Re: Linux from scratch question

Multi-Volti Devices wrote:

> From: "Multi-Volti Devices" <multi-volti@...>
>
> Hello:
>
> I know there are many hardware compatibility issues to pre-check, but
> in
> general, when installing Linux from scratch on a new hard drive, out
> of the
> box, should I boot from the Linux floppy and let the Linux installer
> do
> everything to the hard drive (Linux equivalent of fdisk)\

Yes!

> and not use the
> floppy that came from the HD mfr.?

Forget ALL floppies that came with ALL hardware. All those floppies
have DOS and Windows
drivers. Formatting your HD for Windows will not do much good for
Linux.

> It's a 20.5 GB IDE drive (oh man I just
> thought of another possible hardware compatibility problem...the drive
> came
> with an ATA 66 accelerator card...which is probably a PnP card...is
> that a
> problem?

Most PnP works OK under Linux. I have a number of PnP cards (mostly
PCI, but some
ISA, too,) and they have configured with no trouble at all.

Jon