Subj : Linux, networking, etc.
To   : Dumas Walker
From : nelgin
Date : Mon Jul 21 2025 14:43:04

  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 linux, which worked well but was no longer being updated or maintained.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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