- To: wbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Installing RH 7.0
- From: Mehmet Ozdemir <mehmeto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Feb 5 19:31:01 2001
- Cc: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
Bill Bennett wrote:
>
> I'd like to install RH 7.0 on my laptop.
>
> The problem is that, at the moment, the laptop is infested with
> Windows 2000. I'd like to go completely over to Linux (ie, no
> partitioning.
>
> I assume that I should with a clean slate, ie., an empty hard
> disk, but I'm not sure how this can be done. The booklet
> accompanying the CDs is silent on the matter.
One point on removing partions on Notebooks, be carefull !!!!, as most
notebooks (well my dell anyway) have a small partition that they use to
suspend to disk, you want this feature don't remove this partion, it
usually shows up as a HPFS partion.
Regards
Mehmet Ozdemir