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[bobbyg@xxxxxxxxxx (Bobby Geortgilakis)]

Hi Jerry,

I am jealous, it has not been released down here yet. I gather it is due later next week.  :-)

Let us know of your continuing adventures!

*BFN*

Greek Geek.   :-)

Jerry L Kreps wrote:

> The list of compatible Linux OSs includes SuSE,
> BUT, I can't install it!
>
> The instructions are easy enough.
> 0. Login as root,
> 1. Put CD1 (of 3) in your cdrom,
> 2. mount your cdrom
> 3. change to the root of the cdrom
> 4.  type './setup' and press enter...
>
> The first time I did that I got a 'permission denied' error.  So, I
> mounted the cdrom manually as 'mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom'.
> After this I retried the './setup/ command from the root of the cdrom.
> It fired, gave the message 'Can't find glibc 2' appeared and stopped.
>
> Now I thought that SuSE 6.3 WAS glibc... ????
>
> I went out to the rpmfind site and located the most recent glibc I
> could find, which was for RH 6.2, BlueSky build:
> http://niteowl.userfriendly.net/linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16.i386.html
> which was compiled on March 27, 2000 and is 33MB... wow!
>
> I am afraid that IF I install this version of glibc I will blow
> my SuSE installtion off my HDs.  So, Lenz, what do you recommend?
>
> Other observations:
> About a year ago I purchased a WordPerfect 8 package from Corel.  It
> came on a single CD and included a manual with 790 pages!  How many
> pages would you guess the manual that came with Corel WordPerfect 9
> Office 2000 Delux Edition?  Try 393.  I hope there is extensive
> online documentation.  A full installation will take 450MB of HD.
> The package also comes with a 9 cm tall Penquin 'beanie baby', a
> polyester toy filled with plastic beans.  It also includes a
> Libraries Catalog manual of 62 pages of font examples and  about
> 100 pages of clipart and icon thumbnails, 100 per page.
> Also included is a CD with the Corel LINUX OS, Netscape, Adobe
> Acrobat Reader, XMMS, enhanced KDE desktop and who know what else.
> Another CD contains a limited Gold Edition of Railroad Tycoon II.
>
> Besides the Corel LINUX OS, Corel Office 2000 Delux Edition contains:
>
> Wordperfect 9,  What you think it is
>
> Quattro Pro 9,          Imports/exports Excel 97 and 2000 files
>
> Paradox 9,      Imports Excel, 1-2-3, Quattro ss to db
>
> Presentations 9,   slide shows, graphics, web publisher,
>
> Central 9.  Scheduler, organizer, contacts, etc...
>
> The box says it is compatible with Debian, RH, Caldera, SuSE,
> Mandrake and other major Linux.  But, we now know that it doesn't
> work on my SuSE 6.3, which is an almost everthing install.
> Jerry
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