On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 at 11:36:03, you wrote:
(ref: <H0000b5f11383c5a.1001327758.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS>)
>Well, over the weekend I found some time to try out the new Linux CD -
>yes, it did arrive, thanks Claus - so here are a few observations:
>
>Getting it installed and running was very straightforward and the
>following are not problems that required workarounds.
I found that too - Richard Zidlicky has done a very good job.
>
>1. I copied the loader and kernel zip files onto MSDOS formatted
>diskettes on a PC. When I unzipped them on SMSQ I got the following
>messages:
>
>Inflating: boot warning: skipping unknown (non-Qdos) extra field.
>
>I got this message also for loader_txt, howto-install_txt, README,
>ramimg_gz and vmlinux. Only lxx was unaffected.
Quite normal (8-)# .... and no problem.
>4. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I didn't have to do any
>configuration to get X working. I just typed startx and it worked!
Well we have the advantage of a totally known video system.
The installation has no work to do....
>
>Finally, sorry about the length of this post!
... but all good content...
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