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Posted: 23 Mar 2005

Q:
Dovi G. wrote: Where is the best (dummy version) documentation of how to do a fresh format, install of Linux? (Preferably step by step?) I've installed every version of Windows there is, but the Linux world is totally new to me!

A:

Answer: For SUSE

Go to this page on the web: http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse92/index.html Download the SUSE Linux 9.2 Administration Guide. This guide is a step-by-step guide to installing SUSE 9.2. If you are still having trouble, take your SUSE 9.2 distribution, a copy of the above guide, and $20 to $50, down to your local PC repair shop and ask them to install it for you. This way you will have somewhere to go in the future that supplies professional end user hardware support.

This Newbie answer has covered: How to find the best documentation on installing Linux How to install Linux the easy way, and get ongoing professional hardware support.

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