Thanks for the thought, Michael. Im a newbie, so I didnt get what "PBCAC" means, sorry. Last I checked my BIOS was up to date, (Award v.2.6.x) I'll check again. Though I dont want to risk messing up the NT4 partition, which is where I still work. BTW: version 7.2 used to work fine on this box with a few minor annoyances [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have twice installed RC1 on this Athlon/Via chipset/DMA100 box, and I get > > an unusable OS. Everything crashes all the time ---- netscape, konqueror, > > mozilla, nautilus, gnome/kde (bounces out to login screen !), Internet > > sharing wizard freezes --- list is long. I have not been able to use the > > system for more than 5-10 minutes at a time. Now it refuses to boot because > > of errors in the file system..... there is no mouse to click the "Yes" > > button for repairs > > > > I'll say this: the 686-optimized code makes things blazing fast ! scarily > > fast, much faster than 7.2 version, had to get used to it at first --- but > > the system is very jittery, buggy, crash-prone, unusable.... Im rooting for > > Mandrake, but its not ready for desktop 'prime time' (at least not on this > > hardware).... this version should have been called 7.3.... I wish I could > > give y'all more useful feedback but Im not a techie > > __________________________________________________________________ Get your > > own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at > > http://webmail.netscape.com/ > Goodness knows I have a terminal case of PBCAC but since I am running RC1 on > an athlon/a7v133 with some but not MAjor problems, might I suggest upgrading > your bios and (gulp) trying again? > -- > pax > -m- > > __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
