Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:56:12 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Linux (was: Sanity regained -- back with the best) Message-ID: <19990719095612.41282@ns.int.ftf.net> In-Reply-To: <19990719134536.K65436@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 01:45:37PM %2B0930 References: <XFMail.990718043632.conrads@home.com> <4.2.0.58.19990718101705.00ccb720@localhost> <4.1.19990718224838.01324160@194.184.65.4> <19990719134536.K65436@freebie.lemis.com>
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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
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