How-To for switching from DHCP to static IP
Matt Brodeur
mbrodeur at NextTime.com
Tue Jul 1 12:44:09 EDT 2003
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Kenny Donahue wrote:
> I was thinking of trying RH 9 but I heard bad things. Are they true?
Yes, it's all true. ;)
Seriously though, it depends on what "bad things" you've heard. I
personally run RHL 9 on something like 15 systems, both workstations and
servers. A few of those have been on 9 since release day. I haven't run
into any real show stoppers, but there are a few quirks:
- GCC 3+ is exceptionally picky about C++ code. Stuff that compiled
without warnings on 2.xx dies with numerous errors now. Not a problem for
me personally, but a cow-orker had to wrestle with it.
- UTF-8 (Unicode). Good idea, but right now it can be a PITA for some
apps.
- NPTL (Posix Threads). This was an issue at first for some binary-only
software, but I haven't heard any complaints recently.
- Apache 2.0 (since you're coming from RHL 7.3/Apache 1.3). There are a
few configuration options that have changed, but there's a good transition
document at apache.org
- Sendmail MTA/MSP split in 8.12+. Another config change that's pretty
well documented.
- Various other daemon config issues
- The Red Hat Desktop. If you were following the flame^Wdiscussions
around the release of 8.0 you've already heard about this. Red Hat
changed the look of the desktop environment, but it's pretty easy to
customize. Almost a non-issue.
- Various applications have been removed. In most cases there are
newer/better(?) replacements, and the old apps are still available
elsewhere. PINE and fortune are ones I'd miss if Guru Labs didn't provide
such nice RPMs for them.
> This is a fairly new install. I was thinking about starting over
> and applying the network setup at install time. That ALWAYS
> works.
This might not be a bad idea, especially for a server. I've done
plenty of RH upgrades, but it's never quite the same as a fresh install.
- --
Matt Brodeur RHCE
MBrodeur at NextTime.com http://www.NextTime.com
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