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Re: RH 4.1



Ira Abramov wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Oori Hasson wrote:
> 
> > Here are my experiences from RH4 install:
> > The autoboot option got stuck every time, even when I booted from a floppy
> > with no extra mem managers.
> what do you mean by autoboot?! letting LILO boot the startup floppy
> without parameters?
> 
> > This is my first time installing RH, and I vouldn't find kernel image for
> > loadlin.
> hides in /boot, but all the modules are separate. you might want to
> compile a new kernel.
> 
> > Also: I installed alot of software, but the RRH decided that
> > since I installed it, I want it booted at boot time - Netware Server,
> > YPServer, amd et all'.
> go into X, run the runlevel editor and disable them, or go into
> /etc/rc.d/<runlevel> and make them dotfiles
> 
> > Sendmail - got stuck for 1.5 minutes! only when it went on I saw in the
> > logs it can't verify it's name! In any other install I wouldn't have
> > given a boot 15. minutes.
> I know, it IS annoying... you name the machine the first time and it shuts
> up... or dive into sendmail.cf and shorten the timeout.
> 
> > Did I fail to mention that during the install I didn't cfg a network
> > card, and hence was spared the tcp/ip cfg screens? What If I wanted to
> > cfg it during installation and add the ethernet card tomorrow?
> 
> all done through the X interface... or just go into
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and create the files manually.
> example, to define an eth0 card and address, go into that directory and
> make a file called ifcfg-eth0 and in it something like this:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> #>>>Device type: ethernet
> 
> #>>>Variable declarations:
> DEVICE=eth0
> IPADDR=192.115.117.1
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.115.117.0
> BROADCAST=192.115.117.255
> #GATEWAY=192.115.117.1
> ONBOOT=yes
> MTU=1500
> #>>>End variable declarations
> 
> you can also define aliases, framerelay interfaces (in my case) dummy
> devices etc.
> 
> >
> > I also couldn't find proper boot and root images on the CD. The install
> > file said to GET THEM FROM THE NET!
> 
> there are only one of each - boot (usually enough) and supplumental.
> 
> >
> > Needless to say that once installed the system is 100% awesome :-)
> > but quite an ordeal. I installed it from hard drive in the end.
> 
> what CD did you use? btw, version 4.0 or 4.1?

I Installed RH 4.1 from CD twice on the same computer,
using different hard drives.
It went well, everything worked great.
The only problem was that during the installation of the packages,
I constantly got timeout errors when accessing the ATAPI CD-ROM.
This slowed the installation significantly, but caused an error only
in the installation of one package out of the whole two installations.
I am not sure what was the problem, but the installations are OK.

Gili
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