Re: Distribution for 'techies'

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From: Alex Butcher
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00

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On 13 Mar 1997 09:37:43 GMT, stevey@stevey.webmedia.co.uk (Steve
Mynott) wrote:

>My subjective impressions are that: Debian is perhaps more configurable,
>where Redhat is easier to install.  Debian 1.2 needs 7 disks and the
>CDROM.  I believe Redhat is far fewer now.

One or none with 4.0. ISTR mention of LOADLIN being available together
with a zImage on the CD. I don't have an official RH CD, so I can't
check.

Also, apparently, /some/ of the RH4.0 CDs were bootable, if your BIOS
supported it (Hi Toro?). Allegedly, the entire production run of
official RH4.1 CDs is.

>Steve Mynott, Webmedia Ltd, 2 Kendall Place,  London W1H 3AH

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From: Alex.Butcher.DELETE.THIS@bris.ac.uk (Alex Butcher)
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Date: 1997/03/13
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