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

[Scott Dier - dieman <dieman@ringworld.org>]

I have been ** none too impressed ** with redhat 6.1 installer.

the network kickstarts are foobar.

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Ben Beuchler wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 20:05:18 -0600 (CST)
> From: Ben Beuchler <insyte@emt-p.org>
> Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG:10032] REDHAT 6.1 <arrgggh>
> 
> <== 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
> 
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