I have an old P90 that I would like to install suse 8.1 on to use as a router. Is his possible? In the bios the cdrom is not recognized. Do I need to start with a boot disk first. If so, what would be a good way to make a boot disk? Tom Thomas Rieff GreenCare 1717 3rd Avenue Mankato, MN 56001 507-344-8314 Office 507-344-8316 Fax trieff at greencaremankato.com -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Jack Ungerleider Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:58 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] New to Linux, with questions For regulars of this list the following distribution suggestion will come as no suprise: SuSE, but if the timing works for you I'd wait about a month. SuSE 8.2 is due out April 12th. According to a recent interview on Newsforge with SuSE US honcho Holger Dyroff they've done a lot of work in the new version on making it more usefull and attractive to the home user. Including better support for "non-standard" hardware. As far as getting a system is concerned I bought a Case/MB/RAM combo from Tran last fall as an upgrade and I'm very happy with it. You can find info at www.tranmicro.com. Jack On Wednesday March 19, 2003 1:35 pm, cxobert wrote: > Hi. > > I am new to this list, and new to Linux. > > I am looking to get a new PC to install and run Linux on at home. I'd > just as soon see if I can do the installation myself to learn what > it's like. > > I could use feedback or advice on where to proceed - what > distribution(s) of Linux to look at, a suggested place to get my > machine, issues I should be aware of before or after I buy. I've done > some nosing around online and have some ideas, but I could use > feedback from experienced users. > > So - can anyone help point me in the right direction? > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > > Charlie Obert > cxobert at goldengate.net -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list