The Register: Red Hat Hell Continued

“I’ve been delighted by something like 200 e-mail memos
from open-sourcers in the Reg ‘family’ of readers who have tried to
suggest causes for the dismal experience I had installing Red Hat
7.2.

The consensus has been that the (retail) CDs I bought were
defective, or my CD-Rom drive is broken. I’m not keen on the
hardware explanation because I’ve never had any problem installing
any app or OS, including other Linux distros. It would be a bit too
much of a coincidence for it to start screwing up just in time to
save Red Hat’s reputation.

But today I returned to my retailer and exchanged the Red Hat
package for a replacement. And lo and behold, the new install CD
started without trouble. Immediately encouraged, I anticipated a
sweet time getting 7.2 running, but unfortunately that was not to
be.”

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