Nicholas Olinsky (olinskyn@sunnyside.wednet.edu)
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:40:01 -0800
Have you gotten X Windows to work?
Phil Blake wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We've just banished the ANS from the office and it's come home with
> me. AIX is fine and dandy but I've had enough of trying to make
> things work on an outdated OS and it's time for linux.
>
> I thought I'd share my experience of getting Linux1999 working on the
> ANS as it went so smoothly. I was prepared for the worst and had set
> aside the time and constitution for it but no need.
>
> I took the drive out of the ANS and stuck it on a G3 266 to
> partition. All went well and I figured I may as well install linux on
> this drive while I'm here. After double clicking the installer and
> following the directions, I put the drive back into the ANS and
> booted of the floppy using (i think) the 2.2.1 kernel for ANS.
>
> It booted into linux and it was time for the first beer - only 40
> mins into the day.
>
> There were a few problems but almost everything was working. I've
> just downloaded the 2.2.13 and figure the lucky 13 will probably
> usher in new heights of usability, and another beer...
>
> Thanks for all the info about Linux on ANS. This list and the web
> site are an excellent resource. Thanks to everyone involved.
>
> Have a huge Christmas everyone!
>
> Phil
> ------------------------------
> Phil Blake
> development director
> spark TCP
> level 12, 323 castlereagh street
> sydney nsw 2000
> tel 9281 3399
> fax 9281 1099
>
> --- Java, the best argument for Smalltalk since C++.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Tue Dec 21 1999 - 06:42:23 GMT