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Subject:	Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 1999 01:33:01 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote: > > idiot-proof installer, imo. Selecting individual packages was such > > a major pain in the a, err, buttocks. > > I've heard about that. I haven't heard of anyone who actually liked > it. Me either. My two co-admins and I just sat there and barely contained our urge to vomit while we went through the installer. If I hadn't feared the 40 gig drive would give <6.1 fits I would have scrounged around for my 5.2 or 6.0 cds... > > But everything ended well. It saw my 39gig drive just fine and even > > though it took 4 hours and 5 minutes to format (checking for bad > > blocks after all the screwing I had done with the drive on the > > earlier install) it worked just fine. > > I suppose that says something about IDE, large drives, and servers. Yeah. If I had more money to blow (I don't - especially after buying my new TV and still needing a new DD/DTS receiver/speaker package) I'd have SCSI in that box, but it's purely personal and non-production, so I don't mind. > > Ramble, ramble.... TCP/IP test tomorrow. 2 tests this week and I'm > > MCSE. Then I start CNE. > > Stop it, you're making me jealous.. Heh, took me long enough. And the crappy thing is, I will need to recertify in the Win2k track by the end of 2001. Best thing, though, is my employer is paying and has paid for 100% of the training and tests. 'Course, the curriculum I'm developing and the classes I will soon start teaching will save them close to $200k per year, assuming they're wise enough to give me a raise, so they're getting their money's worth. -- The parts you want and nothing else? http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction Why pay eBay? Run your own LEGO auctions for free! http://www.guarded-inn.com/bricks/

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		Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
(...) 6.0 is 2.2.7 or something, isn't it? Shouldn't that deal with 40G? (...) Light load helps a lot. Though if you were planning on running a full feed for yourself, light load isn't exactly the word... (...) Not like win2k should be more (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
(...) You got me. I'm still very much a casual Linux user. Maybe now that I'm almost finished with the MCSE I'll have time to actually sit down and do some reading instead of just hammering away and reading an occasional man page. (...) Well, there (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
(...) drool (...) And again... (...) I've heard about that. I haven't heard of anyone who actually liked it. (...) I suppose that says something about IDE, large drives, and servers. (...) Probably not. (...) Stop it, you're making me jealous.. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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