Re: RH 6.0 not ready for prime time

[Charles Taylor <charlet hubcap clemson edu>]

> After taking one of my little multias to RH 6.0 and having numerous
> problems. (most of which have come up again and again on the list) I've
> backdated to 5.2 and just upgraded the kernel to 2.2.7 (for now) It really
> looks like 6.0 is not ready for prime time with the alpha, there are just
> too many bugs. 

I've got a multia running RH 5.2 and 2.2.4 (I think - it's either 4 or
5 :) ) without problems.  Of course, this isn't a production machine
and it's not on all the time. so I can't vouch for long-term
stability on that machine/kernel combination.  I turn it on when I
want to listen to mp3s in the other room.

5.1, though, wasn't really that bad - all things considered.  5.1 was
the first Alpha install I attempted, and after applying the errata
fixes, I was left with a very stable machine.  True. some of RH 5.1's
Alpha bugs were asinine (Come on guys, *man* is broken enough to
immediately dump core and you don't notice???), but overall I got a
stable system out of it.  I still run essentially that system now on
my desktop Alpha - with the various updates that have come out since
for 5.1 and 5.2.

> I'm just gonna guess here, or does it ALWAYS seem to be that the best RH
> distributions end in 2?? 4.2, 5.2 ??  Do I have to wait until 6.2 for a
> good, stable, everything works more and not less distribution??  

6.1 might be decent. :)

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Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV <charlet@clemson.edu>
http://orangesherbert.ces.clemson.edu
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