- Part 1 Find An Old Computer You Can Install Linux On And Determine Its Hardware Note If You Do Not Do Part 1 You Are 1 (103.85 KiB) Viewed 22 times
Part 1 Find an old computer you can install Linux on, and determine its hardware Note: If you do not do Part 1, you are not eligible to do any of the following parts! A. Old computers which are too slow for Windows often make great *nix boxes. B. Find one in your garage, from a neighbor or family member, or at a garage sale. C. You will need system unit, keyboard, mouse, monitor & [optional-network card] D. If it used to run Windows, it should be fine E. Determine what hardware it has, including a CPU speed, # of cores, etc. b. Memory c. Hard drive space and interface (SATA, PATA, SCSI) d. Network card ethernet? 100Mbps? Gbps? F. If you have trouble determining what hardware you have, hit the discussion board. G. Submit brand & specs in the link under the weekly Content folder for credit Part 2-Select a Linux, UNIX, or BSD OS and verify that your hardware will support it A. This is strictly research. Find a *nix flavor with which you are unfamiliar! B. Look up the hardware compatibility specs to verify that your system will support the OS you have selected. Again, visit the discussion board as needed. C. Submit your selected flavor, and state that your hardware will support it Part 3-Download and prepare the OS software A. Download the iso file to the computer you will use to burn a disc or USB drive on. B. If your target has no optical drive, make a bootable USB
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statement. Part 4-Installation & Configuration A. Prepare the old computer. I recommend wiping everything from the hard drive first, but make sure you have removed all important data first! B. Disconnect any network cables, and install the OS from the disc or USB you made. C. You will have to enter configuration parameters, such as IP addresses, etc. D. I recommend starting early, so you can visit the discussion board. E. In the Discussion Board, submit a photo of your "nix box with the OS up and running DA