Re: Introduction

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm new to this list (and to linux), so I thought I'd introduce myself, I
> hope that's okay with everyone.

That's fine!  I'm Bruce, vice-chairman of KLUG.

> Current Projects:
>         PPP connection via my 9600 serial modem
>         Entirely Term-Based Web, E-mail, and ICQ
>         Term Based word processing (my printer works!)

All doable.  Have you learned "vi" yet?   :{)

>         MOST IMPORTANTLY - Getting it to boot from the HD
>                 (This requires my lilo.conf to be correct..somethign
>                 that I haven't been able to do, and I'm now in my 24th
>                 continuous hour of trying.  It hangs at "L" - any fixes?)

Can I assume you have a boot diskette you can boot your system from?

If would help if you would send the file:  /etc/lilo.conf  to this list.

> ANyway, I"m looking forward to the meetings that you people have..this OS
> has by far the steepest learning curve of anything else I've ever tried
> (including forcing a lateral paper jam sensor into the housing of its
> counterpart hidden under the fuser cover of my Brother HL-10v - see
> http://www.bigfoot.com/~tarkaan/hl-10v.html for details)
> 
> Thanks for reading..and thanks in advance for any newbie advice :)

Because Linux is much more powerful than a lot of other OS's, it 
is also more complex and be a steaper learning curve.  It's very 
worth the effort you put into it (IMO).

I've installed Linux on A LOT of PC's, and personally I've found 
that Linux installs much easier on newer hardware than older PC's 
like 386s & 486s.  (speaking of later versions of Redhat - 5.2/6.0)

On newer (Pentium and above) PC's, with all/mostly PCI cards, Linux
installs cleanly, LILO works fine, and even X windows works right out 
of the box.  Especially with Redhat 6.0, who's latest improvement  
allows testing your X configuration during the install process with 
a trial & error approach until you get it looking good.  Making sound
cards work has also improved a lot with the lastest Redhat releases.

I doubt it will help your problem, but if you'd ever like to upgrade
to Redhat 6.0, KLUG can provide you a CD for the cost of a blank CDR.
For more info, see:   http://klug.armintl.com/bsware/

You may stay with Redhat 5.2 on your machine because 6.0 takes more 
disk space, and you don't have a very big drive.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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