I am using Windows xp & my system configration is 450 MHz processor, 128MB ram and 10 GB Hard Disk..I want to install Linux 8. Plz guide me that what is the basic requirement to install Linux 8 on the same configration. Is it sufficient to install .
I use RH graphical mode for installation and in Partion check of hda it takes a lot of time. I simple reboot my system. Plz guide me what is the problem what systemn is taking too much time to check hda .
 

Redhat 8 will run on your specs - I have it running on a 6 gb drive, and have had it on a 475 Mhz processor with 128 Meg of RAM (it's since been moved to an 1100 with 512).
I'm not sure what the problem is - what does your partition table look like? In my case, I didn't have any other operating system on the drive to contend with. Are you attempting to dual boot this machine (XP/Linux)? How long was it (partition check) before you gave up and rebooted? By the way, at what point in the process is it doing this "partition check", anyway? Is it during the initial boot, with a bunch of text lines on the screen:

Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3

Something like that or something else?
 

I want to make linux partion.So there is a software Partion magic .It is good to first make the partion. I am new in Linux & need kind guidence. Plz let me know the complete processs of linux installation. Though it will not possible to write complete but try a brief.
 

You can set up the partitions during the Linux installation process (Do NOT create FAT32 or NTFS partitions for your Linux installation). My Redhat 8 installation consists of 3 partitions, a 100 Meg /boot partition (type ext3), a 128 Meg swap partition (type swap), and the rest (in my case about 5.8 gig) went to the / (root) partition (type ext3). You may want to make your swap file larger (depending upon what you are planning on running). I installed "everything" (a choice at the bottom of the list of types of packages to install).
Upon initial boot of the Linux installation, I chose a "text" installation (choose this by entering "text" + <ENTER> at the first prompt). Then, go through the installation options, choosing your location and hardware (including network setup), then choosing the packages you want to install (I recommend choosing "everything", which will save you hassles in the future). You will also need to supply a root password (administrator), and then build a regular user. You will be given a chance to install a boot loader (either lilo or grub), which will allow you to boot both Windows and Linux - install that in the boot sector. Also, you will choose which services (daemons) you want to run at boot time. This is all dependent upon your needs. I recommend you use at least these: iptables (the firewall), keytable, network, syslog, and xfs (gui font server).

To modify the daemon (service) settings after you boot, at a shell prompt (console), enter:

# ntsysv

or (in the gui)

# redhat-config-services

To modify lots of other settings (including the firewall):

# setup

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