Re: Quick Linux question

Jon,
Wasn't looking to do EMC! Just START learning Linux, and then in a month
or two, get a new HD, and then get serious


At 01:27 AM 2000-01-14 -0600, you wrote:

>From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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>Charles Gallo wrote:
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>> From: Charles Gallo <Charlie@...>
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>> OK, OK, I've delayed long enough, and I think it's time to install Linux.
>> I _DON'T_ want to totally re-install everything on my HD, and the budget is
>> VERY tight this month. Now, I have an old 350 meg HD that works on the
>> shelf (The 1 gig drive is DEAD) - Can you install , say RH 6.1 on a 350 meg
>> HD? How well does RH 6.1 co-exist with an existing dual boot Win98/NT4.0
>> (soon to be NT2000) system
>
>Well, in theory, you can do this. But, if you are going to be experimenting
>with EMC, you need a pretty decent development environment, since the
>package is distributed as C and C++ source. I was not able to put together
>the full development environment in 650 MB, but made it work in 1 GB.
>I just saw new, 4.2 GB IDE drives going for $89!
>
>Jon

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