[TriLUG] Home installation of Linux

Greg Brown gregbrown at mindspring.com
Fri Feb 22 13:10:36 EST 2002


Speaking of "the next meeting" when it is?  I checked the webpage but didn't 
see when another meeting was scheduled.

Greg

On Friday 22 February 2002 12:51 pm, you wrote:
> El dia Friday 22 February 2002 12:15 pm, no tenies res mes que fer i vas i
>
> m'envies aquest mail:
> >  Would anybody be interested in coming out to my house on Sunday
> > afternoon and helping me install RedHat 7.0 on my home PC. It is not
> > going well, and I do not have enough computer knowledge to install a
> > clean installation in a reasonable amount of time---I just got my
> > computer back, and I was hoping to get Linux running this first week.
> >
> :(  This weekend I'm out of town .
> :
> > My problem is I am having trouble with the installation on my own.
> >  I am using a 1yr old CD boxed set of 7.0 because I do not have another
> > way of getting any other version besides purchasing 7.2, or some other
> > brand,
>
> is there a way that yu can get Red Hat 7.2 install CDs? Much better than
> 7.0 (less patches to apply, 2.4.x kernel, ext3 filesystem, better usb
> support)
>
> > and I do not know enough about whether that would be a good move, since
> > one of the things I like about Linux is the low $ cost.
>
> You can surely get 7.2 CDs from someone at the next meeting... or next
> week.
>
> >  I have already been through some unorthodox installation, and Linux is
> > running, for the most part-- but I think it is not a good, clean
> > installation, as 'startx' is not working.
>
> What are your video settings? (video-card/monitor/mouse mix)
>
> >  I would have liked to try 7.2, or even some other distribution, but I
> > don't have the means to do that right now (at least I do not think I do).
>
> You just need a friend with a fast connection, a cd-burner and some spare
> cycles
>
> >  Now, I have to start from scratch again, BUT I WANT TO DO THINGS RIGHT
> > AND HAVE A CLEAN INSTALLATION AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW.
>
> What is going to be theuse of such system? home desktop? home server?
> development platorm? game platform?
>
> > Is there anybody out there who is willing to undertake a new venture like
> > this? (helping me install Linux).
>
> I could. But not this week-end. Maybe next monday, though
>
> > I'ld be willing to discuss more details about my system first.
> > Thanks,
> > Jim
>
> Salut,
> Sinner



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