To install CentOS 4.1 Linux:


1) If you are dual booting, back up your Windozes data!!!!!!!!  (It 
can happen.)  Then use a utility like Partition Magic to shrink your
Windoze partition 10GB or more.


2) CDs:  Disk 5 is the emergency repair disk.  You will install using 
disks 1 - 4.


3) Boot your computer from CD disk 1.  This starts Anaconda, the
installer.  One of the first choices is to decide what type of system 
to install.  This just decides what software services will be auto 
started at boot by default.  All of this is changable later.


4) Basically, follow the steps until you get to partitioning.  IF YOU
ARE DUAL BOOTING, DO NOT LET DISK DRUID AUTOMATICALLY DO THE PARTITIONS! 
Select to manually use Disk Druid.  Once in Disk Druid, make three
partitions in this order:

a) /boot 
type is ext3, about 100 MB in size (this is where the boot loader lives)

b) swap
type is swap, 2 times the size of your RAM (an unformated binary space, 
basically this is virtual memory)

c) /
type is ext3, should take up the rest of the space (root directory;
holds Linux, applications and your data; Unix and Linux do not have
devices, they have file systems; root is the top of the file system tree)

You may get warnings, but you have to tell them buzz off in order to
continue.  


5) When Anaconda gets to choosing applications to install, tell it you
want to do it yourself.  On the next page, scroll all the way down and
select "Everything".


6) After everything is installed:  On reboot, make sure your printer is 
on so that the new hardware search at the beginning of each boot will 
find it.  Allow the system to set it up by just following the steps.


7) You need to log in as root to install most software.  (Note:  For
minor changes when you are logged in as a user, the system will prompt
you for root's password.)  Here are some suggested free but
proprietary programs:

a) Realplayer
Go to the following site and read the directions.  There is a link to
a RPM rile (Redhat Package Manager) file to download.  

    http://www.real.com/linux/

b) Adobe Acrobat Reader

    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

i) Download the latest Linux version from Adobe
(http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html, select Unix, then
select Text Only Download page and find the best version for your 
system) 

ii) Unzip the file 

iii) Run script:   ./install  



8) To find out what IP you have, open a terminal (right mouse button
-> Open Terminal) and run:  ip addr


9) To activate the ssh server, go to Redhat -> System Settings ->
Server Settings and set sshd to start when rebooted (you can start it
there and don't forget to save)


10) To make users, go to Redhat -> System Settings -> Users and Groups


If you get stuck, there is a huge community of knowledge available on 
line via a Google search.