On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:08, Tru64 User wrote: > Hi TechnoSlick, > > Just last night I loaded Mandrake 9.0 on two Dells, > one, an Inspiron 8100 which has a swap cd-rom/floppy > and an Inspiron 2600.
The 8100 is definitely newer than mine. I am not sure about the 2600.. > > With the OS at the 9.0 level and above....(even 8.2, > my previous install was OK).it has become a total > no-brainer to load this Mandrake. I did not have to do > any extra tweaking. So....did you have to go and find drivers for the Win LT modem, or did Mandrake 9.0 set that up correctly from installation? > Started with the cdrom from boot > to completion of installation, and then rebooted > cleanly. Then shutdown again, switch to floppy, > reboot, (it harddrake2 or whatever it was will > recgnize it immediately as a new device, and ask to > configure it). After it comes all the way up, created > a boot disk from the floppy drive for emergency > times....although i trust more the same CD booting > into rescue mode.....fulfils more that way, but a few > gives and takes here and there. I agree...better to have both methods. Have you tried to see if you can hot-swap the floppy for the CD-ROM drive, and vice versa? BTW, my CD-ROM drive is actually and CD-RW. > > What else? I have a 30GB drive. So i used partition > magic (there are freewares out there i believe that > can achieve the same, like "parted" <snip> > Guess i have given u enough info....feel free to ask > for more. > My configs...on Insipiron:: Graphics ...Nvidia Ge > Force (and yes, 9.0 has its drivers included, I had to > install them myself with 8.2) I snipped the multi-boot stuff out as I will not need this. I have Win 2K on now, but want to abandon Windows altogether on the laptop. I have a Win 98 workstation that can run what I still have to run in that environment, and I have Win4Lin to run under MDK. Thanks for the advice and links. I will save this for future use. Real encouraging, Michael. As soon as I get the several Gigs of data off my laptop and onto the server, I will wipe it clean, remove the drive and pack it to ship back to Dell, then snap the new one in and install 9.0. I won't attempt 9.1 until it is released for public consumption. Thanks so much for the speedy reply! T -- Technoslick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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