7 May
2002
7 May
'02
2:07 a.m.
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
I just started the procedure a few mintues ago and it
does, indeed require you
tell it to partition your drive, but now that it's on its way, its automatic,
i.e. it should do the rest by itself, using all the default settings. (I
think ... If I'm wrong, I'll know pretty soon, since its only formatting a
small drive).
Not my experience at all. How do you get past the clockset, type of
install, and all that?
Well, it does require one tell it not to name the
partition when it's done
formatting. I guess the last one (I don't have to do this often) must have
been formatted already. In that case, at a friend's house, I started the
process from the CD and then helped him change a tire. When we were done so
was the computer, IIRC. That was on one of those $239 666 MHz eTowers that
were spammed to the list. I was involved with several of them. They were an
excellent buy for $239, with a DVD, 256 MB, 20GB HDD, modem, sound, video, all
built in. The install went slicker'n snot on a doorknob.
I've repaired a bunch of those boxes. All that hardware and a 90W
PSU.... Plus, the 350-500MHz were K6-2 processors, installed with a
very cheap heatsink & fan, and no thermal goo whatsoever. Can you say
random crash?
Last time I went through the Linux cycle, I did it
with RedHat v4, "Open
Linux," Linux Pro, and Slackware. All those had been sent to me gratis, and I
tried 'em all, but was pretty focused on getting the MARS NWE to work, which
it didn't, so I punted 'em all after failing to make sense of the documents
and running in to several self-contradictions.
Maybe it's time to take another look.
Yup. Comparing RedHat v7.2 to RedHat v4.2 (first RH I tried) is like
comparing Windows 2000 to NT v3.1. You _will_ probably have to do some
research if you want to run Novell services. If you are just a client,
it'll be pretty easy.
How would a Mac do at running Linux or the like?
Well, the SE/30 is running Apple's original Unix - A/UX.
My LC 475 runs mklinux (slowly), my 4400/200 (aka Starmax) is pretty
snappy in Yellowdog Linux. My newer 8500 is fixing to get Xed - Mac OS
X is unix-based.
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