linux on my laptop

[linux23]

hi,

I have bought a new laptop(Fujitsu Esprimo mobile V6555) and i have received drviers cd along with laptop but on the cd surface they have mentioned drivers for Winxp,visat and for win 7 they did not mention other o.S.


Could you pls advise whether can i install redhat linux or not.

Fyi i have purchased the laptop to work redhat linux....


Thanks& Regards

Sek

[nujinini]

Hi sek!

AFAIK, you can double boot linux with any windows version.

[oz]

Could you pls advise whether can i install redhat linux or not.

Fyi i have purchased the laptop to work redhat linux....

Welcome to the forums!

Yes, you can install Red Hat but keep in mind that it is subscription based, so if you don't want to buy it you can try CentOS which is the same thing, but without paid support and Red Hat branding/ logos.

[linux23]

Hi Ozar,

Thanks for your information.

could you pls explain about Centos. Is it linux flavour can we use as redhat linux enterprice edition.

I need it to prepare for RHCP exam.

Pls advise..........



Best Regards
Chandra

[oz]

Hello

You can find more information that you'd probably care to read with a quick google search for CentOS:

Google: CentOS

You'd need to take a look at it and make up your own mind about whether or not it would suit your purpose for it.

[Rubberman]

Hi Ozar,

Thanks for your information.

could you pls explain about Centos. Is it linux flavour can we use as redhat linux enterprice edition.

I need it to prepare for RHCP exam.

Pls advise..........



Best Regards
Chandra

CentOS is the community (free) version of RHEL. It tracks changes to RHEL very closely (usually releasing within a couple of days) and is in wide use. I use it myself on my workstation/server. As for a laptop, that is another story. CentOS/RHEL do not support a lot of current laptop hardware very well. You would be better off installing a current laptop-friendly distribution such as Ubuntu, download and install a good virtual machine manager like Oracle/Sun's VirtualBox, and then run CentOS/RHEL in a virtual machine. That way, all the wireless, bluetooth, webcam, and other cruft on your laptop will work properly, yet you can still run RHEL/CentOS and prepare for your RHCE exams.

[linux23]

Hi,

I have downloaded centos image file(694mb).

is it the above is enough and how to install on win xp duel boot.is it possible.

how to convert image file to exicutable o.s.

Pls adivse

Regards

sek

[Rubberman]

You need to use CD burning software, such as Nero, Alcohol, etc to burn the image to a CD. Then you can either run it as a live CD to test it out, or you can install the OS to your system.

[MikeTbob]

Hi,

I have downloaded centos image file(694mb).

is it the above is enough and how to install on win xp duel boot.is it possible.

how to convert image file to exicutable o.s.

Pls adivse

Regards

sek

See this link for more info.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ins...ll-cd-dvd.html

[linux23]

Hi,

What i have downloaded centos(698 MB) is not full version its part of cent os.

Can some one pls provide link that where i can download full centos to install on my laptop.

total os shuold be how much MB???

Pls help me

Thanks

Regards
sek