Re: Linux for Beginners

Jon,

Thanks for the response. How do you connect the two boxes? Serial? Network
cards?
I have some WD network cards which are supported by Linux.

>Yes, the network is one of the difficult things. I got enough networking
>going to connect my machines. I have the modem on a Windows 95
>PC, so I do all my net surfing and downloading on that. Once I have the
>.tar or .tgz files on the Windows machine, it only takes 5 seconds

(literally)

>to send the complete EMC file to the Linux machine with an FTP
>utility.

I just moved the 4 .pdf ebooks from the RH cdrom onto my laptop so I can
reference
them while trying to get things to work.

>For help with almost any aspect of setting up Linux, but especially network
>and video hardware/software, the how-to and mini-how-to files
>(which are on the RedHat CD, as well as on the net) are essential.
>I would NEVER have gotten networking up without those guides
>open in front of me.
>

Bob