[PLUG] Redhat 7.3.92 so far...

[Alan]

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 20:40, Eric Harrison wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2002, Alan wrote:
> 
> >much better than previous versions.  They are going away from the
> >horrible icons for packages.
> 
> After I did my hacking on the installer (for K12LTSP), the icons
> appeared. Maybe a bug in the beta build?

I hope not. The list view was better.  (I tend to use text mode though.
The gui install failed, so i had to do it that way anyways...

> If I was a betting man, I'd lay my money down that the package icons
> will be in the final release.

I hope not... You are probably right though.
 
> >The install went smoothly.  There was no glitches.  Took about an hour.
> 
> The underpinnings of the installer are almost identical to the Red Hat 7.3
> versions, with three notable exceptions. The gui is GNOME 2.0, the core
> config file (./RedHat/base/comps.xml) is now XML (obviously), and there is 
> an option for LVM in the disk druid.

I still use fdisk.  (I don't need much else when building a laptop.)

I need to dig into the installer more.

> >The system uses Grub for a boot loaded.  If you use the text install it
> >will give you an option for "lilo". DO NOT TAKE IT!  Your system will
> >try and boot using Grub no matter what.  It will fail at this point.  I
> >prefer lilo.  Grub's method of configuration is a little too weird for
> >me.  Maybe it is what I am used to...
> 
> Try fiddling around with GRUB for a while. I won't use LILO anymore,
> GRUB is much harder to screw up - and if you do screw it up you can 
> drop down to a command prompt giving you a chance to fix the problem
> and get the machine back up and running.

I need to find a good overview of how GRUB is supposed to work.  The
commands are a bit alien to me.
 
> If you mess LILO up, you have to break out the boot disks :-(

I use the Slackware install disc for that. ]:>

> >All in all, this is a VERY promising release. It has some rough edges. 
> >(To be expected with a beta 1.)  If they can clean up those and fix a
> >few of the more unusual problems, it could be a very worthwhile release.
> >I am pretty happy with it so far.
> 
> Yeah, it's almost usable. Not bad at all for a first beta.

I am finding a few other odd quirks here and there.  Not too much that
is difficult.  Of course, most of what I have installed since that point
has been source.  (I need to build new RPMs for the latest libpcap.)