[olug] Good starting point? [Was: Re: [olug] Red Hat upgrade question]

[Brian Roberson]

distributions aside, a good point is a least the most recent version of
whatever distribution you choose.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy G. O'Brien" <irishMASMS at netscape.net>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 11:34 PM
Subject: [olug] Good starting point? [Was: Re: [olug] Red Hat upgrade
question]


> What would be a good starting point for a newbie then?  NOT to start a
version war here, but some pointers to a good version to initiate myself
into installing Linux.
>
>
>
> "Brian Roberson" <roberson at bstc.net> wrote:
>
> >trust me, I know what you mean exactly... specifically a company by the
name
> >of dialogic, but from the aptitude of the questions being asked, I could
> >tell that we are not talking about a corporate user, rather an
enthusiast,
> >which is why I asked the question. my real point was that RH6.2 is not a
> >real good starting point for a first, or near to first time user.
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Nick Walter" <waltern at iivip.com>
> >To: <olug at bstc.net>
> >Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 8:27 PM
> >Subject: Re: [olug] Red Hat upgrade question
> >
> >
> >I still use Red Hat 6.2 quite extensively, but I use Linux in a different
> >context than most of the members of this list I imagine.
> >
> >I'm a sysadmin for a company that has been phasing out Unixware 2.X.X in
our
> >servers and products and replacing it with Red Hat.  Because of driver
> >availability and development cycle time for products,  we have to pick an
> >O/S and version and stick with it for several years at a time.  We last
> >standardized 9 months ago, on Red Hat 6.2.  Now our telephony products
will
> >probably be shipping with Red Hat 6.2 for the next few years :)
> >
> >The moral of the story is that in the corporate world there a lot of
people
> >who aren't using the latest and greatest (and possibly unstable or
quirky)
> >versions of Linux.
> >
> >Nick Walter
> >Interact Incorporated
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >  From: Brian Roberson
> >  To: olug at bstc.net
> >  Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 7:28 PM
> >  Subject: Re: [olug] Red Hat upgrade question
> >
> >
> >  > I wasn't able to find a modules image.  I looked on the ftp site that
I
> >plan on using, and also on my current 6.2 cd.  Neither had the image that
>
> >you mentioned.  The closet that I came was a driver.img.  Same thing?
> >
> >  yes, checkout the README in that same directory. redhat 6.2 is rather
old,
> >why may I ask are you using it?
> >
> >    >> have you tried to autodetect the nic?
> >    > No I have not.  How do I do that?
> >  dont go into "expert" mode and It will do it for you automatically
> >
> >
> >
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