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  From: Phil Pittard <vk5ham@seol.net.au>
  To  : mgeddes@xavier.sa.edu.au
  Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:05:39 +1030

Re: Corel Linux

Matthew Geddes wrote:
> 
> > INSTALATION:- minimal "user" input required - very impressive & quite
> > fast.. took abt 3 minutes to get to 98% completed then 15-20 minutes to
> > do the remaining 2%!
> >
> 
> Does it allow you to do a real (custom) install? One thing Caldera was
> lacking, was the ability to choose which packages you want to install.
> 
> Any ideas on performance on a slower machine?

Hi - Custom Installation: that was the option I used in the end... but
it merely allowed me to choose what to install (I chose EVERYTHING!). 
 
Slow machines: dont know... 

I forgot to mention that I tried to install it on a 486dx266 with 32Mb
ram, 1.2gb hdd Panasonic/SBlaster 2xCDROM, ne2000 network card.....  it
appeared to only support IDE cdrom - the install screen locked 6 times.
I could not find a "true" custom install nor was there a "modules disk"
type option.

In the partitioning install screens you can select "Take over Disk
(erases all exsisting information)" OR "Edit partition table(for
advanced Linux Users)" - I chose the latter & was not game to even see
what the first one did cos the last time I said yes to an option like
that on a Linux Install, it wiped my entire hdd without asking!!
Interestingly there is another option "Use free disk space(keeps
existing information)" which was unavailable to me!! (An M$ type
cripple????)

It runs very fast on the P100 with 80Mb ram btw but then it SHOULD!

Phil
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Amateur Radio Station VK5HAM
South East Network Solutions
http://vk5ham.au.com
Email: vk5ham@vk5ham.au.com
       vk5ham@seol.net.au

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