I couldn't get a boot disk to boot to install or to anything else. I knew I could run linux as well as ramdisk. I bought the software for redhat 5.2 to be eligible for the redhat support, but upon opening the seals and invalidating any right to return, I found out that this wasn't from redhat but from Macmillan Publishing. Purchasers beware, check twice that your package is from redhat before you lay down your cash! The fine people at redhat don't get any of that money either, just macmillan who copy the free wares, strip down the manual and repackage it all for too much money. For tech support they offered 30 days on the install, not the 90 days offered by redhat. Macmillan tech support was not in the least supportive and terribly misinformed about something as basic as: if debian and stampede linux will run on the machine, then the machine can run linux. They said redhat might be unable to run. I'm still waiting for their spontaneously generous offer to refund, meantime I'm getting on with my life! :-) So, I went crying on a variety of mailgroups which had been reccommended to me. I went through the basic queries and one by one people fell silent, stumped as to the problem, or distracted perhaps. Then one quiet day a letter arrived from someone who'd rebuild the damn install disk if that's what it took. Well, before going to all that trouble, redhat 6.0 has just arrived, try it first. Thanks be to chopzart, I'm running 6.0 and it was a smooth and lovely install in comparison with the crippled debian I attempted and my previous six months of frustration with redhat 5.2 Now I can join the rest of you in figuring out why I can't get online, what the irq conflict is with my soundcard,.... ~Grin~ I'm so happy! bye, Yolanda UIN 4898262 http://members.home.net/pippi5 Why are there so many Smiths in the phone book? They all have phones. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
