How to Install Linux Properly

The steps required to have a working install of linux.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Freedos 1.0 CD,
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Computer with 512mb ram and
• 10gb harddisk, network port

1. Boot up with you win98 startup disk and create a fat32 8gb partition using fdisk.
   And format it.

2. Then start computer with freedos 1.0 CD inserted, and do a full install.

3. Start computer again with ubuntu CD and when it gets to partitioner, setup a linux swap partition that is 3 times that of your installed ram (plus double if you intend to upgrade RAM later). Then make an ext3 root partition that uses the remaining space of the drive, reason I choose EXT3 is thats journaling ability adds better error recovery than a plain ext2 system. Also make sure your dos partition is mounted vfat as /dos. If all went smoothly then you should have a linux system that is DOS/WINDOWS compatible and will allow you access your data
   from dos (if you store on the /dos drive)

Tips & Warnings

• backup your personal data before partitioning!

Resources

• [digitalatoll.flnet.org]