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  From: David Drury <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:26:59 +0930 (CST)

Re: Redhat 6.0 Summary (spoiler!?)

Hi,

> 
> I have just done a network install of
> RedHat Linux 6.0 for Intel, 2CD Set purchased 27 May 1998 - ($25 from
> Netcraft)

Did it last weekend from a "Real" RH CD.

> If you're the type of person who likes to be (pleasently) surprised
> then the follwoing might contain spoilers.

Not quite the same for me.

Upgrading via CD from RH 5.2

The boot disk didn't detect my Secondary master CD which the RH 5.2 CD
did. After install the CD doesn't work. I haven't yet got it working
again.

Menu of options as to what to select, but has to regenerate the list each
time you back track because of disk space restrictions.

> A correct login greets the user with
> a 'starting enlightenment' progress bar..
> .. and it pops into what looks like Gnome.
> It seems to be enlightenment with gnome tools running.

No rome to install Gnome.

> All in all it was a very painless excersise.

Only relativly painless for me.

> Space used:
> Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1              3001898   1039952   1806716  37% /