Linux Red Hat. ~ noobie

[Msi.]

Well I just started learning linux red hat since the teacher slamed down the books on my desk after failing my semster 2 of cicso, so here i am with 5000 pages of notes and a fresh copy of red hat os.

thinks id like to learn,

1. Can i install and run linux on NTFS insted of FAT32.
2. When configureing at setup do i used dhcp / bootp or do i set a static ip.

Thats all for now, i'll try updateing this thread when i got more questions for ya guy/girls (i know theres some out there).

 

[David]

Well I just started learning linux red hat since the teacher slamed down the books on my desk after failing my semster 2 of cicso, so here i am with 5000 pages of notes and a fresh copy of red hat os.

thinks id like to learn,

1. Can i install and run linux on NTFS insted of FAT32.
2. When configureing at setup do i used dhcp / bootp or do i set a static ip.

Thats all for now, i'll try updateing this thread when i got more questions for ya guy/girls (i know theres some out there).

Linux usually isn't installed on NTFS or FAT32. I think there are some distros that can run in a directory on a FAT partition however.

Linux has its own file systems, many which are shared with some *BSD OSes and the like. Among them are ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, JFS, XFS etc.

As for the IP, are you on a network? If you have a DHCP server/router with a DHCPd then use dhcp. If not set a static IP like 192.168.0.x

 

[DaWiper]

Can't remeber if this only applies to windows....

If you have a network card that is not connected to any network you should set a static-ip to avoid delay during boot. This delay happens because the dhcp-client tries to find a dhcp server that isn't there. It's no big problem, just annoying. Set ip to 192.168.0.x as David said.
And if your new to this, netmask should be 255.255.255.0.
Good Luck.

 

[Chief_Wiggum]

I'm pretty sure the fat and NTFS filesystem tools were not in full production last I checked. The beauty of the native *nix filesystems is some provide journaling (Reiser) and ext doesn't require defragging...ever.