Karl: I just download the isos for disc 1-3 and wrote them to CDs. Then, I booted off CD #1. There was no need to do anything more. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (972)612-6056, www.JAMMConsulting.com FREE! Valuable info on how your business can reduce operating costs by 17% or more in 6 months or less! => http://newsletter.JAMMConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karl Hakmiller > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:06 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Fedora stability > > > Did you put the FC1 isos on CDs or just have them on your HD for the > installation? If on CDs, what bootdisk and driver files did you put > on CD1, if any, or did you makeup bootdisk and driver > diskettes to use? > > > Thanks > > Karl L > > > On Wednesday 31 December 2003 11:43, Wade Chandler wrote: > > I updated to RC1 from RH9.0 and have had no real issues. > The only issue > > I have had has been with my sound card. I can't listen to > > Radiostorm.com right now :-(. Other than that no other > problems. This > > is on a Compaq Presario Desktop System with a Celeron 1.2 > Ghz. If you > > have been using an NTFS driver you will have to upgrade that guy > > everytime you upgrade your kernel because RH doesn't install it. > > > > Wade > > > > Karl Hakmiller wrote: > > > I, too, have been exploring alternatives since Rh's > announcement. I had > > > been using Mandrake before I switched to RH about a year > ago (first 8.2 > > > and then 9.0 - which I'm now using). I've been very > pleased with RH from > > > the start and kept current with all the updates in kernel > and apps as > > > they came along. A piece of cake to maintain. > > > > > > As a trial I ordered the Debian CDs (Woody, not Sarge) > and gave the > > > installation a try. Major pains followed. After the > third attempt to > > > install Debian (not as a dual-boot but all by itself on a > Pentium II 300 > > > MHz 80 Gig Dell machine I'd been running the RH on), I > finally gave up > > > after messy failures. I reinstalled the RH 9.0 from original CDs, > > > updated everything with apt-get and was back in operation > in just over an > > > hour. > > > > > > It's possible that I received bad CDs from the online > source for my > > > Debian OS and I may yet give it another try with isos I > download myself > > > but I did notice this difference between the RH and > Debian installs: My > > > one semi-correct install of Debian was incomplete in that > the Network did > > > not install (I could not get the system to recognize the > NIC) and in RH > > > that was never a problem). > > > > > > I've read the RH docs on installing Fedora and with this > history of > > > Debian problems, I'd sure appreciate any "heads-up" > warnings that are not > > > mentioned in those docs from those on this list who have > installed Fedora > > > from the isos. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Karl L > > > > > > On Wednesday 31 December 2003 10:38, Krikket wrote: > > >>On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Mark Haney wrote: > > >>>Okay, kind of a stupid and maybe useless question, but > as I"ve been > > >>>really tinkering with (gasp!) SUSE, I'm kind of > wondering how stable FC1 > > >>>really is? I mean I realize there are issues, otherwise > this list > > >>>wouldn't be very useful, but how well does it work as a > Workstation (not > > >>>server) as compared with any other distros especially RH9? > > >> > > >>I can't compare to RH9, but I *can* compare it to SuSE 9.0 > > >> > > >>Don't switch to SuSE. Trust me on this one. Baaad juju. > After seing > > >>what was available, I decided to go with SuSE for my > first real exposure > > >>to Linux in 6+ years. (And I had no experience with a > Linux GUI at that > > >>point.) > > >> > > >>If you needs are met 100% by what's available on the > distro CDs, then > > >> SuSE could work for you. But adding anything else? Damn near > > >> impossible. There are some things I *couldn't* get > installed under SuSE, > > >> that were a breeze with Fedora. I'm not the only one > wih those problems > > >> either. > > >> > > >>On the positive side, there are more GUI controls for > things. So if > > >>that's what you're looking for, then maybe it's for you. > > >> > > >>Also you can *forget* right now about editing files by > hand and expecting > > >>them to stay that way, and work correctly. The SuSE > likes to rewrite > > >>stuff on you without warning. > > >> > > >>In short, the problems I had with SuSE 9.0 were great > enough that I > > >>abandoned it, even though I paid the $80 for the > Professional version. > > >> > > >>Using Fedora, I've had a *lot* fewer problems. > > >> > > >>Krikket > > >> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>fedora-list mailing list > > >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
