> -----Original Message----- > From: Pixel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 5:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Severe Dissappointment with upgrade to Mandrake > 7.0 from 6.1 > > > > > > - The formatting option does a quick format, not a detailed > format. I like > > the increase in speed, but am I sacrificing anything for > that feature? > > quick format? what's it? it is normal mke2fs that's used! > When installing with LM6.1, the formatting took 1-2 hours. LM7.0 did it in 5 minutes. Did they optimize mkesfs 2500% in the last few months or are different command line options being used? > > > > - If you have a partition table already set up, the install > won't give you > > the option to "check for bad blocks", and I was in "expert" mode. > > you kidding? i added it myself, so you must be testing oxygen ?... I guarantee it was LM7.0, not Oxygen (only loaded that at home). I was given the option to test for bad blocks the first, second and third installs; all those times I had reconfigured the partition table at that particular step. Install attempt 4 was aborted by 3-finger salute after partition was written. Install attempt 5 kept the partitions as is and Drak only gave a dialog for picking which partitions to format (which I was always choosing all since I was having so many problems), and NO dialog or option appeared for bad block checking. It wouldn't have been a big deal normally. But between install #3 and #4 I had added a second IDE HD to give me enough space for my intended use of the system. Install #4 wrote the partitions but never got to format or badblock test. Install #5 never gave the option to test bad blocks. > > > I got to > > this point (of having a partition table with no formatting > or bad block > > checks) because I 3 fingered a previous install of LM7.0 > gone sour. I find > > the RedHat partition program (a girl's name which escapes > me now) worked > > better for me. At least give the "expert" users the choice of which > > partition program to use. > > i don't understand what you speak about here > Sorry, I was way off here. "Disk Druid" is what I was trying to think of (had to dig out my old RedHat books). > > > > - This is nit-picking, but the install asked if I wanted to > create an > > emergency floppy. I had only hard drives and a CD drive installed. > > floppy detection is not there yet :( I figure as much but thought I would throw it out there for future feature. In the near future, many systems probably won't come with a regular floppy drive. My system at home has an LS120 which is an IDE device, not floppy controller. In any event, the point of my long message(s) was to provide some constructive feedback on the particulars of what problems I had. I've seen quite a few flames on LM7.0 with minimal explanations given for why they disliked it. Matthew Zaleski
