> > I know that some people do have multiple distros set up on their machines, > and it's probably pretty easy to do. But like I said, I'm a real moron at > this point with linux
GOOD :D morons rule! perfect base for linux. - it's just one step at a time. It takes me about 6- 8 > hours to reconfigure everything when I crash everything, which happens pretty > regularly when there is a block of 48 or 72 hours with which to try something > new. > > So exactly how do you set up a second distro? I do use lilo, not GRUB, and > lilo is one of the few things I never have a problem fooling around with. > Unlike compiling - I've tried many dozens of times to compile a linux kernel, > with no success. There must be some one small thing I'm doing incorrectly, > but I don't know what it is. For example - and this is just one of the things > about compiling that eludes me - if I want to change just one thing, like > turning on scsi emulation when using Red Hat x.x so one can use an ATAPI cd > burner, when I go into xconfigure nothing seems to be set up the way my > machine is set up - in other words, it doesn't seem like you can ever just > change one thing because the way the machine configures itself seems to > follow a different configuration then the way xconfiugre is set up when you > go into it. It says I have a pentium when I actually have and AMD AThlon and > so forth. And I do not have anywhere near the knowledge to set up everything > - I've tried just for the hell of it, many times but like I said, with no > success. Hmmm. mail to my adress, I'll give u some advice - but not right now, I'm drunk :) _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
