Re: [TCLUG:10032] REDHAT 6.1 <arrgggh>

[Ben Beuchler <insyte@emt-p.org>]

Oy.  Y'know, I just don't think RH tries as hard as they used
to...  Essentially, Mandrake is what RH should've been.  A bug-fixed,
dressed-up version.

Imagine if someone could bug-fix Windows and then release it as their own!

Ben

-- 
"There is no spoon"
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Dave Erickson wrote:

> Ben Beuchler wrote:
> > 
> > <== Be advised that the following is a rant.  It has no redeeming social
> > value or technical information ==>
> > 
> > I just spent all DAY trying to install RH 6.1 on one of my 486s.  Since
> > they don't have CDROMS and I didn't feel like making up 23 floppies to do
> > a base Slack7 install, I was going for an FTP install.  This has worked
> > great in the past with Mandrake 6.1...  And Mandrake is just a spiffed up
> > RH, right???
> > 
> > WRONG!!!!!!  Every time I would get to the part about selecting packages,
> > it would choke.  I know the net was working, 'cause that's how it loads
> > the whole second phase of the installation process.  But when it came time
> > to actually select packages, an error message would pop up with complete
> > gibberish.  Very frustarating.
> > 
> > I tried different machines, different network cards (illogical, I know.  I
> > was desperate) and different drives.  Finally, I tried RH 6.0.  Worked
> > like a charm.  Yet another wonderful "update" from 6.1.
> > 
> > If it weren't free, I'd demand my money back.
> > 
> > Ben
> > 
> > --
> > "There is no spoon"
> >         -- The Matrix
> 
> That's funny, I had the same experience on a p166 box. Mandrake 6.1
> works fine though. Wierd eh?
> 
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