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Date:      Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:30:17 -0600
From:      dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart
Message-ID:  <19990302183017.A15210@stumpy.dannyland.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990302130844.00ca3740@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 01:09:39PM -0700
References:  <4.1.19990302095928.00b3d4c0@localhost> <4.1.19990302092127.03ff9da0@localhost> <99Mar2.114516est.113920@pandora.isinet.com> <4.1.19990302095928.00b3d4c0@localhost> <19990302125540.A28002@homer.louisville.edu> <4.1.19990302130844.00ca3740@localhost>

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On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 01:09:39PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 12:55 PM 3/2/99 -0500, Keith Stevenson wrote:
> 
> >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.
> 
> IIRC, you can't use PPP for Red Hat at all, though. And this is the way
> most users connect to the Net.

I'd expect most sane people would sooner buy the CD than do a modum install.
;)

-d

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