I too have been having problems with the new Mandrake.
When I do a clean install it hangs during boot at
finding module dependencies, once I do a ctrl+c it
resumes boot, once booted I look in the /boot
directory only to find nothing, absolutely nothing.
Something is not right. Red Hat 7.1 works fine
though, imagine that? I am not even runnning any
funky hardware except a USB print and scanner.
--- Claudio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well,
> I'm testing Rh-7.1 for some problems I'm having at
> home with Mdk and my PC.
> Indeed at the moment the differences are:
>
> Topics Mandrake 8.0 Redhat 7.1
> ------------------------------------------
> Scanner NOT working Working
> DVD NOT working Working
> SCSI sys NOT working Working
> Network Working Working
> NVidia NOT working Working
> Desk Env. Perfect Good
> Programs Many nice programs Quite enought
>
> So, I really don't know. I like Mandrake since 5.x
> over all other
> distributions, but I need to use my hardware!
> Me and other talked about the scanner problem. It
> was ignored.
> Xine is old, something other don't work. Even xine
> won't compile.
> Some tools are missing even selectioning ALL
> categories during installation,
> I mean, for example, nslookup and traceroute, pine
> and so on. I mean:
> nslookup, traceroute and ping are even present in
> Window$, now I cannot find
> it in Linux?!?!?!?!?
> XcdRoast (ok, even if only root can use it, it's
> always better than nothing!)
> is not in the distribution and gcombust is in the
> second cd...
> Moreover, people with aic scsi subsystem cannot
> install Mdk-8.0 on their
> machine (I had to use my dvd for installation...),
> and I suppose that 90% of
> scsi controllers are "aic" controllers.
> NVidia drivers and Pine are not included in
> distribution for their license.
> OK, why then do you release Netscape? Should be
> coherent with it.
> So... when 8.1? ;(
>
> Claudio
>
> PS) Sorry, I know you made a great work. But I was
> waiting since 3 months for
> something that now is not usable at 100% but...
> let's say at 60%. How many
> people are in this conditions?!?
>
> --
> System is: Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Kernel 2.4.3
> Dual CPU - 256 MB
> Raid Software - Level 1
>
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Jon K. Miller
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Microsoft is not the answer.
Microsoft is the question.
Linux is the answer.
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