Rob,

Please make one copy for me. I'd like to check whether the "show stoppers" I
encountered in 6.1 have been resolved.

Rodney

Rob Hudson wrote:

> I'm mid process of installing RedHat 6.2 on my laptop.  From the looks
> of it, it's just some software upgrades (except for enlightenment, those
> clueless dorks!) with a fancy installer added.
>
> It's not as slick as Mandrake 7's install routine, but it's very
> intuitive and easy.  I wasn't able to test the auto repartition of the
> MS-DOS partition since it's a 100% Linux laptop, though.  It is a bit
> cludgy in that they use a lot of the gnome icons and it is X based, and
> (probably) VGA based so it is ugly (like running XFree86-Setup for the
> first time).  I prefer the old install front-end better just b/c it's
> simple, easy to see, and keyboard driven.  (There may be an option to
> use the old style, but I didn't look for one).
>
> Just some thoughts from a redhatter.  I've never had any problems with
> redhat (Well, they do tell the pcmcia services to boot after the network
> scripts which causes problems, but moving the link up the ladder to boot
> before the network scripts fixes this.  Oh, and linuxconf bites the big
> one :).
>
> If anyone wants a copy, let me know.  I'm willing to burn an extra to
> keep at Stan's if there is interest.
>
> -Rob.

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