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 (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 into is that the specific cpu really > doesn't support 64bit. > You'll get an error very early in the installation process. > > Niels > On Jun 1, 2013 10:10 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 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 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 proof of concept. >>> >>> Get that covered first, then move on to determining how to get Hadoop on >>> them. >>> >>> Marco >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Rody BigData <rodybigd...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 on this plan? My >>>> initial plan is to target 4 to 5 machines. >>>> >>>> Does the hardware on which Windows XP machine is based supports RHEL? >>>> >>>> Are there any other drivers or software should we install before >>>> installing RHEL on this machines? >>>> >>>> How easy/difficult is this, if some one like a Linux Systems >>>> Administrator is involved in this? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>
