Minimum System Requirement for Linux Suse 1129

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:48:25 -0800, arkentoss

Caveat: I am not using Suse. My guess is you can install with 5 GB, but it would be happier with 8 GB. The website buttociated with your distro of choice should hold a mature set of documentation for your review.

You have asked a FAQ. You could easily review posts on this topic using the friendly google. Groups: comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.suse.

Also, the wikipedia is your friend.

I proceed here giving you a few more hints. There are exceptions to every rule, but here are some rules.

1. GNU-Linux uses its own filesystem. GNU-Linux can use a variety of filesystems. ext2 is the old standard, with ext3 being a new journaled filesystem. Other choices are ReiserFS, XFS, and maybe others.

2. A GNU-Linux systems needs (probably) two parbreastions at a minimum: a root and a swap parbreastion. These parbreastions are allocated from free space somewhere on your disc. If there is no free space, then you'll need to free some- possibly making backups beforehand. Knowing the rules for disc parbreastioning in the PC world is the fundamental basis.

3. The boot loader is an important part of dual boot systems. If you are keeping Windows, I suggest you do a little work in advance understanding the what the bootloader's job is all about. I use the grub loader.

4. Suppose that you had a computer which did not have important data- that you could sacrifice during the GNU-Linux setup procedure, then you could run the distribution's setup program immediately without worring about the steps above. Some setup programs are designed to be as newbie friendly as possible and do things automatically for you. But, on the other hand, if you can't afford to lose what is on your computer now, then its your responsibility to know what you're doing. In any case, these setup programs advise you to backup first.

-- Douglas Mayne