Larry, Thanks for the feedback on LibraNet. I played with it on Sunday a bit myself and would have to agree with you that it is not for newbies, though I think it is a very nice improvement to the Debian distro.
Concerning the dual boot question you ask: LibraNet's install program did not detect that Mandrake was there, so I assume it wrote over it. You can install many different Linux distros on a hard drive, as long as they have their separate partitions. You could actually have one /boot partition and put the various kernels that each distro creates in there. I know it sounds kinda complex but it is easier than you think. Just wanted you to know that the Linux kernel can be thought of as being _separate_ from the distribution. The kernel is what provides the interface between the software and the hardware. You can use a number of tools to control how/which Linux kernel boots such as LILO or Grub. I like Grub because it has a lot more functionality than LILO. John Hebert --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a report on the LibraNet 2.0 install: > Thanks to Doug Riddle's help I got it installed. I > would not put this one > out for an "Intro to Linux". Since my computer would > not boot from the CD, I > had to do some things that only an old DOS person > would know. The Mandrake > install does a better job here. > After I got it running, everything was OK. > My question - Since LibraNet 2.0 did not like to > dual boot with Mandrake, > what would it dual boot with, Red Hat? > Larry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: > [brlug-general] Proposed > distributions to donate > > > > Cool, thanks Larry. Been wanting to try it out, as > > well as Lycoris and ELX and OpenBSD 3.1 and ... :) > > > > Would be nice to get your perspective on it. > Anyone > > other than Ed has tried out Lycoris and ELX? > > > > John Hebert > > > > --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Being a newbie to Linux but not computers, I am > > > downloading the LibraNet 2.0 > > > essential iso and will install it on a Micron > P133 > > > w/64 mb RAM. I have 5.7 > > > and a 4 G drives on it. I'll let you know what > > > happens. > > > Larry > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute
