>From reponses on the list I guess others have had 6.2 running on Presario.
The problem I encountered during an install was with X....or, as far as I
can remember anyway :) And that was back in January so it would have been
6.1 I believe. It didn't recognize the video adapter and all I could get
was a large cursor when run....I looked through docs but was unable to
determine....and Compaq wouldn't provide details other than it was agp
sharing up to 8 megs of system RAM. I was also unable to access the BIOS
on Compaq but I may have just been out of the loop so long I'm not sure
how :) I'm used to phoenix and awards :)
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else who has had a similar problem
installing on a Presario with the same graphics problems. I'd still like
that machine to run linux, as the user is really fed up with 98...... :)
Rob
PS....yes, the machine was slow on windows. I know another person who
bought a 500 and something celeron HP box and returned it. Even optimized
they still seem to operate slowly...maybe it has do to with the host modem
and onboard graphics....anyone? My 100MHz pentium actually appears
to operate win95 faster for simple tasks.
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> Not Red Hat, but I've tried Presarios, and it's not the best deal. It will
> probably work - just might be difficult.
>
> JW
>
>
> At 09:43 PM 9/12/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >I am considering getting a deal from Ameritech for DSL and a Compaq
> >Presario computer with a 566 mhz Celeron cpu loaded with Windows 98 SE
> >(Sucker Edition? :-) ). Their DSL modem would be installed and
> >configured using windows. Normally I don't like brand named computers
> >because they are usually very proprietary (expensive and difficult to
> >'customize'). It does come with a 10 gig hard drive giving plenty of
> >room for adding RH 6.2. Has anyone had any experience using RH 6.2 on a
> >Compaq Presario?
> >
> >Naturally, I'd want to network it to my other boxes, would the Compaq
> >Presario cause proprietary type problems setting up the network? Of
> >course, I'd want to use RH and compatible adapters for the network.
> >
> >Since Windows seems to have a lot of security holes in it, would there
> >be a way to use RH's firewall/ipchains or whatever the best security is,
> >to secure the machine since DSL is a 24/7 connection?
> >
> >I know this sounds a little flaky but I haven't had a proprietary box
> >since my computer classes in the early 80's.
> >
> >Thanks.
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