From: greenfie@gauss.rutgers.edu (Greenfie) Subject: A few hopefully easy questions Date: 16 Aug 1992 15:56:41 GMT
Hi! Currently, I've got a 486-33 w/ 8 megs of memory running OS/2, but I'm
interested in using Linux just to play around....
I'm wondering how hard it is to install for someone who is totally
clueless. :^) I already have a full 130 meg hard drive, but I'm going to be
getting a 170 that I'd like to partition between OS/2 data partitions and
Linux. Questions I was wondering if I could get answered:
1) If I'd like to run Linux w/ X11R5 and maybe something like emacs and gcc,
how much space should I leave for it?
2) Is it possible to install Linux on a 2nd hard disk? (The docs seem to
say it is, but they are unclear, and I'd prefer to get as much info as
possible before installing.)
3) Is it possible to use OS/2's boot manager with Linux? (ie, have it ready
to boot on a primary partition, but not the active one, so I can select it
via a menu at boot up time.)
Thanx in advance to anyone who can answer these questions. I'm sorry if
these questions are already documented somewhere, but I couldn't actually
find a straight answer to any of them.
--
Larry Greenfield
greenfie(ld)@gauss.rutgers.edu
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