Re: LINUX Workstations

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 6:02 PM
Subject: RE: LINUX Workstations


> I'm not trying to be flip here, but these instructions are a little
> beyond the "stick in a disk" installation of Windows.  Even a phrase as
> simple as "Just create the boot diskette" makes several assumptions
> about the skill level of the user.

True, but if you can read a README file in the DOSUTILS directory and you
can download things like eclipse, then you can download and run rawrite
against the .img files and create the diskettes...

After that, yes, put in the diskette, boot and follow the prompts. The
*hard* part will be finding a mirror that isn't overloaded to the point of
collapsing every time you install.. (like the redhat site, which is why I
use gatech  <VBG>)

> I think I could do it, although I'm not sure.  The funny thing is that I
> have a copy of SuSE 6.4 that I bought the last time I was going to "get
> Linux" <grin>.

Of course you can...
It's only a little bit more work than say, getting SAX2 and installing it
correctly... <LOL>



===========================================================
R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"When I die, I want to die like my grandmother who died peacefully
  in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

    - Author Unknown

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