Possible to install linux right after a new computer is built?
Fngan asked:
Im thinking about building a computer useing the same cpu,psu,gpu etc, but with new RAM, a new case and motherboard, and maybe a new hardrive, not sure yet, but when i finish building my comp. and start it up, can i just put in the linux CD and it will install it? or do i have to do something else first?
Im thinking about building a computer useing the same cpu,psu,gpu etc, but with new RAM, a new case and motherboard, and maybe a new hardrive, not sure yet, but when i finish building my comp. and start it up, can i just put in the linux CD and it will install it? or do i have to do something else first?
Yes, as long as the machine you build can boot from a CD/DVD drive, you are good to go. Just get yourself a bootable GNU/Linux CD/DVD and fire away.
Notice that if your machine can boot from flash drives you can also install GNU/Linux off there.
Today, I just finished installing the latest Fedora spin. Good ol’ Fedora releases every 6 months or so (they are at version 8 now). Most distros are like that too.
Yep! No problem! Just make sure that in your BIOS Setup Utility,(some just call it BIOS!), you have cdrom set as the First Boot Device, in Boot Order! After you’ve installed Linux, change the Boot Order back to floppy, IDE 0, Cdrom,(if you have a floppy drive!) I just installed,(Okay about 2 day’s ago!), Ubuntu 7.10 ‘Gutsy Gibbon’, with a 2.4GHz Intel cpu, 512MB’s of DDR ram, and a Visiontek ATI Radeon 9250 vid card,(graphic’s, same, same), and have Compiz Fusion add-on. Now the Ol’ desktop is like smooooooooth! 3D! You know, like the one on YouTube,” Windows Aero vs Ubuntu+Beryl” Daddy like’s!
Well, I am assuming you have the Linux Live CD with you.
Once you insert the CD, most Linux OS’s offer both the options :
1. Boot directly from CD – In this case, each time you start a new program, your cd is read. The environment is loaded in the RAM.
2. Install on HDD – In this case, all your programs and the OS itself is installed permanently on the secondary storage, so the next time you boot, you will not have to insert the CD again. However, you need to be careful here. Installation on hard-drive would not work if you drive is already formatted with something like NTFS.
First try option(i). Then once you are familiar, go with option(ii)
Ok wait!!! You need to be 100 percent sure you ONLY want to run linux if you are going to install linux as yoru first OS, if you plan on installing Linux as a dual boot you will need to install Windows first so that you will be prompted with a OS selection screen at startup. Make sure that you know there are supported linuz drivers for yoru hardware with your Distro, usually this isn’t a problem for important stuff but it can be somewhat troublesome for things like printers and scanners.