It's not only that it was text based, but that it failed in all sorts of ways.
I had a particularly bad afternoon in early 2000s when I tried to install Linux on various machines (4 or 5, each one with different hardware) and failed with all of them. Of course, I wasn't as savvy as I am now, but it's been years since I've seen an issue with a Linux install; although I might have to download and compile a driver for one thing or another, the install itself doesn't fail.
Same with me - late 90s. Celeron 366Mz, 64 MB RAM, 4.3 GB HDD. Don't remember the video card and the sound card. Used to stay up all night to try and fix X11. And once you got it running - victory !!!
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This reminds me of the feeling of when Linux got graphical installers instead of long text based ones asking you many, many questions.
It's not only that it was text based, but that it failed in all sorts of ways.
I had a particularly bad afternoon in early 2000s when I tried to install Linux on various machines (4 or 5, each one with different hardware) and failed with all of them. Of course, I wasn't as savvy as I am now, but it's been years since I've seen an issue with a Linux install; although I might have to download and compile a driver for one thing or another, the install itself doesn't fail.
Mine was in the 90s and concerned X11 failing or crashing due to the video card typically. Redhat 5.2ish or Suse.
Same with me - late 90s. Celeron 366Mz, 64 MB RAM, 4.3 GB HDD. Don't remember the video card and the sound card. Used to stay up all night to try and fix X11. And once you got it running - victory !!!
Bar bad floppies I don't remember ever having an installer issue.
Unrecognized/unsupported hardware is another thing but I always could finish the install and at least reach the console login prompt.
I've never used bleeding edge equipment though, euther second hand or brand new but proven tech.