Haven't seen Max Linux, I always liked Max PC. I will have to look for it.
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:55 PM
Subject: [expert] WARNING! Maximum Linux CD BAD!
> Good evening all, I hope noone minds a brief distraction from the
> "bugs!" discussion thread!
>
> I picked up the inaugural issue of Maximum Linux (from the fine gents
> that bring us Maximum PC every month) because Mandrake 6.0 was included
> on the cover CD.
>
> I have to admit that I've been running Red Hat 6.0 for the past few
> weeks and this is my first experience with Mandrake's latest effort.
>
> The magazine listed the CD as bootable, but I was unable to get it to
> boot from my new CD-RW. No biggie, I hooked up the old CDROM and
> installed from there. Installation went without a hitch, and MaxLinux
> was nice enough to include all but around 7M of updates.
>
> However, I'm now having a problem trying to use the CD-RW as a CDROM
> drive. Attempts to read from the drive get continual errors like:
>
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 1197548
> hdb: cdrom_read_intr: data underrun (4
> blocks)
>
> Plugging in the normal CDROM yields clean transfers, so I've discounted
> the possibility of cable or motherboard problems. Using another CD in
> the drive doesn't show any problems either.
>
> I've got to admit that installing from the magazine CD was quite
> possibly THE WORST experience I've ever had. I ended up doing an
> extremely basic install, copying files "by hand" onto the hard drive,
> then installing everything and pruning out things I didn't need.
>
> So, if anyone happens to wonder by the magazine rack and figure they'll
> pick up a nice Mandrake CD from the magazine, THINK AGAIN. THIS CD IS
> JUNK.
>
> I'm in the process of copying files from the CD onto my hard drive so I
> can burn a new copy of it. Wish me luck!
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
