--- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks John, I'm sure I will be getting myself in
> deep and will need some 
> help out of the hole I dig myself into!! 
> I know that I am using the i686 compliation of the
> kernal so that would mean 
> that I need to install the i686 kernal package from
> the RH7.2 CD's.

Yup.

> As it is mid-night and I usually turn into a pumpkin
> around 9pm (pathetic 
> huh? <G>) I think this will have to wait until
> tomorrow.

Prepare to lose more sleep. :)

> The other things I would like to get working before
> making the switch 
> completely would be finding a Linux version of the
> Win2000TV app. that my 
> Hauppage video capture card uses for cable TV
> access.....and a good GNU DVD 
> viewing app.

The Hauppage card is supported on Linux in a number of
video apps. Check out: 
http://www.hauppauge.com/html/linux.htm and search
around on Google.

> Truth be known, I am going to buy a Linux for
> Dummies type of book because it 
> is the little simple things that slow me down.  Just
> having a really good 
> understanding of the unix directory structure and
> how to quickly solve 
> installation dependency issues, etc.  would bring me
> so much farther along 
> than I am now.  I can't wait to get started either.


You might want to take a look at http://rute.sf.net.
You probably already know some of the subjects covered
in it, but there are other chapters on specific stuff
that you will find interesting.

Have fun!

John Hebert

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