On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, David Feldman wrote: > > Your hardware? Installer drops to text if it can't start X or there > > isn't > > enough RAM. > > Dell Dimension with 2.6GHz P4, 19" monitor...can normally run 1600x1200 > at 24-bit color in X, so technically it should be a problem. The > monitor is connected through a KVM switch, though. >
OK, not an underrated machine then. That was my first suspicion. There is additional log information on the other VTs. > >> - If 10.1 Official might work better for my purposes, is there any way > >> to download it for eval purposes? > > > > Not as an ISO atm, unless you belong to club. The packages are > > available > > on the mirrors. > > Is there a way to do a network-based install or something that would > mimic the CD install? > Yes - nfs, ftp, http. This url is for cooker, but the techique still applies, just change to the correct repository: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/CookerHowTo Someone else here might have a better link on the other Wiki. > > 10.1 Discovery is sort of an introductory Linux, no compilers, > > development > > tools for 1 thing, and I think it has only KDE. > > OK. So where does one actually buy a copy of 10.1 Official? I didn't > see a product by that name. > http://store.mandrakesoft.com/index.php?cPath=88&osCsid=2988c3794c8bbad98e06cd214eed3a98 I've heard download edition isos should be available for download after customers start receiving their boxed merchandise. > > It's supposed to be equivalent to 10.1 x86 download edition. > > Is that the Community or the Official? > Basically official, except PPC is not a supported platform, so you probably won't see it being referred to as an "official" edition anywhere. The PPC port was a community driven project, not by Mandrakesoft, the company. -- Stew Benedict Mandrakesoft --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
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