I am looking at RH 8.0 at the moment... Because the server is internet based, I need to be able to update the system from time to time, with teh security fixes, I install a whole OS everytime is just too much work..
Thanks for your comments. Johnno From: "Martin Wehipeihana" > > from memory redhat changed the location of the startup files when they > went beyond release 7. in rh 8,9 and fedora the startup files are in > /etc/init.d .... (or something like that) > > i run a rh8 server with qmail/apache/zope and have had no problems > (other than my own lack of understanding) i haven't installed X because > all the config is done using vi > > i've installed rh9 on my toshiba satellite 2800 without a hitch. > autodetected everything except the winmodem, i use a pcmcia xircom modem > so that was no problem. configured X straight without a hitch, detected > the sceen and toshy video card ... > > got tired of rh9 so i installed fedora ... works even better. later > versions of software. here's the real cool bit ..... > > i have a dick smith usb hard drive (2.5 lappy version). formatted fat32 > with the fedora iso in their own dir. booted from the fedora cd, > specified askmeth on the boot menu. the install recognises the usb > drive, asks for the directory with isos and will install off the usb > drive ...... way cool > > no real reason to do it this way except i had the usb drive plugged in > and saw it being auto detected. > > i have never done an upgrade on any of my systems. i just back me files > up, do a new install and work from that > > cheers > > Martin > > >
