Subj : Linux, networking, etc.
To : Dumas Walker
From : nelgin
Date : Mon Jul 21 2025 02:43 pm
Re: Linux, networking, etc.
By: Dumas Walker to NELGIN on Mon Jul 21 2025 10:14:23
> LOL, I had forgot about getting stuck with the "LI" on the screen and the
> boot hanging. That was a frustration I had forgotten. ;)
Yeah, alwys a good one. Never an indiaction what the problem was but it's obviously a missing driver from the boot kernel...but which...
> I tried Mandrake c2000. The install process went like a breeze, and it was
> able to identify my video card -- the test graphic looked perfect.
> Unfortunately, whatever the install process ID'ed it as was not passed onto
> the installed OS. I eventually had to give that up and tried Correl (sp?)
> linux, which worked well but was no longer being updated or maintained.
I liked urpmi on Makdrake. I hate yum/dnf or apt takes so long because they want to check stuff each time. urpmi just got on with it.
> > Interesting thing about Linux was that it had SCO Compatability. It would
> > run MicroFocus Cobol and would run our product. I have no idea if it can
> > still do that.
>
> IIRC, wasn't that what caused SCO to eventually try to sue linux, possibly
> in an effort to take it over?
It might have been. It's been a long time since that happened. We got the works at work. The OS, computer, tcp/ip, They all came with printed manuals. There must have been about 4 foot worth of printed material.
> > A nice walk down memory lane. I think this is pretty much documented
> > elsewhere
> > maybe I should just create a webpage and point to it eveytime this sort of
> > thing comes up.
>
> That'd be handy. With my luck, I'd go to the trouble of creating the page
> only to never have the topic come up again. ;)
Nah, this comes up on a regular basis. There's always stuff I miss like HPUX, which is odd because I spend a while contracting at HP.
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