Syed, it appears that you simply took a slice of messages from the list
and "shotgunned" your message to those individuals - and the list. This
becomes spam when you bomb so many people with so many copies of your
message - _PLEASE_DON'T_DO_THIS! You'll get more (and far more civil
answers) help by simply sending one message to the list as a whole.
That said, essentially 100% of your complaints and error messages can be
responded to by saying "install Red Hat 6.2 or 7.0". I strongly suspect
you purchased a book on linux in a bookstore, which came with a cdrom
included. Not the best way to go, as these are normally out of
date. You need to get the more recent version.
If buying or downloading a more recent version isn't practical for some
reason, send me a message (OFF THE LIST!) and I'll see if I can't help
you get either 6.2 or 7.0.
Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Definition: Honest Politician: Once bought, stays bought."
--Robert Heinlein
On 20 Dec 2000, syed riyaz wrote:
> Dear friend,
>
> Hi !
>
> I beleive you will be in pink of health & in good mood.
>
> I have recently installed the Red Hat LINUX 5.0 on my PC(Pentium/100-Mhz, 32-MB
>Ram,1.2-GB HDD,DCS Sound Card, JVC-3,600 bps external Modem, SVGA Moniter, mouse
>etc.).
>
> After reading the HTML document instructions in the CD-Mannual, in several attempts,
>any how I colud install it and got to the root prompt. Aslo, I ran X-window program
>by typing "startx" at command prompt.
>
> My experience with the "Linux" was really 'Awfull' and painfull, it has given me too
>much trouble. May be this is due to my lack of "Linux-awareness"/Unix-awareness.
>
> I have not seen such a poor & scaled-down graphics in my life, I don't know why the
>world is overwhelming with it, while it seems me much inferior as compared
>MS-Windows. Its very complex rather difficult to configure devices on it, and
>connectivity to internet is only for me, there is no softwae on it to install. whare
>to get it.
>
> Please can any body tell me the following very basic things in a simple way:-
>
> 1. How to access floppy drives in linux ?
> 2. How to copy Win98 files to floppies like Win98 ?
> 3. How to read from CD-ROM drives ?
> 4. Is it possible to read DOS/Other files from Linux ?
> 5. How stablish Modem connectivity, simple way ?
> 6. Does it provide TCP/IP & PPP connectivity ?
> 7. Where to get the Int-Browser on Linux, if its fre ?
> 8. Soundcard not detected in Linux, its PnP in Win98 ?
>
> Well, I a am loosing hope of using Linux, if it is a such a great "Headeache". Is
>there any simplest Graphical-User-Interface in Linux awailable like Win98 or OS/2,
>where configuriong & using devices is a fun.
>
> Please respond my basic questions,
> I will be thankfull to you & may obliged.
>
> Suncerely Yours Linux Friend,
> (Syed Mohammad Riyaz)
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