Re:As Smoothly as a WinNT install??? Are you nuts? (Score 2)

Then you install the hotfixes and service packs at home to 20MB a piece (just how are you supposed to get those if you only had one machine??? Each one of these requires a reboot. (5 reboots)

Bzzt. Try again. Service packs are cumulative so you have one reboot for the latest service pack. How many reboots to upgrade the linux kernel to the latest? Oh, and to answer your question, you order the service pack CD, or do a web install of the service pack if you're connected.

Then, if you have a laptop, try to get the PCMCIA ethernet to work. Last year I had to pay $80 to SystemSoft to get a software layer that would allow my 10/100 card to work, after buying a new one because the old one wouldn't. (2 reboots)

A linux user complaining about NT's driver support? Now this is funny. As far as laptop drivers go, just make sure you buy a card that lists NT as a supported system, and then it just works. And if not, complain to the card manufacturer.

Not to mention that I couldn't get NT to use more than 4GB for a partition.

This would be caused by what is known in the industry as a 'chair to keyboard interface error' or a 'keyboard driver error'. NT supports larger than 4G partitions, just not in the first partition due to BIOS limitations on x86 boxes.

A typical NT workstation install by a competent admin takes about half an hour.