Fedora 3 Newboe

[Gustavo Seabra]

Juan Shen wrote:

> Wayne Leutwyler wrote:
>
>> Al Constable wrote:
>>
>>> I have a computer running a Pentium II CPU and I want to dedicate it 
>>> to the Fedora 3 OS.   The HD will be reformatted (since it has been 
>>> running Windows 98). I will not run Windows on this box in the 
>>> future.  From E-Bay I bought the 5 CD Fedora 3 set.  It is coming in 
>>> the mail.  When it arrives what are my first steps for installation?
>>>  
>>> Does anyone know someone in Fresno, CA who I can talk with about 
>>> Fedora 3?
>>>  
>>> Al C
>>
>>
>>
>> Start here friend: http://www.fedorafaq.org/
>>
>> Also look at the list archive: 
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/
>>
>> You will find many answers to common issues and problems in both 
>> those links.
>>
>> Welcome to Fedora Core 3 and Linux hope you enjoy the ride.
>>
> Take it easy,  Fedora Core 3 is quite easy to install, especially on a 
> clean machine -- no data on HD. hehe
>    Juan Shen
>
 From one rookie to another:

During installation, Fedora will suggest you a partition scheme for the 
HD.  Accept that.

I thought I was smarter and could do the partitions by myself. Fedora 
suggests a scheme based on LVM, which I thought "I have just one HD, so 
I don't need it..." - big mistake! It turns out that LVM is useful even 
for single HD machines. I made a mistake when choosing partition sizes, 
and there was no easy way to correct it. With the suggested scheme you 
should have better control of your partitions even after the install.

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