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saturninus:
I have a 20 GB hard drive with about 2.5 GB of space left.  After reading Redhat 9 Documentation and downloading it I have tried to install it on my system.

I chose custom installation so I could pick and choose what I needed because of my low amount of space.  However, when I chose the option "Keep all existing partitions and use avaliable free space" installation would not let me proceed.  I am assuming because I am trying to install Linux with only 2.5 GB left.

I have a couple questions.  First off, just how much hard drive space does Linux Redhat 9 take up?  I know it says around 1.7 GB for a personal workstation installation, but does it actually consume that much space?

Before I get any messages saying I should wipe off Windows completely I want to say that unfortunately I must continue using it.  Although I hate Microsoft many of the good music making programs are made only for Windows.  Thus, I am chained to Microsoft forever.

emh:

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Before I get any messages saying I should wipe off Windows completely I want to say that unfortunately I must continue using it. Although I hate Microsoft many of the good music making programs are made only for Windows. Thus, I am chained to Microsoft forever.

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Before resigning to that thought, I suggest you take a look at this page:

http://www.linux-sound.org

What kind of things do you do for music making?  Audio recording?  MIDI-sequencing?  Music Notation?

I'm afraid I don't know how to answer your main question, though.

saturninus:

quote:Originally posted by emh:


Before resigning to that thought, I suggest you take a look at this page:

http://www.linux-sound.org

What kind of things do you do for music making?  Audio recording?  MIDI-sequencing?  Music Notation?

I'm afraid I don't know how to answer your main question, though.
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I use synth programs like Steinberg Cubase and Propellerhead Reason.

Thanks for the link too!

Faust:
2.5 gigs should be more than ample for any distro.  However Red Hat can be a bitch, last time I tried to install it it had a whine because "Minimum partition size is 80 meg!"  Ooh, like I need 80 meg for /boot you silly thing.  Excuse me while I go off and jump up and down on a Red Hat CD.  :D

bigsleep:
Get another harddrive and install it to that.
For one, you won't be installing it to a slower part of the drive.
And you can (on most systems) choose which drive to boot with in the BIOS - pretty easy once you get used to it. A few more keystrokes than a boot menu, but much safer.

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