- really does contain solutions to the many common problems. It
- can be FTP'd from at least tsx-11 (docs/FAQ_xxx, where xxx is
- the date), and nic.funet.fi (doc/FAQ_xxx). Also check the
- archives at pit-manager, send mail to
- mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu with the word help in it.
-
- The above should be enough to get you started at least a little bit.
- Mail me if you want the whole Meta-FAQ.
-
- >2. The smallest hardware configuration that Linux
- >can live with. Specifically:
-
- 386sx, 2 MB, 20 MB
-
- For your own comfort, you probably want at least 4 MB and 40 MB,
- preferably more. If you have a slow processor or disk, you benefit
- greatly from more memory.
-
- >Does it make sense to partition a large hard disk that already has
- >OS2 and Dos on it, and if so how much space to devote to Linux?
-
- It only makes sense if you wipe DOS and OS/2 from the disk :-)
-
- --
- Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi
-