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mathewjn:
:confused:

 
I'm a newbie - trying to download redhat from http://www.linuxiso.org/finddistro.php.

Ok - back up here - trying to install linux (from the download above) to a PC - without a partition - is it possible or not

And trying to use this as a database and application server for a pilot of a portal product.

Any advice on the pro-cons of the install (linux) will be appreciated.

Thanks

Calum:
i don't think you can install from ISO images without burning them to CDs first, if you don't have a *IX system installed already, what's the current thinking on this guys?

either way, my opinion is it'd be much easier to burn the CDs and install that way.

mathewjn:
I actually did end up burning the CD (all three disks) and am currently in the process of installation. Will come back after my install is over (succesfull or not)
Thanks

mathewjn:
back.....after a succesfull install but stil having problems seeing the maching on the windows network. Anyone got some pointers as to why this is happening?
 
Also am looking for what the command is to 'unpackage' a file before installing on the LInux installed PC.
 
Any help is appreciated.
 
Thanks

Calum:
the answer to the second is: it depends.

different systems use different package formats, you have chosen... red hat? this (and SuSE, Mandrake, Fedora and many others) use the  RPM package manager, although the rpms are slightly different for each system, so try to use either red hat rpms or generic rpms. a good place to find these rpms is http://rpm.pbone.net or an even better package management solution is apt-get see here: http://voidmain.kicks-ass.net/redhat/redhat_9_apt-get_must_have.html

that's for red hat 9, if you are using a different version, please see http://voidmain.kicks-ass.net/redhat/ for other VERY useful documentation.

apt-get (and its graphical frontend, synaptic) allows you to pick a piece of software, and then it will be installed automatically over the internet, along with all other programs, libraries etc that need to be installed to make that package work. This is a considerable timesaver!

so, use apt, or to install rpm packages use the "rpm" command. Usually to install a package called "ymessenger-rh9.rpm" you would change to being the root user ( see http://docs.rinet.ru:8083/UNIXy/unx05.htm#I13 ***) and then do:
--- Code: ---rpm -Uvh ymessenger-rh9.rpm
--- End code ---
the U means "upgrade" (you could use "i" instead, but this means "install" and will not work if you have a different version of this package already installed. "U" will work either way), the v means "verbose", meaning tells you what's happening, and the "h" means "hash marks". it prints fifty hash marks as a progress bar.

re: your windows network, this is more thorny. windows networking is a little hairy, because windows networks are a bit sloppy. There are a number of approaches to windows networking in linux, and usually they involve using a package called "samba" (so called because it adds support for microsoft's SMB protocol), there are a number of graphical frontends to this, like LinNeighborhood, and some versions of konqueror have some sort of windows network stuff in them, your mileage may vary, i generally try not to use the windows networking, preferring NFS instead (which you may not be able to use, as i am not sure there is support for it on windows systems). here's a helpful looking howto i found, that i haven't tried, but i hope it will be what you're after.




*** and you would do yourself a real favour to familiarise yourself with *IX systems using this free online book: http://docs.rinet.ru:8083/UNIXy/

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