[svlug] RHL 5.2

[Javilk]

> One of the reasons I like to pick up the latest versions of Linux
> distributions is so I DON'T have to go out on the net and download / 
> compile / and install the latest versions of all the important software.

    Yes, everything in-sync and working.  I don't want to do anything to
tinker with the OS itself, so that I can tell whether problems are due to
my own ignorance, or problems with the distribution.

> Another problem I ran into, and I'm not sure if it's a problem with the
> latest kernels or if it was something specific to RedHat 5.2, is the way
> it plays with large disk geometry. I had turned off large drive translation
> in my BIOS, yet RedHat turned it on. Hence I was unable to access my
> old partitions (as the partition table is different for translation on
> or off.

    I have had Fdisk complain about geometries on different hard drive
controllers.  They mount, read, and write ok anyway despite cylinder
boundary complaints like:

   Device Boot   Begin    Start      End   Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1            1        1      130  1044193+  83  Linux native
/dev/sdc3          131      131      391  2094080   83  Linux native
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
     phys=(390, 251, 53) should be (390, 254, 63)

(Repeated much more voiciferously on some of my other machines!)

> The other minor nit I have with RedHat is the philosophy behind how software
> is installed. Check out Apache, which ends up with parts all over the system.
> /etc/httpd, /home/httpd, /usr/sbin, /var/log/httpd, /usr/lib/apache, etc.
> This is as bad or worse than a Windows program. I'm kind of at a loss trying
> to understand why RedHat would move SO far from the standard Apache
> installation.

    I sort of agree here too, but it isn't that bad.  I really do prefer
logs to be in /var, which I keep on a separate drive, and having the libs
in /usr/lib allows you to put them on a drive you can hardware write
protect.

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