> I bought a RedHat 5.2 CD last week for A$15 (approx = a Cheeseburger in
> $US) (Australian's: it was the APC Linux pocketbook). I have been trying to
> install it on an old 486.
>
> It won't recognise the CDROM drive even though that's what it just booted
> from. Well, actually it won't recognise the SCSI controller even though it
> is on the list and I told it which one. (Future Domain TMC 950)
Older future domain controllers are a problem. As are some older
Adaptec controlers, depending on rev number...
> Ok... don't panic... I'll do an FTP install via my Bedroom Area Network I
> thought. I made boot and supplemental disks and told it all about my IP
> address etc etc. I don't have a spare Unix/Linux FTP server lying around
> locally so I put the RH CD on my NT4 server and FTP'ed to that. It
> eventually fails as all the file names are DOS 8.3 instead of really long
> unix ones. I also tried a Mac but the same thing happened.
There are some problems at times. You need to make sure the server
accepts your login. FTP usually works when NFS may not. Other Linux
users are often willing to help quite a bit. See ifthere is a linux club
in your area, or check with ours for referals -- http://www.svlug.org/
> I don't have any spare room to copy the CD to a local HD on the 486 so I
> can't do a HD install.
>
> Any suggestions? (apart from trashing the NT4 server)
Right now, I am trying to rebuild two machines that were hacked via
imapd. (And I am not 100% sure about this one...) If you do get it up,
turn imapd off in /etc/inetd.conf. TUrn off everything you don't need!
That includes remore logings etc.
Linux is more secure than Windows, but it still has problems with evil
people want to take you down.
-javilk-
posting from ISP shell
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