Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:55:40 -0500 From: Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <19990302125540.A28002@homer.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990302095928.00b3d4c0@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 10:00:48AM -0700 References: <4.1.19990302092127.03ff9da0@localhost> <99Mar2.114516est.113920@pandora.isinet.com> <4.1.19990302095928.00b3d4c0@localhost>
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On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 10:00:48AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > > As for the network installs: in many cases, > you have to FTP the entire Linux distribution > onto one partition and then install onto > another. Not exactly user-friendly. I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree here. I've done more RedHat Linux installs than I care to admit to, and all you need to install it over the internet is a pair of floppies. You write the install images on to the floppies, boot the first one, and then insert the second one to load the device drivers for most network cards. After you hand enter your network configuration and the target FTP URL, the installer goes and installs the system onto the disks you configured in a prior step. All in all, the process is _very_ similar (read that as practically identical) to the process of installing FreeBSD over a network connection. My previous experiences have been with RedHat, but my Linux-user friends tell me that SuSE is very similar. Actually, I don't think that FreeBSD can keep claiming that its installer is "more user friendly" than Linux. I used Linux for a long time before discovering FreeBSD a year ago. The Linux installer has come a long way since the early Slackware distributions. In fact, the first few times I installed FreeBSD, I spent a lot of time cursing the installer before I got used to its quirks. If anything, I think that both OS's have achieved parity in the ease of installation category. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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