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 > installing on generic boxen. > > I do not consider such problems to be a challenge, more like a waste of > time and money. > </rant>
I've installed linux (debian) on all manner of 'old' branded hardware, without many problems at all. The only one that springs to mind was the interface on the old IBM's (MCI?), which was natively supported come 2.2. All of the problems I saw were fairly easy to fix/circumvent. What sort of problems are you seeing? Greeno
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