RedHat8.0
Well, I’m posting this from the RedHat side of my box here at work. Yesterday I used Partition Magic 7.0 to cut and repartition the 40 GIG drive into two 20’s. The first kept all the Windows stuff on it and the new partition became RedHat8.0. It’s pretty slick! It is rather slow…but this machine is a PII400 with only 64MB of ram. I’m guessing on a faster machine, it would be pretty quick. I like it so far…the refresh rate seems a bit flickery right now, so I’m going to have to learn some Linux GUI and see how to change that. I’m used to /etc/httpd/conf….not click and click and click…
Went to Central United Methodist Church over my lunch hour. The drive there was pretty interesting. Once I got on Central (right by Toledo Hospital) all the street lights were out until you got to Detroit. Pretty fun playing Dodgem through the intersections. The church computer lab was pretty cool. They need some help and I intend to get them up and running. Right now they have 4 computers sharing a dialup using Windows Connection Sharing or whatever it’s called. UGH…I’m going to get them a router and they’re getting cable from Buckeye-Express so it should be a nice transition for them. They have several “new” PC’s that don’t have CDroms in them, so I’m going to help them come up with 5 drives (anyone got one or two to spare???) and install them for them. More on this project as it develops.
Gotta work on this refresh rate…it’s giving me a MAJOR headache!!
2 comments October 04 2002 3:45 pm | Pepperguy | Grant
I’ve got a 16x max (woo hoo) that was good, and another un-labled drive that you can have. I dunno if the second one is good, but it’s worth a shot. I think I also have a 2x DVD drive, but not knowing where it is is kind of a problem.
Thanks man! If you’re serious, I can get the drives from you on Monday. It will be greatly appreciated! These kids that use this lab are all inner city and most of them come from single parent families and don’t have their own computers…with only 4 machines set up to access the ‘net now, there have been fights breaking out I guess. LOL This will be a big help!
I’ll definitely take the 2 CD-Rom drives…