[plug] RH 9 instal problems

[Tim Bowden]

Simon Scott wrote:

>>It is unfortunate that RH Linux appears to have lost the principle of 
>>being able to run on older hardware.
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>I would propose that something with 64M is 'older' hardware ;)
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>I seem to recall reading that the text mode installation programs are no
>longer maintained (or at least, sporadically) and remain as something of an
>historical curiosity. Dunno why theyd remove the network component tho - maybe
>it didnt detect your card properly and so didnt bother?
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I have managed to put rh 8 on my 486 with 24mb ram (text mode install). 
 It has never detected my isa based network card but if it is passed as 
an option during install it will configure it.  I like the text based 
install.  I hope they don't completely get rid of it.  I was going to 
try rh 9 on the 486 next time I got a chance so I will let you know how 
it goes when I get around to it.  To be honest I am more than happy with 
8.0 but I'd like to try 9 on such a small pc just out of curiosity.

Regards,
Tim Bowden