Duncan Williamson wrote: > I tend to lurk on this list and pick up lots of useful tips and info but > maybe someone can help out with a linux query. > > I run two computers at home: desktop and laptop and have tried three or four > different version of Linux on both of them but it simply will not run. > > Is there something inherent in Linux that I'm missing do you think? > > I know this is vague but it might have hit a nerve somewhere!
"simply will not run" is insufficient information for us to debug the problem. Pick a particular example (a current version of knoppix is a good example). Tell us (a) how far you get (b) what fails (c) the last message before failure and/or the FULL text of the first couple of error messages. cheers stuart -- Stuart Yeates [EMAIL PROTECTED] OSS Watch http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ Oxford Text Archive http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
