| Michael 2004-11-12, 8:46 pm |
| "AnonymousFC3" <no_email@please.net> wrote in message
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> Michael:
Hi Anonymous!
> have you considered the following?
>
> 1) Install a newer disttribution: Fedora Core 3 is the latest, Fc2 was
> pretty good.
> RH8 is now pretty old, lots of progresses have be made.
> Download of Linux Isos are free (ask a friend with a broad band
> connection),
Yes, but RedHat 8.0 is the current build in our production environment.
This is a standardization issue. Our next release will probably run on FC3
unless there are outstanding issues.
> 2) Suggest that you install GRUB instead of Lilo: easier to use and more
> flexible.
> This is an option in the install software.
> Grub tends to become the de-facto standard for Linux distros, for good
> reasons. But LILO works (just get a recent version).
GRUB actually fixed the issue. I've always used LILO though and was just
more comfortable with it. It turned out that GRUB was pretty painless. It
still bothers me that it fixed the issue though.
> 3) Also suggest that you config your BIOS as LBA mode for the hard disk.
Tried that.
> 4) You may want to get a good book on Linux.. or two.
> There are many, just be a litle picky.
I'm not this sure would help me. I'll consider it for next time though.
Thanks for the reply!
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Michael
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