Re: putting linux in another hard drive in PC with XP box
From: SuperDaemon (SuperDaemon_at_bogus.isp.INVALID.com)
Date: 02/05/04
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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:08:34 GMT
curious wrote:
> Currently I have SyGate
> firewall installed for XP. I use Norton AV. Other tools used include
> CWShreeder, AdAware, Spybot, SpywareBlaster, taken from a suggestion
> given in comp.security.
None of those needed for Linux, yes no firewall either if you are not going
to run any services (as in running it as a plain Home desktop with access
to web, email, ftp, gopher, p2p, etc only as a client).
> I have an extra slot where I can put a DVD or another hard drive. I
> am thinking to get another hard drive and put Linux. I would like to
> use linux forInterent as well. I called and learned thet my ISP
> (COMCAST) doesn't support Linux and so I have to do configuartion to
> get interent connection to Linux. Would it be too complicated?
Do not worry about ISP support for Linux, it is not needed. Worry about your
modem, make sure your modem works under Linux (some of winmodems do not
work under linux) , if you get Broadband Cable you would not have any
problem ( or a real hardware dial-up modem as opposed to softmodems or
winmodems)
> Q1:
> I know that some people have a Linux box with firewall installed which
> is then networked to XP box. In that case, XP would not need firewall
> to use Interent, right?
probably right if your linux box is setup right as a firewall and as a
gateway.
> Q2:
> Since I will have Linux and XP in different hardrives of the same PC,
> I believe that I would need firewall installed for both operating
> systems, right?
right; yes just right. You would not need firewall for XP in case Q1 above
or when not running linux with no services and no XP.
> I am not in urgent need to use Interent through Linux (especially
> since I would have to learn to configure to get Interent connection
> myself since my ISP doesn't support) but I heard that it would be
> safer to do so.
and easier to learn too (say in case if you like to check some Linux guides
or google while playing on your Linux box).
> The main thing is that I need to be able to continue
> to learn Linux once my current Linux account from school expires by
> March 21. Also, I want to learn using Oracle with Linux aside from
> learning with XP.
> To download Oracle, I would need Internet connect in Linux too.
or download it in xp and transfer or copy it to your linux disk or
partition; You can access (read) your windows disk while in Linux, ( I
would not recommand writting to NTFS from Linux yet)
> Q3:
> As the frist step, my plan is to have Linux operating system available
> at home.
>
> If I were to get another hard drive, what size should I buy (I knwo
> the required size depend on the distros; I am asking what size SHOULD
> i get so that it won't become small soon for me as I plan to use
> Oracle with it and also more stuff later...
for the linux with most everything installed (Home PC stuff)2 or 3 Gigs
should be plenty, plus 1/4 or 1/2 gigs for swap if you have 256 or 512 MB
of memory.
> Q4:
> Would ideal situation be getting a used PC from Ebay and get Linux
> installed. That way, later I can get Internet connected to it (put
> firewall on Linux box) and then network to XP box.
yes, Linux runs happy on older hardware if you stay away form KDE or Gnome
(which come with lots of eye candy and bells and whistles and useless but
pretty fluff)
> At some point in the future, I plan to use a router before connect any
> pc (XP or Linux) directly. to Interent.
good idea;
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