Recommedations

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 09:14 2/18/2004, you wrote:
> > I had gotten a 160GB hard drive for x mas and finially had the time to
> > install it and I had already reformated my hard drive and notice that
> > windows XP doesnt support big hard drives over 80GB. I hope that Linux
> > supports it so i can use of what my money went into the hard drive that i
> > got.

XP will handle a maximum of 137GB in its first release, but more after 
applying Service Pack 1 (SP1). In any event, in order to handle separation 
of operating system and data better, you could create a 30GB partition into 
which you install XP, then upgrade, update, and patch it as much as 
possible. Then, when XP supports your bigger drive, set up a second 
partition for the rest of the space and use it for data.

Or just use Fedora Core 1 Linux.

> > Another reason why i hate windows is that i suspect it did something
> > with my BIOS. The reasoning for my reformation is that out of no where my
> > mouse moves the other way and if i click on certain mouse button the arrows
> > goes up.

A friend of mine had a similar problem with video, and we eventually traced 
it to some setting in the Control Panel. However, I don't know enough to 
help you there.

Since you already have two drives, I would suggest that you put both inside 
the machine. Put XP on the smaller drive for now, and AFTERWARDS install 
Fedora Core 1 onto the larger drive, setting it up to dual-boot (meaning it 
will allow you to boot into Windows or Linux, so you have both operating 
systems on the machine at the same time and can change to the other by 
simply rebooting).

In this way you will be able to continue working with XP while you learn 
about Linux. Fedora Core will not be significantly harder to work with than 
Windows, contrary to what someone said recently. However, it IS very 
different and you will have quite a bit of learning to do since all you 
have used before is Windows. So it is best not to make a change that is too 
drastic too quickly. Take your time, install Fedora as a second OS on your 
box, and start learning.

And welcome to the community!


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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