Are u new to LINUX?? If yes than let me tell u its an open source operating system ..Here is a “10-STEP MANUAL for starters”…it can be generalized for all LINUX flavours.
1) Insert the CD in your CD/DVD drive.(make sure your system is configured as ‘boot from CD/DVD’ in Bios setup)
2) ?boot:/? will appear on screen. Just hit enter.(let Anaconda do his work for a while)Note: anaconda is one of the installer for Linux flavors.
3) Choose normal options such as language, country, time etc as your choice on the screens.
4) Configure your boot loader (choose one Grub or LILO) and default boot partitioni.e. Linux or other.
2) ?boot:/? will appear on screen. Just hit enter.(let Anaconda do his work for a while)Note: anaconda is one of the installer for Linux flavors.
3) Choose normal options such as language, country, time etc as your choice on the screens.
4) Configure your boot loader (choose one Grub or LILO) and default boot partitioni.e. Linux or other.
5) Now hopefully you will reach on partition menu screen( It’s a
very important step for a successful Linux installation??. So, do it carefully)a) choose custom or manually partition option on the screen.b) make a free space as you or your hard disk afford.c) now create a ROOT partition i.e. mount point=?/? space = 3gb or mored) another partition SWAP i.e. mount point = swap space = _____ ( this valve should be more than twice your RAM, i.e. if you have a RAM of 256, this the valve >512).Note: SWAP partition is not always needed but in fact it should be.
6) At this juncture, half of your task is over.Now choose your root password and loginname (root password should be easy to remember otherwise Linux become Hell)
7) At this step you will find a package selection menua) choose ‘minimal’ or ‘default’ option on the screen(it will only minimum package required to run Linux and take least time(10-15 min) to install)b) Choose ‘select all’ option( it will install all packages selected by you but take more time ( 40-60 min) to install).
8) Just wait…and enjoying the merry TUX(the animal you see in
the surrounding pictures is actually the LINUX mascot...TUX).
9) Another important step for your system configuration. Here you should check yoursystem drivers specially Graphics and Sound Cards, otherwise it will goes in text modeafter Rebooting.
10) Take out your disk from drive and Reboot your system.
11) Once your computer restarts, you see ‘GRUB loading’.Press any key to access menu of different OS on your computer.Once the starting process ends…open up your newly loaded LINUX OS (again a reminder DO REMEMBER YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD”…and once you log inenjoy the cool desktops!!
9) Another important step for your system configuration. Here you should check yoursystem drivers specially Graphics and Sound Cards, otherwise it will goes in text modeafter Rebooting.
10) Take out your disk from drive and Reboot your system.
11) Once your computer restarts, you see ‘GRUB loading’.Press any key to access menu of different OS on your computer.Once the starting process ends…open up your newly loaded LINUX OS (again a reminder DO REMEMBER YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD”…and once you log inenjoy the cool desktops!!UBUNTU desktop.
FEDORA desktop.
MANDRIVA desktop.
SUSE desktop.
Remember LINUX is free!! and may the 'SOURCE' be with u
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