Re: redhat did it again - no howtos on iso images
On Sunday 27 October 2002 12:50, Sagi Bashari wrote: > On 27/10/2002 17:49, Arie Folger wrote: > >Did anybody else notice how HOWTOs have been effectively considered > > deprecated by RedHat? Any rpm anywhere available that sports a recent > > collection of HOWTOs? (yeah, yeah, I know, I can just download a tarball. > > I'll do that if the above is unavailable). > > > >Arie Folger > > I think that one of the 5 CDs is documentation CD, I guess they're > somewhere in there. No, they are not in there; only the redhat installation, getting started, customization and administration guides plus the IIRC brand new security guides are in there. BTW, the documentation cd is the sixth disc, to be downloaded from an adjacent tree (i.e., not from iso/i386 but from iso/doc). Cheers, Arie = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: redhat did it again - no howtos on iso images
On Sunday 27 October 2002 13:03, Eliran wrote: > I also didn't see it in RH7.2 (The Doc. CD was preety empty...) Which is why the subject line reads redhat did it *again*. The last howto rpm was in 7.2. 7.3 had none. Arie -- It is absurd to seek to give an account of the matter to a man who cannot himself give an account of anything; for insofar as he is already like this, such a man is no better than a vegetable. -- Book IV of Aristotle's Metaphysics = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: redhat did it again - no howtos on iso images
The doc cd is extra. THe 5 cd's are RPMS and SRPMS (SRPMS start in disc 3 and continue in disc 4 and disc 5). The doc CD contains strictly Official RedHat 8.0 Linux Manuals, more specifically the rpms maximum-rpm-1.0-0.20020905.noarch.rpm rhl-cg-en-8.0-2.noarch.rpm rhl-gsg-en-8.0-4.noarch.rpm rhl-ig-x86-en-8.0-2.noarch.rpm rhl-rg-en-8.0-2.noarch.rpm rhl-sg-en-8.0-2.noarch.rpm Which are described as follows: * Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide: Provides step-by-step instructions for installing Red Hat Linux, from gathering information about your system to booting Red Hat Linux for the first time. * Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide: Explains what to do after installing Red Hat Linux. Learn how to manage files and directories, configure an email client, play audio CDs, and more. * Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide: Read about how to customize your Red Hat Linux system to fit your needs. Step-by-step guides, designed for a beginner or intermediate user, are available for setting up a network interface card, configuring NFS shares, configuring Samba shares, managing your software using RPM, and much more. * Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide: Contains background information and solutions for a variety of different issues, including the Red Hat Linux boot process, default user and group configurations and methods, and HTTPD directives. * Official Red Hat Linux Security Guide: Provides comprehensive information about creating and maintaining secure Red Hat Linux systems. This guide discusses how to secure workstations and servers against malicious intruders, verify system security, detect security breaches, and react to an intrusion in the event one occurs. On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:50:11 +0200, Sagi Bashari wrote about "Re: redhat did it again - no howtos on iso images": > On 27/10/2002 17:49, Arie Folger wrote: > > >Did anybody else notice how HOWTOs have been effectively considered > >deprecated by RedHat? Any rpm anywhere available that sports a recent > >collection of HOWTOs? (yeah, yeah, I know, I can just download a tarball. > >I'll do that if the above is unavailable). > > > >Arie Folger > > > > > I think that one of the 5 CDs is documentation CD, I guess they're > somewhere in there. > > Sagi > > > > > = > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dr. Zvi Har'El mailto:rl@;math.technion.ac.il Department of Mathematics tel:+972-54-227607 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology fax:+972-4-8324654 http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/ Haifa 32000, ISRAEL "If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all." -- Thumper (1942) Sunday, 22 Heshvan 5763, 27 October 2002, 8:02PM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: redhat did it again - no howtos on iso images
Sagi Bashari wrote: I think that one of the 5 CDs is documentation CD, I guess they're somewhere in there. I got 3 discs, 2 for installation, the 3rd for documentation... But I don't remember seeing any particular HOWTO, perhaps on the other CD's... I also didn't see it in RH7.2 (The Doc. CD was preety empty...) -- http://www.rootshell.be/~eg";>Eliran G = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: redhat did it again - no howtos on iso images
On 27/10/2002 17:49, Arie Folger wrote: Did anybody else notice how HOWTOs have been effectively considered deprecated by RedHat? Any rpm anywhere available that sports a recent collection of HOWTOs? (yeah, yeah, I know, I can just download a tarball. I'll do that if the above is unavailable). Arie Folger I think that one of the 5 CDs is documentation CD, I guess they're somewhere in there. Sagi = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
redhat did it again - no howtos on iso images
Did anybody else notice how HOWTOs have been effectively considered deprecated by RedHat? Any rpm anywhere available that sports a recent collection of HOWTOs? (yeah, yeah, I know, I can just download a tarball. I'll do that if the above is unavailable). Arie Folger -- It is absurd to seek to give an account of the matter to a man who cannot himself give an account of anything; for insofar as he is already like this, such a man is no better than a vegetable. -- Book IV of Aristotle's Metaphysics = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]