On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 06:02:19PM -0700, Jason Riker wrote: > Todd, > > I've had success installing Mandrake on both the Presario 710 and 2110. > The only problem I had was ACPI and MDK10 has corrected that nicely, > although Fedora has slightly better ACPI support (fans respond more to > system) for my 2110 laptop. > > I think you'll be very happy with your Mandrake install. Especially if > you participate on the mailing list as well as in #mandrake on IRC.
Thanks Jason, I was hoping some issues may have been addressed in more recent releases. If I have any problems I'll be sure to post them. Todd > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 07:11, Todd Slater wrote: > > My compadre has a Compaq Presario 900 with DVD and WinDVD is all mucked > > up--it keeps giving a "create overlay failed" error. I googled and tried > > a bunch of things to fix it, to no avail. I could get DVD's to play > > using PowerDVD, but it's just a trial and costs $50. > > > > I suggested installing Mandrake for playing DVD's, but I'm having second > > thoughts because my experience with Compaq several years ago was a > > nightmare of non-standard, Compaq only crap. > > > > After googling some more on the Presario 900 and linux, I see that it is > > possible but might require some work. Most of those docs were for older > > releases--RH8, MDK 8.2-9.0. I'm just wondering if it might be easier now > > with a newer release, and if anybody here has gotten MDK running on one > > of these "machines". -- Name that tune #8: I walked down there and ended up in one of them coffee houses on the block, I'd get on the stage and sing and play, the man there said come back some other day--you sound like a hillbilly, we want folksingers here.
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