> @us.army.mil
Man, where were these jobs when I was in the US Army? The only "Operating
System" installs I did was:
1) "install" magazine
2) aim
3) fire
4) roll in mud
5) repeat as necessary.
(actually, I take that back, there was ARCAS - an UNIX based X-widows system
that was oh, so horribly out of date)
Cheers,
Marc
-- Marc Matteo Online Technology Leader http://www.sacbee.com> ---------- > From: Lavender, Brian E SPK > Reply To: lug-nuts@saclug.org > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 11:36 AM > To: 'lug-nuts@saclug.org' > Subject: [lug-nuts] FW: Review: Corel Linux 1.0 install > > I got this message on my DOD webmasters mailing list here at work. > Linux is making its inroads! > > If you looking at becoming at becoming a Linux consultant, it looks as if > you are in for a lucrative future. > > brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Bates [mailto:seb@WEBTREK.COM] > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 1:26 PM > To: WEBMASTERS@ODCSPER-NT1.HQUSAREUR.ARMY.MIL > Subject: Review: Corel Linux 1.0 install > > > Tired of slinging code today, so I took a break and tried my hand at > installing Corel Linux. I grabbed a Corel distribution CD from Joe > Klemmer's cube, (I also could have picked from Red Hat, Turbo, or > Caldera) and looked for an unused box to do the install. We had some new > machines lying around that nobody had claimed (yet). > > 1. Hardware > > Dell PIII 700 Mhz w/ 256MB RAM > 32MB Diamond Viper 770D TNT2 Video Card > 18GB Adaptec SCSI HD > 3Com Fast XL 10/100 Ethernet card > 64 Voice A3D PCI Audio Card. > > 2. Software > > Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Preloaded on a 2GB partition > > Corel Linux 1.0 CD > Boot Disk > > 3. Actual install > > Inserted Boot disk and restarted, Corel brought up the Corel Linux GUI > installer where I had to click on the licensing agreement (yes), and then > brought me to a partition manager, where I could select how large I wanted > my Linux partition to be. I choose 15GB, and then Corel prompted me for a > username (me). Corel correctly identified and configured all hardware, > there are two options, default install (for workstations) or custom > install (for servers or expert users). I choose the default install, > which automatically loads and configures Windows Networking (Samba, > http://www.samba.org)) . Once complete, it auto-restarted and presented me > with a GUI version of LILO (Linux Loader), which allowed me to choose: > > Corel Linux > Corel VGA > Corel Consol > Corel Debug > Corel Expert > MS Windows > > Choosing to boot into Corel Linux, I was presented with a login dialog GUI > similar to the Windows NT three finger salute. The user could choose > between root or my configured username (me). Once I choose, I was > presented with a change password dialog where, typical with most *nix > systems, one is prompted for their old password, and then entering the new > password twice to confirm, and complete. > > Total time, 3.5 minutes. > > 4. Summary > > The default (workstation) install loads a KDE desktop manager, very > similar to Windows 95, but with some small additions similar to the CDE > desktop. > > What I like about Corel Linux 1.0 is the very quick (4 mouse clicks and > two decision points, size of partition and choice of username) and easy > install. 3 and a half minutes later, you're presented with a stable > operating system, connection to our Windows domain, and very little user > interaction. > > Actually, what slays me is this was an easier (less choices), and faster > (3 times) install than Mac OS 9. > > vrsb > -- > Stephen.Bates@us.army.mil > Strategic & Advanced Computing Center > 888.532.3103 > > ********* > Archives, FAQ & subscription info: http://www.army.mil/webmasters/faq/ > ************************************************************************** > ** > * To UNSUBSCRIBE from the list, send a message with "unsubscribe lug-nuts" > * in the message body to majordomo@saclug.org. Please direct other > * questions, comments, or problems to lug-nuts-owner@saclug.org. > >
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