Hiall, Anyone working with CentOS? I have a RH8 server that needs to join the party. Any remote possibility that CentOS can upgrade RH8, or do I need to backup everything and start from scratch? Yes, I know it's a wacky question. :) PS: And, DAMN AOL! PPS: if this message is HTML, let me know; I'm still learning Thunderbird... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Pete Wason* Hy Noom Publications /codevark@aim.com/ 508.865.5414
Pete> Anyone working with CentOS? I have a RH8 server that needs to Pete> join the party. Any remote possibility that CentOS can upgrade Pete> RH8, or do I need to backup everything and start from scratch? I think you'd need to upgrade to RH9, then the next RH/CentOS version as you move up. Personally, I'd save off my data and just do an upgrade if possible. I really like keeping my personal data on seperate RAID1 mirrors and the OS on it's own set of disks if at all possible. John
I'm trying to install *nix on an old Gateway2000 120MHz Pentium. Most of the discs (debian 3.1, ubuntu 5.10, phlak, solaris 10, freebsd 5.1, suse 9.0, openbsd, netbsd 1.6.2) I have won't boot on it, giving an Isolinux error (I forget exactly what the error was - it's at home and I'm at work). PHLAK (I forget the version) boots, but locks up with a black screen after it starts X. I'm guessing it boots because it uses Syslinux instead of Isolinux, but I don't know if that's true. netbsd 1.6.2 also boots, and I installed that last night, but I hate the default twm window manager, I don't know how netbsd handles packages (I'm thinking of things like deb or rpm packages), I don't know my way around netbsd, this is an old version of netbsd, and netbsd is probably the wrong choice for what I want to do, anyway. I want to see if I can turn this heap into a useful web browser and email reader (well, web-mail could take care of email chores). Some basic office apps would be nice, too. So, if I'm right that this old hardware is incompatible with Isolinux, what are my options? Thanks! -- Rich
Have you tried to installing from floppy? <http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/Debian3.1r3/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/> or <http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/Debian3.0r6/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/bf2.4/> -Adam On 9/6/06, Richard Klein <rich@richardklein.org> wrote:
I'm trying to install *nix on an old Gateway2000 120MHz Pentium. Most of the discs (debian 3.1, ubuntu 5.10, phlak, solaris 10, freebsd 5.1, suse 9.0, openbsd, netbsd 1.6.2) I have won't boot on it, giving an Isolinux error (I forget exactly what the error was - it's at home and I'm at work). PHLAK (I forget the version) boots, but locks up with a black screen after it starts X. I'm guessing it boots because it uses Syslinux instead of Isolinux, but I don't know if that's true. netbsd 1.6.2 also boots, and I installed that last night, but I hate the default twm window manager, I don't know how netbsd handles packages (I'm thinking of things like deb or rpm packages), I don't know my way around netbsd, this is an old version of netbsd, and netbsd is probably the wrong choice for what I want to do, anyway. I want to see if I can turn this heap into a useful web browser and email reader (well, web-mail could take care of email chores). Some basic office apps would be nice, too.
So, if I'm right that this old hardware is incompatible with Isolinux, what are my options?
Thanks! -- Rich
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I'm trying to install *nix on an old Gateway2000 120MHz Pentium. Most of the discs (debian 3.1, ubuntu 5.10, phlak, solaris 10, freebsd 5.1, suse 9.0, openbsd, netbsd 1.6.2) I have won't boot on it, giving an Isolinux error (I forget exactly what the error was - it's at home and I'm at work). PHLAK (I forget the version) boots, but locks up with a black screen after it starts X. I'm guessing it boots because it uses Syslinux instead of Isolinux, but I don't know if that's true. netbsd 1.6.2 also boots, and I installed that last night, but I hate the default twm window manager, I don't know how netbsd handles packages (I'm thinking of things like deb or rpm packages), I don't know my way around netbsd, this is an old version of netbsd, and netbsd is probably the wrong choice for what I want to do, anyway. I want to see if I can turn this heap into a useful web browser and email reader (well, web-mail could take care of email chores). Some basic office apps would be nice, too.
So, if I'm right that this old hardware is incompatible with Isolinux, what are my options?
Thanks!
HI Rich, Here's a thought. Try downloading a copy of Damn Small Linux (DSL): http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html Note that they have two versions, one with Syslinux and another with Isolinux. If one works and another doesn't, and it is consistent with what you've reported (above), then you have one problem solved (in a sense). DSL has low memory requirements and you can run it off of the CD to see if you like it (and if it is compatible with your hardware). I'm not certain but I think DSL is Debian based. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE/2VoHl0iXDssISsRApcHAJsGoBgEZ2HXHacLn8wfhb+qFT1glwCePy7I reZfEWmWPddiYLLX8CLeSQM= =k74N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It is definitely more pain than it is worth to upgrade. I recommend you back up everything and do a clean build. John Stoffel wrote:
Pete> Anyone working with CentOS? I have a RH8 server that needs to Pete> join the party. Any remote possibility that CentOS can upgrade Pete> RH8, or do I need to backup everything and start from scratch?
I think you'd need to upgrade to RH9, then the next RH/CentOS version as you move up. Personally, I'd save off my data and just do an upgrade if possible.
I really like keeping my personal data on seperate RAID1 mirrors and the OS on it's own set of disks if at all possible.
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