On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 09:55 -0400, jim tate wrote: > Stefan Held wrote: > > Am 16.03.2007 13:38 Uhr schrieb "Timothy Murphy" unter > > <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > >> Yesterday I downloaded and burnt the Ubuntu Live CD (6.06), > >> and it worked like perfectly on the 4 machines I tried it on. > >> > >> > > > > Yes, this is what is called a stable Version of Ubuntu. > > > > > >> The rather ancient version of Knoppix I have > >> also works perfectly on all the machines I have tried it on. > >> > > > > Which is also a Stable Release of Knoppix > > > > > >> I downloaded and burnt the Fedora-7 Test Live CD some time ago, > >> and this does not boot on any machine I've tried it on. > >> > > > > I downloaded both, DVD and CD Torrent of F7 Test 1 and 2. > > > > Both worked like a charm on my machine. > > > > > >> I asked a few weeks ago if anyone had successfully booted from this CD, > >> but I only got advice on how to test the CD; > >> nobody replied that they had actually got it to work. > >> > > > > I did not answer but yes, it worked for me. > > > > > >> In my experience there is something basically wrong > >> with the CD reading part of Fedora CDs, > >> as many people report problems installing Fedora this way. > >> > > > > Why should it? Did you verify the sha1 summs of your download? > > > > Did you test the same CD on a bunch of identical Machines/CD Drives? > > > > Did you try to burn the CD with 4x speed only? Then test again? > > > > Well you are definitely doing something wrong, I have downloaded a > number CD's, DVD's of fedora 5,6,7 test 1,2 and burn and run them with > no problems. Same here. > Is this just a excuse to go to ubuntu? If so the OP is welcome to do so and I hope he finds what he is seeking. I like using Fedora and there are those that like Ubuntu as I'm made all too aware of by rather loud Ubuntu fanboys. > I hold Linux meeting once a month and the Ubuntu people are spreading > the FUD around that Fedora is a bleeding edge, unstable, distro, these > guys are beginning to sound like $MS people. I share that observation. > Fedora 5, 6 , I have installed both and did updates on a number of > boxes, i386, X86_64 and had no problems. > Fedora comes out with a kernel update more often the other distro's , > that could cause problems. > After you have done your first update, after installation, don't update > the kernel anymore, put a line in /etc/yum.conf > exclude=kernel . > The kernel only needs to be updated if you have need for new drivers. And fixes for security issues off course :) Regards, Patrick
