RE: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-03 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vic Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 10:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it Uh oh, since it is that, I have 7.0-2 How can I keep from losing my /home/users directories? I don't have enuf

Re: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/03/2000 3:20:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tell the installer to omit formatting the /home partition (it IS on another partition right) I just wanted someones 2 cents on this, what good is it to split it up

[newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-01 Thread John W
Wow I guess Mandrake has really lost sight of what Linux is. I have been running 7.2 for about two weeks and have lost my Gnome desktop, tried several thing to recover that to no avail. I cannot print anymore Cups seems to be hosed and I cannot install the update because it is

RE: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-01 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John W Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 2:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it Wow I guess Mandrake has really lost sight of what Linux is. I have been running 7.2 for about two

RE: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-01 Thread Vic
Uh oh, since it is that, I have 7.0-2 How can I keep from losing my /home/users directories? I don't have enuf disks to put it all on. I have to keep my /home/users directory I cannot reformat or erase it in any way. On Fri, 01 Dec 2000, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Did you upgrade from 7.x to 7.2

Re: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-01 Thread KompuKit
Vic...turn on your ICQ...this is kit. don't upgrade to 7.2...I'll explain why Vic wrote: Uh oh, since it is that, I have 7.0-2 How can I keep from losing my /home/users directories? I don't have enuf disks to put it all on. I have to keep my /home/users directory I cannot reformat or

Re: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-01 Thread Mark Weaver
John, Out of couriosity, what kind of hardware are you running. Processor, hard drive, motherboard, printer...that kind of stuff. I'm very curious because a lot of the behavior you're describing sounds like hardware incompatibilities. For instance, I've got an AMD K6 in my home PC and I'm

Re: [newbie] Mandrake is losing it

2000-12-01 Thread Eunice Thompson
Kit, Share your insights and opinions; Please. Eunice KompuKit wrote: Vic...turn on your ICQ...this is kit. don't upgrade to 7.2...I'll explain why Vic wrote: Uh oh, since it is that, I have 7.0-2 How can I keep from losing my /home/users directories? I don't have enuf disks