From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jul 19 0:42:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.net [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269ED14E35 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:42:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@ftf.net) Received: from ns.int.ftf.net (fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged)) by mail.ftf.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3/gw-ftf-1.2) with ESMTP id JAA07744; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:41:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ftf.dk: Host fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged) claimed to be ns.int.ftf.net Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by ns.int.ftf.net (8.9.2/8.9.3) id JAA32577; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:56:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19990719095612.41282@ns.int.ftf.net> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:56:12 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld To: Greg Lehey Cc: Gianmarco Giovannelli , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Linux (was: Sanity regained -- back with the best) References: <4.2.0.58.19990718101705.00ccb720@localhost> <4.1.19990718224838.01324160@194.184.65.4> <19990719134536.K65436@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19990719134536.K65436@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 01:45:37PM +0930 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 Organization: FTFnet Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey writes: > > I installed Debian from the CDs distributed at USENIX. It was a > *whole* lot better than UnixWare, but so far everything has been. Wow, I tried that yesterday, it took _hours_! I had to manually load the eepro100 driver from the driver disk (the install reminded me of early FreeBSD / NetBSD), though the package selection mechanism was quite pwerful (definitely not newbie stuff). Also, I was annoyed at not being able to install over FTP. > I've just completed a backup of the Debian partition, and I'll try > RedHat 5.2 next (5.2 because that's what I got given at the NT UNIX > Conference last week). I've given up on redhat -- it sends me into convulsions every time I try to understand their rc files. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message