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[jlkreps@xxxxxxxxx (Jerry Lynn Kreps)]

First, my subscription arrived via DigitalRiver!
My first installation attempt was to install SuSE 6.2 "from scratch" on
top of an RH 6.0 installation. 

The machine is a DELL OptiPlex 450MHz with 128MB RAM and Three HD's and
a CD ROM.  
It has an AGP Rage Pro 2X mach64 video card with 8MB onboard,
DAC=207MHz.  
The monitor is a Dell 1025TM.

The RH install found and identified the video card automatically, and I
selected the Monitor.  XF86 setup was a breeze, and GNOME fired the
first time.

Well, not so with SuSE 6.2.  
Hey Lenz, what settings do I use for the video card? None of the mach64
options on the install CD work.

When I first installed, I decided not to "upgrade" the RH install, but
to install on top of it with the "Install from scratch" option.  I got
lots of *.rpmsave files generated, and then error messages about X3dmX
(I think that is the Athena Widgets), then error messages about missing
directories, etc..
When the system finally gave me a longin prompt, following the message
"Please login as 'root'...", it rejected root as a valid user.  I had no
choice but to boot DOS and run FDISK to blow the partitions away.  THEN,
the install from "scratch" option worked perfectly.  I installed
everything and one hour and 15 minutes later I was setting at the
command prompt as root.
I ran 'sax' and discovered that no video options for the ATI AGP Rage
Pro 2X video card exists, and that the closest I can get to the montior
is Dell 1025HE.  The monitor may work, but I know that none of the video
options do. 

I attempted to run XF86Config but it wasn't in the path.  I tried
/etc/XF86Config but I wouldn't work either.  I tried to 'locate' it but
locate wasn't found.  I tried locatedb but it wasn't found.

Then it was time to go home, so I will set some profile and boot.local
settings tomorrow.

Moral: burn RH to the ground before you install SuSE!

-- 

JLK
"The measure of worth - 'wealth' - is knowledge and competence.  
 It can't be stolen, hoarded, taxed or counterfeited.  If left
 to lie unused it effectively doesn't exist."  - James P. Hogan

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