I have some old ( not very old - each of 4GB RAM with a decent processor
etc., and working fine till now ) Dell Windows XP machines and want to
convert them to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for a Hadoop cluster for
my experimental purposes.
Can you give me some suggestions on how to proceed
My first suggestion is to go for CentOS as it is free and almost the same
as RHEL.
Also having a 64 bit OS lets you use a bit more of the installed memory
Then if you can simply install CentOS on these machines and have the
network running you should be fine.
I have been running experiments on
Thanks for the quick reply and advise. I work for a corporate and Red Hat
Linux licenses is not an issue for us now. So we can plan it for 4 to 5
machines. So keeping that in mind - what would you recommend?
Alternatively, as per your suggestion, how easy is Cent OS installation?
Where can i get
If you're running XP, be aware of the others suggesting 64-bit. That
depends on the exact proc you're running.
You sort of need to break this down into first determining how to get Linux
on your systems.
RHEL is pretty costly for a test, unless you've got that covered. Go with
CentOS for a
So what is the procedure for installing CentOS on a Windows XP machines (
want to format XP ) . Is it a complicated procedure? Some kind of drivers
and issues, is it common to expect ?
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Marco Shaw marco.s...@gmail.com wrote:
If you're running XP, be aware of the
You should go look at a CentOS list for help... It's really simple.
Try it first, then ask questions, if required.
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Rody BigData rodybigd...@gmail.com wrote:
So what is the procedure for installing CentOS on a Windows XP machines (
want to format XP ) . Is it
I've installed CentOS on several different types of old (originally Windows
XP) Dell desktops for the last 4 years (i.e. desktops as old as 7 years
ago) and so far installing CentOS was as easy as booting from the
installation CD/DVD and doing next, next, finish.
The only thing that you may run
Hi Niels,
Thanks for the reply and explanation. When the CPU doesn't support 64 bit ,
does CentOS fail ? Is there any work around or it is a show stopper?
Thanks,
Rody
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Niels Basjes ni...@basjes.nl wrote:
I've installed CentOS on several different types of old
Hi,
If you can't install 64-bit, simply install 32-bit. Basically, it means
you have access to a smaller amount of RAM, even if you're using a computer
with.
For example
http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.ca/2010/08/32-bit-vs-64-bit-linux-which-to-choose.html
Honestly, getting Linux on your
