If you have some non-standard ide equipment you will have problems, the new slack will probably have a newer kernel and support the newer hardware.

RedHat is slightly ahead of everyone else I've used as far as new hardware goes.
The boot kernel on the 7.3 cdrom works with everything I have.

One board I have will only work with the 7.3 cd or the boot disk I made which has the right kernel config.

Mandrake, Slack 8.0 and RedHat 7.2 won't boot...

I may try the latest Slack iso to see if it works, I believe it will work because it has support added for some ata raid controllers as compared with 8.0

I think the problem is the hpt372 chip

I think no matter what distro you use, the main thing is how you use it !

if we take hardware compatibility, so Red Hat( the latest versions) leads.

I have already installed Slack once, but X-Windows didn't start, there were no sound, so I went back to Red Het 7.2

Anyway it won't stop me,I'll find information how to configure xfree, and install Slack!

yeah you right Dai ----===== Once you have Slack, you'l never go back =====----

just do lsmod

look and see what modules you have loaded, and then you know what to load for slack.

also look at modules.conf

Hi yes try the above, however I believe rather than modules.conf you will need to edit/check /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

hope this helps

hardware compatibility is almost 100% in the kernel: RedHat 7.3, SuSe 8.0, Slackware 8.1, Mandrake 8.2 all released on the same kernel, 2.4.18... there is no difference. Autodetection maybe, but actual support they're the same.

Cheers,

Finegan

that's correct.

What I mean is it's important for each system that you have to identify the correct modules, not how they are loaded.

the loading is different for some distros, but the kernel modules are the same.

even if you don't want to use modules on your new kernel, if you have modules loaded on the current system it is good to see what they are.

I vote for RedHat I started with 7.1 I bought a box set and loaded everthing on the power tool CD cause I had no clue what all the programs were. Then i tryed 7.3 and it is wonderfull, it fixed some bugs i had and I really like the font installer and just type up2date and get all the lateist security fixs. I am concerned about security cause my EX-Wifes B/F hacked my wintendo box and got all my biz records. It installed with out a hitch. well allmost ..hehe I would like to try slack though.

Go for it, see signauture for further encouragement

Slack sucks!!!

Donations accepted world wide to aid our work against Slack.

Eits0

This is more or less a thread for your favorite distro, not your least favorite.

Thanks.

I guess he got tired of this thread being dominated by us Slackers! How did it get this way anyhow? I mean Slackware is a popular distribution, but it is far from being the most popular one out there. You would think otherwise if you read LinuxQuestions.org.

I just read an article that stated that most open-source developers use Debian. Interesting.

Yes, I just said it a minute ago, I am beginning to see a very clear trend here lately???

Well I never used to use Slack but I was "encouraged" by the obvious enthusiasm on this board.

I dont regret changing over to Slack in fact as Ive said before its the best distro to learn to configure Linux in general with.