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Post #114,149
by deSitter
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8/17/03 11:51:55 PM
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New Re: Thanks for the info
There is nothing to installing a modern Linux version. It's afterward that needs attention. Like I said, stay away from Debian.

LILO will be fine if the machine is even remotely modern (BIOS wise).

Don't whine if it isn't - GRUB sucks beyond speeching (it's a pre-OS) but it will probably work.
-drl
Post #114,171
by imric
8/18/03 8:47:44 AM
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New But Debian rocks post-installation!
Imric's Tips for Living
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
Post #114,176
by gdaustin
8/18/03 10:36:50 AM
8/18/03 12:11:19 PM
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New Hey...
I'm no Linux God and I managed to get Debian installed. Heck, I now even have it running on an Brand New Compaq S4000XN 2.4ghz Celeron, with a Brookdale chip set.

I did have to build the experimental XFree86, but I'm not complaining because it cost me about $2 in media costs to burn it to CD. Greg, Karsten, Wade, Imric, Rick, scoenye, Peter, etc. are freakin' geniuses! (I know I'm missing someone here.) But, also, I DO make the effort, I don't just sit and whine about not being able to do it. (At least I hope I don't.)

I'm OK too, but I'm more database and more of a technology generalist. If you want to talk Java, C++, middleware, business applications, then I can contribute something. But installing Linux, well, I just muddle through it.

Glen Austin
Expand Edited by gdaustin Aug. 18, 2003, 12:10:36 PM EDT
Expand Edited by gdaustin Aug. 18, 2003, 12:11:19 PM EDT
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     It is almost Linux time - (orion) - (33) - Aug. 17, 2003, 03:20:25 PM EDT
         Re: It is almost Linux time - (deSitter) - (2) - Aug. 17, 2003, 04:00:37 PM EDT
             Why Windows (new thread) - (orion) - Aug. 17, 2003, 05:03:17 PM EDT
             Why OS/2? (new thread) - (orion) - Aug. 17, 2003, 05:06:27 PM EDT
         Hard Drives larger than 137 Gigs and Linux - (orion) - (28) - Aug. 17, 2003, 07:14:06 PM EDT
             Re: Hard Drives larger than 137 Gigs and Linux - (kmself) - (14) - Aug. 17, 2003, 08:09:21 PM EDT
                 Thanks for the info - (orion) - (12) - Aug. 17, 2003, 08:38:25 PM EDT
                     Excuses - (kmself) - (8) - Aug. 17, 2003, 11:37:27 PM EDT
                         I've never had a problem - (imric) - Aug. 18, 2003, 08:44:58 AM EDT
                         Not worth the time Karsten. - (folkert) - (6) - Aug. 18, 2003, 09:23:17 AM EDT
                             What happened with the CDRs you sent me - (orion) - (4) - Aug. 18, 2003, 11:49:17 AM EDT
                                 No... - (folkert) - (3) - Aug. 18, 2003, 02:45:56 PM EDT
                                     There is no Spoon - (orion) - (2) - Aug. 18, 2003, 06:02:04 PM EDT
                                         Making progress -- Win98 large disk support, etc. - (kmself) - (1) - Aug. 18, 2003, 07:43:12 PM EDT
                                             Legacy MS system - (orion) - Aug. 18, 2003, 07:48:32 PM EDT
                             Web server as Jewish grandmother? -NT - (jake123) - Aug. 18, 2003, 03:33:09 PM EDT
                     Re: Thanks for the info - (deSitter) - (2) - Aug. 17, 2003, 11:51:55 PM EDT
                         But Debian rocks post-installation! -NT - (imric) - (1) - Aug. 18, 2003, 08:47:44 AM EDT
                             Hey... - (gdaustin) - Aug. 18, 2003, 12:11:19 PM EDT
                 OK, just got the Promise PDC20268 working w/ 2.4.21 - (kmself) - Aug. 17, 2003, 10:48:07 PM EDT
             Re: Hard Drives larger than 137 Gigs and Linux - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 17, 2003, 08:18:43 PM EDT
                 Filesystems, sure, but... - (kmself) - (2) - Aug. 17, 2003, 08:30:48 PM EDT
                     That's long since dead - (pwhysall) - Aug. 17, 2003, 08:32:12 PM EDT
                     Not just bios, IDE design evils - (lordbeatnik) - Aug. 17, 2003, 09:27:02 PM EDT
             Re: Hard Drives larger than 137 Gigs and Linux - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - Aug. 17, 2003, 09:00:18 PM EDT
                 Idle curiosity - (pwhysall) - (6) - Aug. 17, 2003, 09:01:25 PM EDT
                     I seem to remember they called it quits on 3.0 desktop . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Aug. 17, 2003, 09:19:48 PM EDT
                         There is a fixpack 43 now - (jake123) - (4) - Aug. 17, 2003, 09:56:32 PM EDT
                             I stop at fixpack 12 for Warp 4 . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 17, 2003, 10:11:16 PM EDT
                                 I dunno... - (jake123) - (2) - Aug. 18, 2003, 03:27:46 PM EDT
                                     Were you running . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 18, 2003, 07:27:10 PM EDT
                                         No, I'm not (new thread) - (jake123) - Aug. 19, 2003, 09:50:05 PM EDT
                 OS/2 and NewDASD drivers (new thread) - (orion) - Aug. 18, 2003, 12:32:35 AM EDT
         Ok, starting over - (orion) - Sept. 2, 2003, 06:09:21 PM EDT

Go back to making claims about Wookies and Endor.
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