432 Part III (Personal web server) . Choosing and Installing a
432 Part III . Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution The process you ll go through later in this chapter uses the boot CD installation method alongside an existing Microsoft Windows installation that is using the NTFS file system. Appendix A explains how to burn the installation CDs from the CD images. The Right Hardware for Mandriva As with software packages, look before you leap. It is important to make sure your hardware is up to the task before you install Mandriva. Fear not, users of less-thanstellar hardware; the hardware requirements are far from onerous. To use Mandriva you need (or you can use): . x586 class processor or above The Intel Pentium I IV, AMD K6/II/III, Duron, or Athlon/XP/MP. . RAM For the text installation, you will need 32MB of memory. If you plan to use the GUI, the minimum is 64MB, but 128MB is recommended. . Hard disk 500MB of SCSI, IDE, or Serial ATA hard disk space is the bare minimum required. 1GB is recommended, and if you decide to install additional packages, you should have at lease 2GB of free disk space available. . RAID controllers There is wide support for SCSI RAID controllers. In addition, 3Ware IDE and Serial ATA controllers are also supported. . DVD or CD drive To run the installation from a CD/DVD source disk, you need the appropriate drive. This drive will need to support bootable CD/DVD media. . Input/Output Of course, if you want to interact with your Mandriva install, you ll at least need a keyboard and a monitor. A mouse is not needed for the installation, but it is handy and recommended. For those who live life on the bleeding edge, there is a separate distribution of Mandriva that supports the AMD Athlon64 processor. This distribution is available currently only as a commercial product from the retail side of Mandriva, www .mandriva.com. As you can see from the system specifications, you can use a wide range of hardware to run your Mandriva installation. Do you have an old P233 with 64MB of RAM, a CD-ROM, and a blank 540MB hard disk? No problem. How about a gaming war machine sporting a 3.2 GHz P4, 1GB of RAM, DVD-R, and an ocean of hard disk space? Bring it on! The vast assortment of hardware supported includes popular video cards such as NVIDIA FX series and ATI Radeon video adapters. Large numbers of Ethernet and Note Cross- Reference
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