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Subject:	Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 1999 03:05:52 GMT
Reply-To:	MATTDM@MATTDMspamcake.ORG
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote: > Anyway, I'd never installed RH 6.1 and man, do I HATE that > installer. Obviously a poor attempt to look like Caldera's > idiot-proof installer, imo. Selecting individual packages was such > a major pain in the a, err, buttocks. Yeah, the new installer is broken -- they've TOTALLY screwed up the net-install. *sigh*. And with 6.0, they'd FINALLY gotten all the bugs out. But there is one small consolation -- you can still do the install in text mode by selecting that at the very very beginning. -- Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/

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		Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
(...) No way. I TOTALLY missed that. Or ignored it, or something. Oh well, I got a machine at home I'm not using for anything (233/64mb - dead 5 gig drive but I've got a 6 gig spare) - I'll set it up and play with some stuff here at home. (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
(...) The text mode install isn't actually the old one; it just looks exactly like it. But it's still been rewritten from scratch in python, and just like the gui version is full of bugs. Maybe next version will be better. (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
(...) Hey, this reminded me of something I did last week. Short background: Bought a new 40 gig drive for my Linux box. Couldn't make it be seen properly even after a BIOS update and even after numerous other things (edited lilo.conf with the CHS (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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