On Wednesday 23 October 2002 02:10, Philipp Thomas wrote:

Thomas G Land [ Wed, 23 Oct 2002 01:26:20 -0400]:

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1. Does 8.1 use grub only or can lilo still be used? Never used grub. GRUB is the default for a fresh install. If you're doing an update, LILO will stay and only be updated. 3. Does 8.1 Pro offer a default install? What precisely do you mean by 'default install'? 4. I am using reiserf on the 7.3 Pro that my business is on now. Will it be compatible with either 8.0 or 8.1? No problem there, all kernels can read the older 3.5 format. Philipp

Thanks Philipp, Anders and Fergus for your prompt and informative responses. I bought 8.1 Pro from CompUsa today and will be installing it in the next few days. The box indicated there were 3 manuals but contained only 2. (A users manual and an Administration Guide.) What other manual should be there? Philipp, default to me meant basic suse install + kde + open office. Fergus said it was there. Once thats installed and working I can add packages later. If Reiserfs is an older format should I be looking at installing a newer FS as long as I'm playing and learning? Thanks Tom Land

At 05:45 10/24/2002 +0200, wolfi wrote:

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 05:34, Thomas G Land wrote:

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The box indicated there were 3 manuals but contained only 2. (A users manual and an Administration Guide.) What other manual should be there?

Possibly the quick install guide ?? A thinner leaflet?

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If Reiserfs is an older format should I be looking at installing a newer FS as long as I'm playing and learning?

Not really. Reiserfs works reliably and w/o problems for me since SuSE 6.4. ext3 may not be bad, but ... I have never felt an urge to try it.

ext3 should be readable by a file--e2fs--(which I seem to have lost) from Windows. Look for e2fs. I'm told it works for ext3. Otherwise, I guess there's no reason not to use the new FS. --doug *****************************************************************************

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