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RE: RH 5.2 - Variety Pack

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Viray)
Wed Dec 2 11:45:57 1998

From: David Viray <Viray@casd.mot.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 10:24:34 -0600 
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BTW, I found the book "LINUX" by Michael Kofler, published by Addison-Wesley
to be a good resource.

ISBN 0-201-17809-5

Thanks
David Viray
virayaticsddotmotdotcom


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lloyd Sumpter [SMTP:Lloyd.Sumpter@BCHydro.bc.ca]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 02, 1998 10:22 AM
> To:	redhat-list@redhat.com
> Cc:	recipient.list.not.shown
> Subject:	Re: RH 5.2 - Variety Pack
> 
> 
> On 02-Dec-98 Jan Carlson wrote:
> > Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
> > 
> >> (eg I wanted to change the menus on X - nothing! Set up mail - Nothing!
> >> Set up samba - nothing!) And I have yet to hear from a human from
> >> support@redhat.com, despite my many e-mails.
> > 
> > Did you email any questions that were within the scope of what they
> > claim to support, i.e. basic installation?  If you agreed to support
> > only installation, and someone asked you about tweaking X menus
> > and sendmail configuration, would you answer?
> > 
>    In a word: yes. I consider "installation" to include basic network and
> GUI
> interface. I DON'T consider a system "installed" if all I can get is a
> login
> prompt.
>    But Redhat has not yet even answered "basic installation" - my first
> and
> most serious problem was that the kernel they supplied crashed. I sent
> them an
> e-mail, and all I have gotten so far are auto-answer replies telling me
> there's
> something wrong with the format of my e-mail, and quoting the website
> (which I
> have read). I asked them to be more specific about exactly what they found
> wrong with the format, but all I got was exactly the same form-letter!
> 
> >>
> >>    I'd say get the disk from wherever and get a good book on Linux from
> the
> >> bookstore (shop around - there's one for every level of expertise)
> > 
> > You will not find more concise RedHat 5.x-specific install guide
> anywhere.
> > 
>    Maybe true, which will help you for your first day of use. More general
> texts will help you for months (years?) afterwards. Hence, I stand my my
> recommendation of buying the Redhat CD and a good general book on Linux.
> 
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