[6238] in RedHat Linux List
Lilo RPM, Sound & Linux Survival Strategies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niel Balsino)
Tue Nov 26 13:32:24 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 11:13:33 -0700
From: Niel Balsino <nbalsino@moltech.com>
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Hi,
I got a suggestion from Tom McCurdy from this list to get the lilo
rpm upgrade from RedHat, however I am unable to find it at their web
site. I have tried the errata, upgrades, and rpm paths but to no avail.
Does anyone know the exact location of the lilo rpm upgrade at RedHat?
Also, I am always taking from this list but never giving because I
usually don't have the technical answers to the problems posed. As far
as sound cards go, however, I hope I can make an indirect contribution
to those having sound card problems by recommending the book "Linux
Multimedia Guide" by Jeff Tranter, who is also the author of the HOWTO
on sound cards, from O'Reilly & Associates.
I have bought many Linux books over the past year and a half, and I
recommend the other O'Reilly Linux series books: "Running Linux" and
the "Linux Network Administrator's Guide." Using these books and the
great and friendly support from the Linux Community, along with a
subscription to Linux Journal, I have been successfully running 3 RedHat
Internet Servers for use with DNS, web servers, sendmail, and to
configure and manage a Cisco Firewall. RedHat Products have saved my
employer big bucks when compared to buying conventional Unix
workstations. And none of this would have been possible without the
support from the Linux Community, and I am grateful for their help and
thank them.
When I had trouble compiling a Alpha Linux kernel this summer, a
student in France held my hand and walked me through the process. When
I had trouble with Alpha Linux X-Windows, the Linux users at Digital and
RedHat solved my problem. When my company spent big bucks on a Cisco
Firewall, and Cisco would not support logging firewall messages to my
Linux loghost, it was a network engineer in rural Arizona and a computer
science professor in West Virginia who solved my problems.
When hardware compatability impeded the progress of my Linux
projects, I had to make some changes in order to succeed. When I
realized I was out of my element after 3 months struggling with a Linux
Alpha box, I used it for other purposes and replaced it with a Linux
Intel box. This past spring, when I got tired of the patches needed for
my Adaptec 2940 cards, I converted all my Linux boxes to Adaptec 1542
cards for ease of installation and upgrades. And this fall, after
getting nowhere with 2 MAD16 generic sound cards, I swapped them out
with Soundblaster cards to finally get a working kernel with sound card
support.
Linux isn't easy, but once you are armed with a core group of Linux
books, HOWTOs, FAQs, and mailing lists, and are flexible enough to make
hardware changes in your Linux configurations for the sake of
compatibility, you will succeed, technically profit from the experience,
and YOU WILL HAVE FUN!
I hope this encourages those just starting out with RedHat Linux
not to give up on their Linux projects. Regards, Niel
--
Niel Balsino Moltech Corporation
Computer Systems Administrator 9000 S. Rita Rd., Bldg. #061
nbalsino@moltech.com (520) 799-7594 Tucson, AZ 85747-9108
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