RedHat install on Microtel SYSMAR 737 Lindows box

[Jeffrey A. McCright]

I stick pretty much with Redhat. I haven't had any real problems,
however, I stay with pretty common hardware or hardware designed for
maximum compatibility. I stick with Dell Optiplex systems, 3Com or Intel
NICs, NVIDIA or ATI video chipsets, and Creative or Crystal sound cards.
It really cuts down on my frustration level! Just me, but I want to play
with Linux not fight with the install... Sorry for the soap box lecture!

Thanks,

Jeff McCright 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net] On Behalf Of Brian Densmore
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:54 PM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: RE: RedHat install on Microtel SYSMAR 737 Lindows box

Let me clarify my previous post.
I'm not knocking RH, I like RH as an enduser OS.
I'm not saying it doesn't install or work, just that I find 
it flaky with certain HW. For example my no name nic with has
a kernel compile option and it's own kernel module. The stock RH8 kernel
doesn't have this compile option turned on. So, 
first thing I want to do if I want to access my LAN is recompile 
the kernel. Then I have to download the kernel module source into the
kernel directory, because RH8 doesn't include that particular 
driver. But wait catch-22 can't download because I can't use my NIC, I
can't use my NIC 'til I download. Of course, now that I know 
about this issue I can build a driver disk, which won't help me during
install because the kernel isn't compiled to recognize the NIC. No I
like RH8 and it installed fine, but it has some flaky issues 
for at least one of my systems at home, and the majority of my $5 NICs.
So if you have any HW on a system that has special compile features in
the 
kernel, it may or may not be turned on in the default stock kernel. That
is my definition of flaky.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Spangler [mailto:brad_spangler at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:40 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: RedHat install on Microtel SYSMAR 737 Lindows box
> 
> 
> 
> I dualboot RH8 and Win2k at home. RedHat was smooth
> like butter except I can never seem to get the connect
> speed with my modem that I do under W2K. I suffer with
> it and keep telling myself to get my budget probs
> worked out and get back on broadband.
> 
> BTW, Mick - Angela is sitting behind me here at HRB
> and says "Hi!".
> 
> 
> --- Brian Densmore <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> wrote:
> > I've found RH 8 to be very flaky on anything except
> > high end HW.
> > 
> > JMHO,
> > Brian
> > 
> > I have Mandrake 9.0 if you'd like to try that.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mick Ohrberg [mailto:mick at ohrberg.org]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:15 PM
> > > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > > Subject: RedHat install on Microtel SYSMAR 737
> > Lindows box
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > On request from a coworker, I'm trying to load RH8
> > on a
> > > Wintel box, and I'm not getting very far. It keeps
> > PANICing
> > > and complaining about not being able to mount
> > rootfs and
> > > whatnot. I did notice that both the HD and the
> > CDROM is on
> > > the primary IDE chain.
> > > 
> > > Also, for SOME reason, I can't even hit <DEL> to
> > enter the
> > > BIOS settings, so I can't wreak havoc there
> > either. Anyone
> > > have any ideas? (No, the CD media is not
> > corrupt... :) )
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > > 
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