More 11.2 difficulties

[John Bowling]

Tried it with Gnome this time

With the stuff that HAS to be done in a console, I want the console icon on
the desktop, not after doing some manipulation to start it and then more
manipulation to get to where and what I need to do.

And there is a major boot problem. The system has two drives, one sata with
11.1, and xp. The other is ide and has 11.0 and 11.2. If I restart, I have
to have the install CD present to get to the ide mount, and even it I click
on 11.1 then it goes from the new menu.lst to the origional menu.lst.

Apparently /dev/sda and /dev/sdb get swapped as to which disk is used based
on where the boot starts. No, not hardware or BIOS changes made.

So I'll have to write a common menu.lst and write it out to all /boot areas,
with disk swapping built into it to recover so a boot to any OS is
available from any /boot location and only one menu.lst access.

When disks are identified by other than /dev/sd?, why can't it find the
named disk and go to it? Looks like the disk naming process is really just
for show and has no practical value, as many here have said a lot of times.

So for now - kick 11.2 into a back bin and wait for 11.3.
If they keep doing this, they should extend the support time, not reduce it!

So I'm looking for a distro with a Yast work-alike to switch to.

[DenverD]

> If they keep doing this, they should extend the support time, not reduce it!
>
> So I'm looking for a distro with a Yast work-alike to switch to.

exactly!

and the only logical choice today is SLED..
hmmmmm, i wonder if Novell planned it that way???

nah, what "Linux company" would do that to us?

hmmmm, how does MicroVell sound?

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