Stephen F Bosch wrote: > > Hallo: > > Pierre Fortin wrote: > > > > Stephen Bosch wrote: > > > > > > Lyle wrote: > > > > > > > > Ghost from Symantec and Disk Copy from Power Quest is the fastest way, I > > > > know to restore a system. > > > > > > There has GOT to be a better way to do this than to use those bloated > > > applications. Hasn't anybody done a scripted install here? > > > > I installed 7.1 over Caldera on my old machine the other day, and near the end > > of the install, it asked if I wanted to create a floppy to allow replicating > > this install later... Don't recall the exact text; but it sounds like the > > feature is there. BTW, I used expert and specified most of the packages... > > So, Pierre, whaddaya think of LM 7.1 vs. Caldera? > > I am *SO* happy with my 6.1 that I don't think I'm going to go to 7.X > anytime soon... especially with all the problems with the fancy parts. > =) No desire to get into a war on this... :^) Suffice it to say that I had all my Intel boxes running RH4.2, RH5.2, LM6.0, then LM6.1. I tried to install LM7.0; but gave up in frustration and started looking at all the other distros (bought the big package of CDs). Initially, I liked Caldera; but soon changed my mind. Within 2 weeks of installing Caldera, that system was cracked; caught it immediately and locked down my network. Then, LM7.1... I'm running it on 2 Intel boxes now. It's also installed on the laptop (77 days uptime); but I have NEVER used LM7.1 on it. The install totally sucked, and the fonts are so fugly (conjunction of 2 common words :), a Crayola font created by a 2-year old would be an improvement. On my Sparc2, I tried RH6.1 which never got past a panic trying to mount /. Then, hydrogen2 came out; it started to install, enough to blow away Solaris; but not enough to finish. Finally got it to install partially; but X and a few other things did not install. I've never seen so many variations in settings for *auto*partitioning... looks like a rand() function is used in that part of the install code. I am **really** hoping LM7.2 fixes a *LOT* of things; otherwise, I may consider going back to 6.1 like you... or dragging out the stack of CDs for a fresh review. BTW, I don't report a whole lot these days, because MandrakeSoft *really* needs to have a better way than an inbox for us to report bugs. Not getting a response, as another poster stated, does not help the process either. If you read the Netscape or StarOffice newsgroups, you will see that they too have this problem; but I seem to get a little more attention when I post with subject lines along the lines of: BUG:NC4.75: foo fails when I bar BUG:Calc5.2: unwanted reformat if "2 9/16" is entered The point is the simple format of the subject prefix... certainly would be a whole lot more useful to see [BUG|TEST|REPR|METOO|DUP|FIX|etc] in lieu of [Cooker|Expert]... Gee, I could even use very simple filters to group/trash these... but, too many monkeys to train... so the real answer continues to be a formal bug reporting mechanism. Hey! There used to be one for Mdk folk... last time I checked, one of my bugs was listed (see http://www.linux-mandrake.com/bugs/db/ix/psummary.html) Wow! it's 770 and the *last* bug listed is 773 on Feb 10th... zero bugs since then...??? :^/ I keep running into really strange stuff* I haven't reported 'cuz while I get responses to my replies to other posts, I never get a reply when I originate something... Very unusual attitude for someone who's spent the past 37 working years saying "Report it! We can't fix what we don't know about..." Now I'm retired, so I don't push so hard. :^) When I see current bugs resume their appearance in the db, I'll start reporting again. No-one likes paperwork; but without it, LM will collapse. The cooker list is way too full of junk. And now that Mdk are bringing support back inhouse (from LinuxCare), the weight on the developers will get heavier. * Today my X & kbrd locked up solid (second time since changing fonts the other day as per http://people.redhat.com/~scoile/fonts/fixing.html); I had to telnet in from another box and kill X. [Don't tell me about C+A+Fn etc; I know... they don't work when this happens.] Sorry for the huge brain fart... Still a disappointed optomist, Pierre > -Stephen- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- Linux (Up 52 days) -- Reboots are for system upgrades... Last reboot reason: Installed new BackUPS power supply.
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