> One of the results of the way Linux is developed is that old hardware tends t > o work better than new hardware. Try knoppix on a new notebook and it is les > s likely to work. > > At some point I will probably put a second drive in my Dell and try Linux aga > in. I probably will not try to download a version though. I don't have a CD > writer at work, and I don't have broadband at home. I estimate it would tak > e about 60 hours to download one CD worth of data at home, and I doubt that m > y dialup would stay connected that long.
I have downloaded several releases of RHL through my modem. It's feasible - you use an ftp client (or better, rsync) that can restart. As you note, it takes time. A good alternative is to download just the packages you need and lay them out in the proper structure, and install from hard disk. If you're looking at Red Hat Linux 7.3, I can give you a minimal list of packages that should get you to a commandline system. I have a basic system (admittedly not created with Red Hat's installer) which runs to less then 110 Mbytes last I counted it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Per Jessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Gnome > > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:43:06 -0800, Fargusson.Alan wrote: > > >Are you telling me that you can guarantee that this will work on any system? > > No. But the fact that it works on my 5 year old Toshiba laptop seems a > good indication. Laptops have always been difficult at best, so when > knoppix installed immediately, well. Apart from that, I have installed > Linux & KDE more times than I care to remember - it /does/ work. > > >Also, I think you missed the part ware I said I was installing on a Macintos > h, > >which knoppix does not support. > > Sorry, I did miss that bit. > > /Per > > regards, > Per Jessen, Zurich > http://www.enidan.com - home of the J1 serial console. > -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
