Redhat Installer & Mandrake Installer was Re: [TriLUG] differ ent versions of 7.2 for sale]

Vestal, Roy L. rvestal at rti.org
Thu Nov 1 08:13:40 EST 2001


MD 8.0 did on my box. But then again so did RH 7.2   :)

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different versions of 7.2 for sale]


And the 64K question is:  

Can mandrake detect and install an integrated via chipset soundcard?  I
might forget RH72 and go directly to M81 if it could do that.

-Andy

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>And the fact that Mandrake recognizes more varied hardware than Redhat
>undoubtedly earns it the distribution of choice for desktop users as many
>magazines say in the awards they hand out. I tell my friends that if you
>want a desktop system get Mandrake, but if you want a server get Redhat
>(because Redhat has become THE system for most of corporate America!).
>Actually the fact that we have two distributions each specializing in
>producing installations tailored for two different groups is really great,
>all the more so since Mandrake (unlike Debian, for example) uses the same
>RPM system of loading software. Still I would like to see Redhat improve
>it's loading software. My goal whenever I load any operating system is
>that
>the O.S. has installed every piece of hardware available on my system!!
>and
>produces a working O.S. (of course). The times I've used RedHat vs.
>Mandrake, Mandrake has consistently installed more of my hardware
>correctly
>than Red Hat (because Red Hat usually required the use of software OUTSIDE
>the initial installation process to install things like modems, sound
>cards,
>printers, CD-RW's, etc. In other words, items which are not usually found
>on
>Servers!!

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