Re: installing indy from redhat?

[JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>]

> 
> I'm having little trouble getting Indy (slow connection). I wondered if
> I could just first install redhat and than add changes instead? I can
> easily get redhat.
> 

That is why the differentails directory was made for.

> (Wonder: wouldn't a modem bootdisk be interesting? Why does no
> distribution known to me have that? And cable modem?)
> 

Installtion by modem would require over 24 hours and that if you are
not too heavy handed on what you select.  In Europe this is far more
expensive than a boxed distribution.


> Greets,
> 
> Stefan
> 
> P.S.: My NE2000 card worked well with the independence 6.0 disk. This
> time, I tried probing (I thought it was impossible). When trying
> manually though, I got a message that he hasn't found my card.
> 
> On the RedHat 6.1 netboot disk, this message is missing - this seems
> like a little bug. When the card is not found, it continues the install
> (as I recall) until it wants to reach the net - then it starts all over
> again! Maybe this is of interest to some of you.
> 


The next Indy will use the 6.0 and not the 6.1 installer: there are
bugs I don't have the resources to fix and in addition the install
does not support multiple CDs, given that the 6.1 installer needs 50
Megs of CD space I prefer use the space for programs useful after the
install.  A nice install is great for marketing but the easiest
install is go to Lug.  But a LUG wil not solve your problems of
_using_ Linux.

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org