[svlug] Identified, non-flying object discs - differences

Alvin Oga alvin at planet.fef.com
Fri Aug 3 01:40:02 PDT 2001


hi ya george

> George Bonser wrote:
> 
> I dunno, kinda sounds like a Progeny Debian install to me ... with the 2.4
> kernel added in.  

kinda hard for all the various commercial companies to find their
little differences since they all basically have the same sw loaded
onto their cdrom... most of which was not developed internally???
 
maybe they should add "root-raid" install too ... rh did that part nicely/simple...

c ya
alvin

> > > I have here a pair of CD-ROMs of the Red Hat 7.2 "Roswell" beta.[1]
> > > 
> > > Kernel 2.4.6 w/ext3
> > > XFree86 4.1
> > > Optional gcc 3.0
> > > KDE 2.2 beta
> > > GRUB default, LILO optional
> > > GNU PartEd
> > > New, slightly less sucky Disk Druid
> > > On-the-fly conversion of existing ext2 partitions to ext3 (option)
> > > USB floppy support for installation
> > > Fights like a junkyard dog with existing installations of Ximian GNOME
> > > OpenGL / DRI is broken
> > > The kernel has a dodgy swapper
> > > Temporary access to a special Red Hat Network server, during beta cycle
> > > 
> > > Wanna borrow 'em, Drew?
> > > 
> > > [1] Well, actually, I'm going to burn them tomorrow morning, but who's
> > > counting?
> > > 




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