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Install Linux in 4 Minutes

Posted by Hemos on from the wham-bam-thank-ya-mam dept.

Bill Clarke wrote to us about WholeLinux system they unveiled at LinuxWorld. From a "cheap" CD-ROM even, they can install Red Hat Linux in 4 minutes, plus another 2 for things like Apache, Sendmail etc. Heh-run around with one of these things at your office/school. See how long it takes for the NT people to reinstall. *grin*

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  1. Linux Easier to Install than Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    I have only been working with Linux for a little over a year and I love it. What I find interesting is that I now find it less cumbersome to install any version of Linux than Windows NT or 98. Although I have never gotten Linux to install in 4 Minutes, the 20 Minute install does me just fine and I have everything that I need. That is a FAR cry from the 68 Minutes it takes Windows 98 to install. That just drove me insane. I've primarily worked in Mac shops most of my carrer and intsalling Mac OS 8.5 take only 15 minutes off of the CD, pure and Simple. Just pop the CD in and install. No Problem. Because I'm a Mac guy, booting off the CD is commonplace. But do that with Windows, no way. But Linux on the other hand, I can just pop the CD in and off it goes. The installer Finds my hardware and it's off and running in under 20 minutes. I'm no Linux pro or New-Newbie for that matter. I have had my share of Linux Exposure, but I will say that Linux is now easier to install that ANY version of Windows.

  2. NT reinstall times. by Shoeboy · · Score: 5

    See how long it takes for the NT people to reinstall. *grin*
    Less time than you'd think. I admin NT for a living and we have a super quick method of getting NT onto any system.

    1. Chalk out a inverse pentagram inside a circle on the floor.
    2. Place a lit candle at each point of the pentagram.
    3. Place the computer in question in the center of the pentagram with the case off.
    4. Chant "Yog Sothoth Neblod Zin." while sprinkling the blood of a freshly slain rooster on the motherboard.

    This works in under 5 minutes for intel hardware. I once managed to get NT onto a VAX 780 this way as well, but it took a few hours.

    --Shoeboy

  3. NT 5 by CmdData · · Score: 4

    We just got a copy of NT 5 server edition and it rocks. We loaded several applications on it and then we did a lot of things to corrupt over 85% of the system and application files and the system did what is called self-repairing. The application binaries were repaired from the corrupted state. We used HEX editors to screw up binaries all over the system and as soon as we would screw on up the system would detect the screwed up file/binary and it would repair it. That is awesome. Can't beat that.

    1. Re:NT 5 by Trepidity · · Score: 3

      You're buying people free UPS's now?

      If not, that's not a solution. I'm not going to spend $50 because ext2fs sucks.

      --
      10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
  4. Addendum by Shoeboy · · Score: 3

    To install service pack 5 the correct deity is Shub Niggurath, Yog Sothoth only provides the NT 4 golden bits.
    --Shoeboy

  5. Re: Necessary accuracy in Slashdot stories by Shoeboy · · Score: 3

    P.S. Thanks to VNC, I didn't have to drive downtown, and sit at the console to recover. Why didn't Microsoft think of that?
    They did, It's called SMS. I'm not going to tell you the summoning ritual to get that onto your server though, some things are too horrible to be unleashed upon the mortal world.
    --Shoeboy