what is the best way?

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Question
(Q)What is the best way to uninstall and reinstall linux Red Hat 7.1.
Right now I have 2 computer.

Problem
(P)I would like to remove RedHat 7.1 to try to install RedHat 7.0 BY MYSELF! (with alittle help from you people) the idea is to get it to duel boot Like I have it now, but I'm going to install NewWare on win98 and get these two computers networked... [i] I'm hoping it will help me out in school, get me a little leg up.
So whats the best way to do this?

SYSTEM
Computer 'A'
P1 133
32mb ram
8gig with windows98
1.7gig with RedHat 7.1
Computer 'B'
P3 500
128mb ram
13gig with windows98
20gig used with the 13gig

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any ideas out there?
:rolleyes:

[crokett]

I'm assuming you don't want to remove Win98 from the computer you have RH71 on, so the easiest thing is to just start the 7.0 install and during the install have RH7.0 format the partition(s) where the RH71 install is. You will lose whatever data you have on the linux partitions though.

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This belongs in Networking, moving there.

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Well at school we are working with RedHat 7.0
and I would like to make my home computers as close as possible to what I'm doing at school so I can do the stuff at home.

Yes if possible I would like to leave Win98 alone.

[Bokkenka]

First of all, be sure to back anything up that you really need. There's always the chance you might lose it while installing.

Second, you'll need to know pretty much what's in your computer. Hardware and settings. Internet / network settings. The installation program should detect most of it, but it's good to know so you can make sure it's correct. It should be easy since you already have a working Linux on the box.

Other than that, Crokett's right... Just run the installer program. There's no need to worry about doing anything to uninstall first.

If your computer can boot from cd, stick it in and boot up. If it can't, create a floppy disk as the instruction on the cd say. You can use Windows, rawrite.exe, and the files in the \images directory.

Once it's booted up and running the installer, you will get to a screen where you partition the drive. It will tell you the partitions currently on the drive. There will be at least the one 8GB fat partition, one ext2, and one swap. Any fat partitions are for Windows, and you shouldn't touch them. The ext2s and swap you can delete if you want, and create new ones, or just use the ones you have. Label one of the ext2s "\". If you have more, you might make "\home", "\boot", "\usr", etc. (Look up the partition how-tos to find a good set-up. I'd prob'ly cut the 1.7GB into a 1GB \, 128MB swap, and what's left for \home. I'd also prob'ly get some more memory... 32MB will work, but more is always better.)

Once the partitions are set-up, it will ask you which you want to format. You will need to format the ext2s. This will set-up any new ones, and clear out any old ones.

What programs you install is up to you. At the end, the installer it will set-up LILO for you, and will add a listing for Windows automatically.

As for the NetWare, unless you really have an interest, I wouldn't suggest it. I've thought NetWare's been dead since Win95. Win3.1 couldn't network worth crap, so Novell came along and made NetWare. Win95 and newer can network pretty good natively. And, Linux can beat anything NetWare can do... Samba will allow you to share directories and printers between the two computers. OPENssh will allow you to remotely control the Linux box from the Win box over the network. (Use PuTTY on the Win box.) Apache, ftp, mail, and many, many other programs come with Linux. You won't even have time to worry about NetWare. :)

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That was SUPER! thanks alot :D
you answered the question right to the point.
and maybe I'll try this tonight.

Thanks again :)