On Tuesday 21 November 2000 15:17, civileme wrote: > EagleIce wrote: > > Hello all Mandrake users! > > > > I did send this mail some days ago to the 'newbie' list but didn't get a > > single reply so I try it here. At the time beeing I am unable to use > > Mandrake which I consider very sad because I like LM 7.2. > > > > I am new to the Mandrake system but an experienced Linux user (SuSE, > > Caldera), I made two successful installations of Mandrake 7.2 and it > > worked perfectly. But now when I try to make a new installation the > > installation itself seems to work perfectly but on reboot everything just > > stops and the system hangs when trying to initiate with the > > /etc/re.sysinit file, all it's calls get the reply 'Permission Denied' > > and then everything stops. > > > > I have tryed 5-6 different installations with the same results, a friend > > of mine has had the same problem on different hardware and with different > > cd-rom's (he gave up Mandrake). I really liked the 7.2 Mandrake and would > > love to have it back as I had thought of using it on a course in Linux > > for new users (sic) > > .. > > Can someone please help me with this? > > > > Cheer's, > > ei > > OK > > What installation CDs? Where did you get them? Bought from www.linuxshop.nu LM 7.2 2xcdrom >Not all CDs were created equal for this release. ??????? > > What install class and mode did you use? Tryed them all, the one that was successful in the first two installations were 'expert' and the 'one in the middle' (don't remember wahat it's called) > And most important, what > security setting? low > > Did you set the machine to automatically start X? Yes > To automatically log > in a specific user? No > > This is odd behavior, indeed, so please provide some details. Indeed odd, because I had made two fine installations earlyer. I did nothing out of the ordinary when I installed LM. This is a single box with Win98 & SuSE 7.0 on one harddisk. I frequently install different Linux distributions on this box and have never had this kind of problem before. > > Also you might scrub the disk you are using (format all Mandrake > partitions) This I have tryed > then try an expert development install with low security, > just to see if it will work. I might try that tomorrow when I'll be back here. > > > Civileme > -- > QA/Software Testing Mandrakesoft > Paris Thank you, ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@
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