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From: TheWhistler@ibm.net (Paul E Larson)
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
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In article <5j3gp6$dr4@swsu65.swmed.edu>, mlewis@samdog (M A Lewis) wrote:
>
>with all this talk about Redhat not being easy to install, 
>did anyone besides me notice that the official Redhat 4.1 CDROM
>install didn't offer a graphical installation??? 
>Perhaps I'm suffering because I didn't get any docs with my
>Redhat 4.1 since it came in my Applixware upgrade...
>
Redhat 4.0 is a pain to install, at least on my PP200 with Diamond Stealth 
Video Card, I could never get it to install even in text mode. But 4.1 is as 
easy to install as Win95. The copy of 4.1 I have from Redhat itself has a nice 
menu driven approach.  

Paul E Larson