Re: RH and XP

2003-07-14 Thread bof
Michael Hipp wrote: Joel Hammer wrote: Regarding Net Llama's comment, if you want to learn linux, there is nothing wrong with using an older distribution. All true, but I'd still recommend he go ahead and download RH 9.0. By having a boxed set he has manuals, and I assume that might be the

Re: RH and XP

2003-07-14 Thread Net Llama!
On 07/14/03 06:43, bof wrote: And more importantly to me, when I dump RH 7.3 at the end of the year Why not just upgrade to RH9?? from RH not supporting it any more and go back to Slackware, will I someday be the only Slackware user left in the world? g No, it will be you Kurt. --

Re: RH and XP

2003-07-14 Thread Myles Green
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 07:43, bof wrote: Michael Hipp wrote: Joel Hammer wrote: Regarding Net Llama's comment, if you want to learn linux, there is nothing wrong with using an older distribution. All true, but I'd still recommend he go ahead and download RH 9.0. By having a boxed

Re: RH and XP

2003-07-12 Thread Joel Hammer
. This is because lilo has installed the boot sector on ide0. If you switch drives after installing RH on ide0, the bios may not find the boot sector. However, getting ahead of ourselves, if you want to experiment, if you installed RH as IDE0, then switched cables with the XP and RH drives

Re: RH and XP

2003-07-12 Thread Michael Hipp
Joel Hammer wrote: Regarding Net Llama's comment, if you want to learn linux, there is nothing wrong with using an older distribution. All true, but I'd still recommend he go ahead and download RH 9.0. By having a boxed set he has manuals, and I assume that might be the draw of it. And the RH