"Day Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob George wrote: > > > > "Day Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > A bit of history. First I was told how much better MC > > > was than dos. As if dos file managers did not exist? > > > > No, you started out saying there was no equivalent to tools like Norton > > Commander for Linux. > No, I said NDD, the disk doctor. I never had, nor used NC.
Whatever Day, nobody told you MC was better than DOS. You asked about Linux equivalents for some tools, and suggestions were made that you check them out. When pointed to NC, you complained that the keymappings weren't exactly the same as its DOS counterpart. So I'm sticking by "tools like NC". Close enough. > > Yes, the bash shell has a rich history mechanism. You mentioned you've used > > RedHat. Hidden on page 172 of "The Official Red Hat Linux 7.2 Getting > > Started Guide" is Section 13.12.2 entitled "Using More Command History" > > which describes it IN DETAIL. This document has been provided since AT LEAST > > version 5.1. > All they sent me with RH 5.2 was the "Installation Guide". P172 > faces 'Getting Technical Support', and cites the website: > http://www.redhat.com/sujpport/register ... > which I wouldda done, but of course, the problem I was having at > the time was that I could not get online. And on CD? Online? Didn't we just go through all this? There's a full load of documentation on CD, and online. I pulled that reference directly out of the online manual for 7.2. What's stopped you reading it since? I can see where you didn't read it when the install failed, but I was responding to a posting from YESTERDAY, well after I pointed you to the RedHat docs on CD and online. I used RedHat as an example because you said you had it. Other distributions you have likely have equivalents. What are you using now? Why do you refuse to look up references that are provided in response to your problems? Are you posting here just to moan, or do you really want help? > Then too, there's the floppy problem: > A)bort, R)etry, f)ail > that dos gives you when it has a problem. But when I did the right > thing during the RH 5.2 install, and agreed to have a 'rescue' floppy > made... and then that particular floppy didnt read properly, RH 5.2 > crashed completely and wiped out two hours worth of install. I've never seen this, Day. So I can't comment. With the other problems you had, maybe it's hardware. Hard to say. I never had it blow up during an install like that. > Maybe Bob, all the shit gets sent to me, I really dunno. But from > what I can tell, the lack of error trapping in the RH 5.2 install > scripts was appalling. And if that is not irony enough, when I did > get online with Mandrake 7.0, which went as smooth as warm butter, > and posted my complaint to RH, they not only did not repond to my > email, but added me to a spam list. Did you start TELLING them what was wrong, or did you describe the problem? Was it during the support period that you're entitled to when you purchase the product? It's NOT a lifetime deal. > You can down download DRDOS 7.03 at several places and never get > spam from anyone much less Caldera. Now Day, you surely don't blame this on the OS for that. - Bob 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. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
