I am also experimenting with Linux on one of my machines.
I added a removable disk drive (for around $50) and installed Linux on that,
rather than have to mess around with dual boot options and other disk
management
problems.  I kept the Windows on the second drive and just swap them out
when I need
to switch OS's.
Red Hat was the easiest to install of all the Linux versions that I looked
at.
One glitch I ran into, was that my system was assembled with MS in mind.  I
later
found out that my video card is not Linux compatible and I can not run
xfree86
on this machine.
Installing Linux requires that you know things about your hardware that we
just take
for granted with MS.
If you're going to run both Linux and MS on the same machine, check all your
hardware
for dual compatability first.

Jim Mc Coy
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 11:48 AM
Subject: OT: Linux


> Since this is way off topic, perhaps private replies would be better.
>
> We have replaced a couple of aging PC's that are still operable, we have
> just outgrown them.  So, I'm thinking to myself that maybe we could use
one
> of these older machines to try out Linux, right?  Anyway, I bought RedHat
> Linux 6.0 and it arrived today.  Thus, I am looking for any ideas about
> installation and playing with Linux.  BTW, the PC I intend to install it
on
> is a 486 with 16MB and I'm not sure of the disk drive size.
>
> Any and all comments are appreciated.
>
> Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
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