Knut Willy wrote: > I am a novice at Linux. Never used it, but want to teach myself. > > 1. Have a Windows-98 PC, which has internet connection. > Do not intend to use Linux on this one. > Afraid of having two operating systems on same machine.
Don't !
A save way can be to partition your PC with a Windows tools (as PartitionMagic) and create a Linux partition with it.
> > 2. Have a portable Compaq PC, (Windows-95) on which I intend to install > Linux. > This Compaq has no internet connection, no CD station. Only a A: > station for 1,44 mb diskettes.
> > 3. My intention is to do all downloading on the Win-98 PC, and then copy > everything over to the Compaq, using diskettes.
You will need a lot of floppies
> > 4. I read somewhere that Debian Linux is the best choice for a novice > learner.
This is indeed a good choice
And also that one does not need to install EVERYTHING from Linux. > Just a small starter package will do. A minimum package. > > 5. Is it possible to go ahead as I have mentioned above? >
Note that, in general, install Linux on a laptop is less easy than install it on desktop due to the hardware.
hth, Jerome
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