On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:44:00 +0000, Andoni <andonilist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am also a newbie. I just did my first Linux install in years the other > day. > > All I did was put in the first Fedora CD, make sure the BIOS is set to "Boot > from CD" and start up the machine!! > > Easy! > > Good luck, > Andoni. > > PS: Hope you have better luck than I did with Graphics cards and network > cards! > > A. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Constable" <w7wp@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:29 PM > Subject: From A Fedora Newbie > > > The first time I posted this I used HTML and was informed that it would be > > better if I used plain text. Therefore I will post my question again - > just > > in case. > > > > I have a computer running a Pentium II CPU with a 6 gig HD and I will to > > dedicate it to the Fedora 3 OS. The HD will be reformatted (since it has > > been > > running Windows 98). I will not run Windows on this box in the future. > > > > Today, from E-Bay, I bought the 5 CD Fedora 3 set. It is coming in the > > mail. When it arrives what are my first steps for installation? Is all > that > > I need to browse the Internet and send/receive e-mail with that CD startup > > package? > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > It's really not that bad. If you can get it to boot from the cdrom drive, you have half the battle won. The days of old were full of many a gnashed tooth, let me tell ya. Even compared to other distributions, Fedora's install process is WAY friendly. I haven't seen Fedora have too many problems with recognizing hardware or anything like that. You should probably make sure you load X-windows so you will have a desktop environment. Marc -- * M E R R Y * xx xox oXoX oXXoXX oXXXoXXX XoXXXXoXXX XXoXXoXXXoX p d _x_ |__| _x_ |__| C H R I S T M A S
