Yesterday got around to software in preparation for a hardware upgrade to the Linux box. After rearranging partitions so all the Windows stuff is on one drive and the other reserved for Linux, installed the Cheapbytes version of RH Linux 9. Noticed that Pink Tie replaced Red Hat in may, but not all, places.
Installation went smoothly except that at the end was unable to create a boot floppy -- probably Linux is more picky about the used drive for that than usually. Will have to figure out another way to make the floppy. So far brief experiments running the Linux side look very good. Recognized sound card on first boot and configured it. Used telinit 3 to switch from runlevel 5 to 3. Need to configure to mount some Windows partitions, let all users use CD and floppy drives, etc. After headaches with previous versions, this install went very well. Maybe Linux is ready for the Dummy crowd after all. Choppy
