On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Tony Nugent wrote:
> On Thu Oct 21 1999 at 17:45, Matt Nelson wrote:
>
> > Subject: Re: a workaround for upgrading in presence of an NTFS partitio
>
> > > > i'm really pissed that i can't boot from the CD to upgrade, but that's
> > > > another story...
> > >
> > > Updated images were announced earlier this evening; they should be
> > > propagated to some mirrors by tomorrow.
> >
> > i just noticed that. but i'm still pissed, because now i need TWO
> > floppies in addition to the CD, and then i need special instructions to
> > get the whole thing rolling.
> >
> > Red Hat should issue a new CD. period.
>
> They won't do it. For many reasons, including the fact that it would
> no longer actually be redhat 6.1 - but a new version.
>
> It's not too difficult to build yourself another one using your
> original disk and then downloading the updates.
why should i have to burn my own disk??? i paid $80 so that i wouldn't
have to!
i suspect you are correct, though. Red Hat will probably not issue new
CD's. this is a bad move for Red Hat, however. let me ask
three questions:
1) is Red Hat interested in solidifying their position in the business
market?
2) among Linux users in the office, is having a dual-boot machine with NT
on disk 1 and Red Hat on disk 2 a common configuration?
3) will the fact that the Official Red Hat 6.1 is totally and utterly
broken for these setups alienate the IT guys and encourage them to look
elsewhere (Caldera, SuSE, etc)?
i think the answer to all three questions is yes. and it will sting Red
Hat in the long run.
Red Hat should issue a new CD. period.
-matt
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