Instructions for Installation over Windows 95/98/ME/2000
Steps:
- Acquire Red Hat on CD
- Prepare the Hard Drive for Red Hat
- Install Red Hat
- Download the necessary Red Hat files from the
Red Hat FTP
directory
(ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/iso/i386/)
using an FTP client, preferrably. At minimum, you must download the
seawolf-i386-disc1.iso and seawolf-i386-disc2.iso
files (Intel-compatible machines).
- Burn the
seawolf-i386-disc1.iso and
seawolf-i386-disc2.iso image files each on separate CD-ROMs.
Note: Burning image files onto CD requires a different process from burning
data onto CD. For example, using Easy CD Creator 4, bypass the wizard, and
under the File menu, click on Create CD from Disc Image and
under files of type, you want ISO Image Files(.iso).
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Preparing the Hard Drive for Red Hat
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- First things first, you must determine if you have enough space to install
the Red Hat OS. 500 MB is a minimum. If necessary, delete files and run the
Disk Cleanup utility to free up space.
- Decide if you wish to create a dual-boot system or install Red Hat over
your current version of Windows. If you wish to install Red Hat over Windows
then skip to step 3.
- You will need to prepare to partition the hard drive. This is the aweful
part. Vomitting might occur on the part of yourself or your computer.
Be prepared.
- If you have a FAT32 Hard Drive on your system, you will need to go to
ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/os/i386/dosutils/fips20/
and download fips.exe. If you have a FAT16 Hard Drive on your
system, you will need to go to
ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/os/i386/dosutils/fips15c/
and download fips.exe. Fips will not work with the NT File System
(NTFS) in Windows NT/2000.
- Copy
fips.exe to a formatted floppy disk with system files
present (format A: /s).
- Run the Scandisk program, in order to make sure everything is alright.
- Most importantly, partitioning a hard drive cuts the drive in half, and
thus if there is data in the last half of the hard drive, it will be lost.
Thus, you must now defragment the hard drive (this could take a while).
- Restart the computer and boot from the floppy disk drive.
Run
fips.exe and follow the onscreen prompts.
After completion, remove the floppy disk from the drive, restart the computer,
and run scandisk to make sure everything is alright.
- Boot from the first burned CD-ROM. If you currently cannot, access your
computer's BIOS and change the boot settings.
- At the screen, press Enter.
- Two things to remember during installation. Typical users desire a
workstation installation. Secondly, you want the Automatic partition and
REMOVE DATA option, not the Manual partition with Disk Druid or
Manual partition with fdisk options.
The above instructions were a quick, laconic overview. For more
detailed instructions, please consult the
Official Red Hat Linux / Installation Guide or the
Moving from Windows
to Linux Homepage for detailed instructions.
Thanks to the Red Hat web site for
installation instruction assistance.