I have used Mandrake from version 7.1 and have never had problems installing. I have used this box with 8.0 and 8.1 with great success. Over the last few weeks I have tried version 8.2 and cannot get it to work reliably. Many times it fails durning the install wether I do graphical or text. Generally during the package installation the machine locks up. If I manage to get it installed whenever I do a major install/upgrade like Ximian-Gnome or an upgrade to KDE 3 the machine locks up while installing. Might their be a piece of hardware that 8.2 or the default kernel does not like?
Abit KG7 (non-raid) - AMD761/VIA 686B Chipset - AMD 1.3 Ghz CPU - NVidia Geforce2 MX PCI Vid card (using nv driver no upgrade to GLX/Nvidia driver) - 3Com 905 NIC - Soundblaster Live Value - 256 MB DDR - WD 15 GB HD (Windows hda) - Maxtor 10 GB HD (Linux hdb1) - Sony crx 140 E CD-Burner -Aopen 40x CD-Rom Thanks, John Wheat
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