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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm just looking for the most useful and versatile
system to run... since I'm still learning all this, I don't mind running
unproven software as long as I'm getting aquainted with the way linux
works. If there is a step-by-step, take-you-by-the-hand </FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>method that even the most braindead of Quadra
photoshoppers could successfully complete, I'd love to see it. I'm just
hesitant to download 5 CDS of Fedora if there's no basic, basic
instructions.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I think I remember someone saying that by
going the SRM route, you sacrifice the ability to use the onboard IDE
for the 164SX. Is this so? That would really stink. I
like being able to use an ATAPI DVD drive for installing things because I can
use a DVD-RW instead of CDs or FTP. It certainly made life a lot easier
with the constant retries of SuSE 8.1.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Also, I'll toss up another hardware
comment... 8MB All-in-Wonder Pro doesn't seem to do anything in the 164
board. Wheeee! I've basically stuck to this:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>512MB Ram</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>4 MB Millennium 2</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Znyx 314 4x10Mbit</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Some LSI SCSI card</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>SB Vibra 16s - works under SuSE as long as
you set the PNP mode OFF.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The Matrox Millennium 1&2 cards are
absolutely fantastic. How many years later, and they're still
working with everything under the sun? :-) DLink 530TX worked fine,
<A href="mailto:Xpert@Work">Xpert@Work</A>, Matrox Mystique... The other
thing with the Mystique and Millennium cards is that you can use those big-ass
SGI 22" monitors with them at high resolution as long as you enable sync on
green in the options. I can't stress enough how much I love those old
Matrox cards!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I also could not get a WinTV or a Zoltrix TV
tuner to work under SuSE 8.1... trying to run the TV program would result in a
solid system lock after one frame of garbage channel tune.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>JA</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Perhaps.
In the past I've frequently recomended Red Hat (now the baseline Fedora stared
from) to try Linux on Intel. I've never tried SuSE. I've had realy bad fights
with the Debian installer before. The down side to Fedora is that the set of
ISOs that just rolled out the door is new. You might want to wait a week or
two. The upside is that you have the ear of the developers here in a way that
you wouldn't have on intel.<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid2F6D2C4FB467FE5FCDAE10F3@isp4 type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Is there any *step-by-step for retards* on how to PROPERLY install? I'm not
exactly a genius... you know the type - Windows + x86. I can generally
stumble my way around Linux, and while I do have a fully functional SGI
Octane, all this UNIX type, actual computer stuff is beyond me at the
moment.
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>Personaly I'd pick another title. I find that writing end
user documentation is a lot like programming. With a program the machine is
the final judge of weather the instructions you give it "work" or not. With
documentation the user is the judge, and each user brings a different
background to bear. Instalation instructions are invarably untested on a
person exactly like you, on hardware just like yours. That doesn't make you a
retard. Expect some difficulties, expect to overcome them.<BR><BR>No, I didn't
answer that last question, did I?<BR>
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