From: Mark Gordon <spamtrap@ruddygore.net>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: newbie advice
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:24:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6vdhgu093v7f5kkfu3pgrjdoja33t06pdi@4ax.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: F95ddwR5mRI7dKRgYBL00009a70@hotmail.com
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:51:11 -0400, "Robert Abel"
<robert__a82@hotmail.com> wrote:
>What do you think the odds are a linux newbie can successfully install and
>configure gentoo? I have an old machine I am considering playing around
>with but, some reveiws on the net I have read say my chances of succeeding
>are horrible. What is your opinion?
If you are prepared to actually read the documentation and research
anything you don't understand you can probably do it. If you expect to
just press a few buttons and by magic have everything working, not a
chance. So read the installation guide and give it a go, the worst
that will happen is you have to re-format the HD and install a
different OS.
--
Mark Gordon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-13 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-13 14:51 [gentoo-dev] newbie advice Robert Abel
2002-06-13 15:02 ` Francisco Gimeno
2002-06-14 14:05 ` Jean-Michel Smith
2002-06-13 15:18 ` Damien
2002-06-13 18:49 ` Paul de Vrieze
2002-06-13 15:24 ` Mark Gordon [this message]
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