On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Rick Petree wrote:
> Ben and Todd hacked away at it, but for some reason neither RH6.1 nor
> Mandrake6.1 would not pick up their IP address from the DHCP server.
Actually, they would get their configuration from the server, including the
IP, and bring up the interface so traffic could pass. However, after that had
been done, Red Hat's "pump" DHCP client promptly hung, apparently in an
endless loop (100% CPU use). I'll be working on tracking down the cause of
this.
> All the computers in the school use the two DHCP servers and if Linux
> keeps choking on the DHCP we can just install static address on the all.
I'm fairly confident we can get this working. Besides, it would look rather
bad to potential future Linux users if we can't even get our own LAN up and
running....
> I want to come by just so I can watch and learn (I'm stupid remember).
No, stupid people would ignore everything, content in their ignorance. You
want to learn. That's the essential difference. :-)
> Ideally it would be nice to get the latest and greatest installation from
> the different distributions.
This is something I'm really looking forward to doing. I want to have as
many different distributions as possible running on different machines in this
lab. It would be a great resource for those trying to choose the best
distribution for their needs, or those who simply want to expand their Linux
knowledge. It would also be great for "try them yourself" demonstration
purposes.
If anyone can provide copies of the following, I would be much obliged:
- Mandrake 7.0
- SuSE 6.3
- Slackware 7.0
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.3
- Corel Linux
- A *working* Debian "slink"
- Any distro for the SPARC (Sun)
- Any other distribution you like
I stress "working" for Debian because I tried to install from one of the CDs
Dan York was giving away, and... well, let's just say that things didn't work
as intended.
We need someone to act as a "technical coordinator" with this, otherwise
we're going to be stepping all over each other with conflicting installs,
packages, etc. I'll volunteer (I like this sort of thing) if no one else
wants the job.
--
Ben Scott
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