*Dual-boot? If so, pick partitioning scheme. Possibly resize hard drive. See page 35-37.
*Dual-boot? If so, pick partitioning scheme. Possibly resize hard drive. See page 805-807 or wait until we hit Dual Booting later in this class.
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*Networking? Make a note of any and all information you may need for networking. If you are running DHCP, do you need a DHCP hostname? If you are using static IP addresses, be sure to get all networking items you can (err on the side of safety). See page 33.
*Networking? Make a note of any and all information you may need for networking. If you are running DHCP, do you need a DHCP hostname? If you are using static IP addresses, be sure to get all networking items you can (err on the side of safety).
Except for extremely new hardware, or hardware with known compatibility problems, most modern-day Linux distributions need very little pre-install preparation. Linux distributions have become very intelligent with respect to hardware detection and configuration.
Interesting Note: There is a Linux distribution known as Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) which is something known as a "Live-on-CD" Linux distribution. Knoppix has incredible hardware detection routines. Although it is not its designed purpose, Knoppix can be used as tool for troubleshooting hardware compatibility/identification problems with other Linux and even Windows installs!
In spite of the fact that most Linux distributions do a pretty decent job of hardware detection these days, it is still a good idea to become familier with the process in the event that you do encounter a compatibility issue.
General Concepts
Dual-boot? If so, pick partitioning scheme. Possibly resize hard drive. See page 805-807 or wait until we hit Dual Booting later in this class.
Networking? Make a note of any and all information you may need for networking. If you are running DHCP, do you need a DHCP hostname? If you are using static IP addresses, be sure to get all networking items you can (err on the side of safety).
Hardware inventory. Make a list of what devices you will have to have supported in Linux. If you are dual-booting Windows, you can view much of this information inside of Microsoft's Device Manager. If you are not dual-booting, or Microsoft's Device Manager is less-than helpful, you can try loading Knoppix (see above) and check boot messages and drivers loaded. Is worse comes to worse, crack your computer's case and make a note of anything that seems important.
Picking a filesystem and a filesystem layout (see next section)