Hey gang... one more thing to consider BEFORE you blame a distro. I've been playing with these releases from Mandrake for a long time now. I got 8.1 awhile back and put it on a 1.2 ghz machine and it would lock up, and no way would it install. I tried different CD's and everything I could think of to no avail. I was just about to blame the distro when I tried it on an identical 1.2GHZ machine and it installed flawlessly! I mean beautifully. Something was wrong with the hardware on that one box. Windows installed just fine. ??? Go figure, but before you come to the conclusion it is a bad distro, consider that it may be the hardware has problems. Just a thought.
Felix Miata wrote: > Cheryl Brannan wrote: > > > At 08:53 AM 3/24/02 +1100, you wrote: > > > >Way to go guys....really in the spirit of linux. Let's all mock users > > >who are having a hard time. > > > I disagree. This wasn't a user who was having a hard time and asking for > > help. This user just wanted to dial up and bitch. > > Yes and no. He explained that he had a multitude of problems resulting > from installation/attempted installation on several systems. No one in > her right mind should expect a single post enumerating many problems on > many systems to actually result in useful help. > > That post expressed the same frustration I have encountered on every > beta, rc, and release version I tried, which were the whole series of > 8.0 & 8.1 except for the second beta of 8.0 not tried at all, since a > happy install of 7.1. After seeing the kind of trouble reported in early > 8.2 beta, I decided I'd be wasting my time to try 8.2 before release. It > still looks like I should wait for 8.3. There should have been an rc2 > and maybe an rc3 before release. > -- > "And we know that all things work together for good to them that > love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." > Romans 8:28 KJV > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 > > Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Lorne Shantz
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