FC2 to RH9

[Satish Balay]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Ted Gervais wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 11:17, Satish Balay wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Ted Gervais wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone thought of going back to RH9?  That release had virtually no
>>> problems and while it was the last supported release it still is/was better
>>> than the fedora distributions.  I am thinking of the problems with the sound,
>>> scanners, and other hardware devices and applications.  I would have thought
>>> that after FC1 that FC2 would have had all the current concerns fixed and it
>>> would have been as good as RH9.  Turns out, it is many steps behind the last
>>> RedHat release and makes one wonder about continuing.
>>>
>>> Anyway - just wondering if others have had the same thought about going back
>>> to what was better than the current FC2 release??
>>
>> FC1 -> FC2 was a major change
>>
>> 2.4 kernel -> 2..6 kernel
>> OSS sound  -> ALSA sound.
>>
>> If things don't work with FC2 to your satisfaction - stick arround
>> with FC1. FC1 is an improvement over RHL9 - in your terms.
>
>
> Yes.  FC1 was an improvement over RH9, but FC2 was a disappointment.  So
> rather than go back to RH9, just drop back to FC1.  I wonder if that is
> possible??

Reinstall.

Also - you should investigate getting ALSA working with FC2 (seek help
on this list - instead of saying FC2 is ....).

Satish