[wplug] Pure newbie questions

[Mark Sikora]

Hello and Welcome.  Hope to see you at the next meeting.
Mark -<>-

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Anna McCullough wrote:

> Hello all...
>
> I found this newsgroup by following a link from Linux.org, and I'm hoping for a
> little direction.
>
> I'm completly new to the world of the penguin, folks, and I'm asking your
> patience in advance. I know I'm going to be asking what will appear to be
> completely stupid questions! I want to install Linux on my new computer in the
> very near future; I'm not at all knowledgeable about this OS and I'm looking for
> a place where I can ask questions when needed.
>
> I'm currently running a home-built 900 mhz system (Intel Socket 370) with 512
> megs of RAM and this machine is currently dual-booting Win98 and WinXP. I have a
> total of 80 gigs of drive space (two 40 gig HD's), with ten of those completely
> unformatted and set aside, so to speak, for my upcoming dip in the Linux pool :)
>
> It has NVidia TNT2 video and C-Media soundcard on board the mobo, as well as a
> PCTEL riser-card modem and a TDK cd/rw drive, plus an external USB 100 meg Zip
> disk. I also have a SCSI UMAX Astra 1200S scanner - great machine! I
> *think* I'm okay with the video and sound in a Linux install, particularly
> RedHat - but I'm not at all sure about the rest.
>
> Has anyone had any success with a modem like this, especially, and is there a
> way to tell a modem that doesn't have support from the manufacturer for Linux
> that it should be able to work anyhow?? Granted, replacing the modem for a more
> Linux-friendly model is a no-brainer but hey, I'm up for learning stuff :)
>
> And for a totally raw newbie question - how does Linux refer to drives? When I
> tell this program to jump into the unformatted ten-gigs (my machine currently
> has physical drives of C, D, and E from a DOS standpoint, with the blank part
> the potential drive F) - what's the designation I should be looking at?
>
> Thanks much for any help, and apologies if these questions are
> kindergarten-level. I haven't even taken my first steps in Linux yet besides
> buying a book, so there's so much to learn :)
>
> Cheers,
> Anna McCullough
>
>
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