kshuff Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 As some of you may recall I've been having a tough time trying to get 9.1 loaded onto a Dell Latitude CPx laptop, problems with X, and so on. After banging my head against the wall for a few months, I finally gave up and let it sit for three months. But last night I decided to try again, guess what, the installation went off without a hitch, no problems whatsoever. And everything actually works! Guess I'll never know what the problem was, but who cares as long as everything is functioning A-OK! -ks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Excellant 8) Now I would get those 300 megs of updates installed before something decides to go sour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshuff Posted July 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Excellant 8) Now I would get those 300 megs of updates installed before something decides to go sour. Maybe tonight if time permits :D -ks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrox Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 welcome to the linux world i hope ya enjoy it have questions ask here this fourm helps big time :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshuff Posted July 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 welcome to the linux world i hope ya enjoy it have questions ask here this fourm helps big time :wink: It was a challenge to get 9.1 installed where on the other hand 9.0 went with no problems right off the bat. I'm not new to the unix world, have 14 Silicon Graphics workstations in the basement running IRIX, only new to the Linux idea. Takes some getting used to. -ks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrox Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 ok as long ask ya ask here for your linux questions lol irax i have never used that but ill stick with linux :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Got it loaded just int time to upgrade to 9.2! Hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 The differences between Linux and Irix are only about the same as say Irix and Solaris or AIX. Like in Irix you have hinv whereas Solaris (until 8) you had to grep on a dmesg. Now for the real criticisms ... IBM machines go in the basement ... Its the only place for such UGLY looking pieces of kit. You can't hide the beautfully crafted SGI's in a basement ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuoJing Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Strangely, your problem sounds just like a typical Windows problem.... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshuff Posted July 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Now for the real criticisms ... IBM machines go in the basement ... Its the only place for such UGLY looking pieces of kit. You can't hide the beautfully crafted SGI's in a basement ...... That's the only place I have room for all of them, but their well cared for :D -ks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshuff Posted July 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Got it loaded just int time to upgrade to 9.2! Hehe Na, I'll stick to 9.1 for now, don't want to go through that nighmare again... -ks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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