Hi ,
Yes MDK supports RPMS based distro. I do not know if it provides it , but the
probability is low since GRUB is Redhats favourite. But what problems do you
have with lilo . Try to load /boot partition before 10 GB in your hdd & force
lba32 mode insteed linear in the lilo.conf , the problems may be solved.
Anirban Biswas.
On Monday 25 Nov 2002 10:49, Sourangshu Bhattacharya wrote:
> Hi Joydeep ( or anybody else),
> Does MDK support rpm based distribution ? also, what are boot loaders
> provided. in my computer, lilo messes it all up and i have to load linux
> with loadlin.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sourangshu
>
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Joydeep Bakshi wrote:
> > Dear Anindya,
> > nice to know that u have got the cds finally. I am also using RH since
> > last 3yrs.
> > but the worst thing in RH that the later versions always avoid the cooler
> > and helpful applet of it's previous. specially the disk space checking
> > applet of GNOME is not present in RH8. I also fully agree with u that the
> > menus are changed totally and I don't support it. again mpg123 is not
> > there. nor any vcd player.
> >
> > I have tested MDK first time with MDK9. it is just great. by the way MDK
> > is specially tuned for Pentium processor. so it runs faster on the
> > Pentium machine. but u can get the speed in any distro. if u compile the
> > kernel based on ur h/w. atleast I also do this. MDK totally based on RH.
> > but with a polished look and u get some vcd players there which is not
> > available in RH. (u have to download those for RH ) . Finally RH Linux is
> > known widely than MDK and almost all the books are based on RH Linux.
> >
> > My xwindow appears very poor in RH8. since this distro has the Xfree86
> > server version 4. there is no support for my vga (which is a little bit
> > old) so I have to use VESA driver. but MDK9 has both version 4 and 3.3.6
> > of xfree86 so for X , MDK gives just a fine support in case of mine.
> >
> > ALSA is present in MDK9 but not in RH. So I am also in a serious time to
> > decide what distro. to use. I have no idea about debian but heard about
> > its superiority over RH, MDK or any other distro. of linux. Siddhartha
> > also say so. before taking the final decision I want to test the deb..
> > also.
> >
> > happy linuxing
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >--- Joydeep Bakshi,
> > Computer Society of India,
> > The Computer Dept. of Gujrati College,
> > Kolkata,
> > India
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: anindya chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:12 AM
> > Subject: [ilug-cal] thanks to siddarthada
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > got RH 8.0 ,mandrake 9.0 and Knoppix from
> > > Siddarthada...9 cds....I always used RedHat..so I was
> > > particularly curious abt 8....though i installed both
> > > Mandrake and RH i felt RH did a bit too much too follow
> > > XP!!!...it changed menu,there is no shortcut for console
> > > which is ofcourse a bit odd .. looks cool but the font
> > > problem remains....mandrake on the other hand is faster..
> > > atleast in my machine anyways I am goign to give it some
> > > look before i decide ..but thanks to siddarthada....will
> > > try debian from him later.....what you think guys...which
> > > one is better regarding usability..?
> > >
> > > I have 3 ditros as written above so anybody wants to have a
> > > copy may contact me as I have writer so would
> > > like to help.
> > >
> > > comments are welcome,
> > > anindya
> > >
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