Re: tlug: RH Sparc 5.1 Install

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Joe Marchak wrote:

> 
> The 4c machines may not work with RH 5.1 yet, but the 4m's sure do.  I 
> installed 5.1 on an LX last night, and it was the easiest linux install
> I've had the pleasure to do yet.
> 
> The install menuing is almost identical to RH 5.1 for the i386, but
> there is no need to do any X setup at all - it's all automatic.  It
> seems a lot faster than SunOS 4.1.4 as well.

Is the video hardware standard across all 4ms?  that would certainly make
it easier.. with PCs you have to deal with a million different
card/mouse/keyboard/monitor combinations..

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