Well, I've downloaded the ISOs, and have burned them to CD (RW, so that I
can replace them with the real thing when it comes out)...I'll install it
on my laptop and let you know how I make out.
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Ted Gervais wrote:
>
> Hi Mike.
>
> Good to see a few words from you. We depend on 'authorities' and you are seen
> as one. So we listen to good people like you.
>
> As to my RH7 installation - I tried various ways to get the installation to
> prompt me for the second CD and it never did. I tried installing everything
> and even doing a partial custom install. No luck. So I gave up.
>
> With Wolverine I said install everything and it did; asking for the second CD
> when it was 3/4's done. It works like a charm and I couldn't be happier.
>
> Give it a try Mike, and you will see what I mean..
>
> In simple words 'great stuff'..
>
>
>
> On Sunday 11 March 2001 14:07, you wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Ted Gervais wrote:
> > > > > Wolverine is a 'good-one' Philip. Sure a lot better than RH7. At
> > > > > least in my opinion.
> > > >
> > > > Could you elaborate a little on this? What is better about Wolverine
> > > > that wasn't as good in RH7?
> > >
> > > Well the way I see Wolverine as being better is that it seems to set
> > > itself up much better. You have TWO cdroms as did RH7 but Wolverine uses
> > > both of them. My RH7 didn't. It just used one.
> >
> > In all fairness to the RH7 install, it would/could have used the second CD
> > if you went through the custom install and picked your packages, or even
> > in the other "standard" installs, you had the option to pick specific
> > packages. If you had picked packages which were on the second CD, you
> > would have been prompted for it (packages like the kernel headers, source,
> > tec).
> >
> > > Then, when things are done (installed) everything seems to be ready to
> > > use. I had to fool around with a lot of little things with RH7, but
> > > not so with Wolverine. As well Wolverine comes with KDE 2.1beta2 and
> > > the upgrade to kde2.1 (stable) went without a hitch.
> > > All the way through both the installation of Wolverine and the running of
> > > it with various applications - was simpler and without a hitch!!
> > >
> > > Bottom line - it is smooth and like a dream to use..
> >
> > Well, my server install went rather well, actually...but I'm looking at
> > building a dual processor server with ATA-100 and such. I'm looking
> > forward to trying Wolverine, or the subsequent "real" release, once it's
> > available and I have my hardware in place.
> >
> >
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