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Topic: HELP ME!!, (Super Newbie)

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robbied

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Posted: July 30 2005,08:06

PLEASE HELP! i would like to install Linux (DSL) on my comp. i don't know the first thing about it. i have no OS whatsoever (do you need one?). if anyone could give me some instructions, i would much appreciate it. Thank You.

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you can reach me by email at:
robbied12@sbcglobal.net

mikshaw

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Posted: July 30 2005,10:50

You must have an OS of some kind to be posting here now. If you are able/allowed to download files to this machine and have a CD burner...

1) Download the latest ISO from one of the mirrors listed on the download page. It is typically named "current/current.iso".
2) Burn a CD from the ISO
3) Make sure your BIOS supports booting from CD. If not, you can download a boot floppy image from the same place as the ISO. Use a program such as rawwrite or winimage to create the floppy if you are in Windows.
4) Put the disk(s) in and reboot the computer. Hopefully you will boot into a live DSL. From this point you can choose other options for installation, but a liveCD is a good starting point.

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http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

robbied

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Posted: July 30 2005,18:39

OK, Another question:

what are the system requirements?
(I have a low-grade, old computer)

green

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Posted: July 30 2005,20:01

post your PC's specs and i'm sure some one will tell you if it's okay. I've seen people post that they have run DSL on PC's with less than a 100Mhz processor and 48Mg of ram.