On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:29:54 +0000, Larry Cotton <larry.cotton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > I have a couple of initial qustions. > > I'm currently using red hat 8, but wish to use upgrade to use fedora > core 2. I have downloaded the iso disks. > > 1) Could anyone tell me : > a) how I go about doing this > b) whether I can install fedora core without loosing the data and os > set up I currenlty have > c)what the best way of backing up my current set up is before doing > the new installation > > 2) I've installed fedora core 2 on another machine which currently has > a 10G scsi drive on it. I am hoping to add a very large IDE (200 - > 400G) drive to this machine. Does anyone know of any problems I have > to look out for when using fedora with such as large disk ? Does > anyone have any tips about how I might go about installing fedora with > such a set up ? Fedora has no problem with drives of that size; however, make certain your computer's BIOS supports drives that large. You may need a BIOS upgrade. > > Cheers > Larry >