On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 10:32, Howard Lowndes wrote:
rant
Is it my imagination, or do others have problems installing Linux on
legacy brand name boxen.
installed various versions of redhat from 6.2 to 7.3 on various
compaq and hp boxes at work without any problems (including
SMP support). I'll
rant
Is it my imagination, or do others have problems installing Linux on
legacy brand name boxen.
I have recently tried to install RH7.2 on Compaqs, IBMs Dells and they
all present some sort of problem, yet I rarely get problems when
installing on generic boxen.
I do not consider such
will install but only by text mode the graphics install fails.
And yes generic boxen have less problems.
my two cents worth.
Steve Grady
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From: Howard Lowndes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 July 2002 11:02 AM
To: Mail List - SLUG
Subject: [SLUG] Brand name boxen
On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 11:02, Howard Lowndes wrote:
rant
Is it my imagination, or do others have problems installing Linux on
legacy brand name boxen.
I have recently tried to install RH7.2 on Compaqs, IBMs Dells and they
all present some sort of problem, yet I rarely get problems when
Howard Lowndes was once rumoured to have said:
rant
Is it my imagination, or do others have problems installing Linux on
legacy brand name boxen.
I have recently tried to install RH7.2 on Compaqs, IBMs Dells and they
all present some sort of problem, yet I rarely get problems when
quote who=Howard Lowndes
Is it my imagination, or do others have problems installing Linux on
legacy brand name boxen.
Sometimes you'll find that brand name hardware has unique versions of
various components (a recent Dell I played with had a very particular
version of an ATI video card,
rant
Is it my imagination, or do others have problems installing Linux on
legacy brand name boxen.
RH 7 on a very old compaq Prolinea 486 (20mb) runs well as a firewall.
RH 7.2 on a 3 1/2 yo HP 333mhz Pavilion w 256mb.
Zero problems with either.
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