Check the HCL (Hardware Compatibility List).
One should always check this before changing operating systems. It's in most
new user Linux books and on some Linux web sites.
--
Chip Wiegand
<<< Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly >>>
Robert F. Kennedy
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I was introduced to Linux-Mandrake 6.0 last June and I managed to install
> it myself after spending almost 6 hours. This is because first
> I didn't know that Mandrake doesn't support the newest brand of hardware out
> there, especialy top brand video, audio and modems.
> My machine is a PII 400 Mhz,Asus 440BX slot1 MB,6.4 Gig hard disk,
> Creative 3dfx Voodo card, Yahama XG, and a Motorola chip modem. All of this
> combinations of hardware is unfortunately isn't supported by except for a
> few.
> After painstakingly combing the net, I finally found a beta version
> driver for the graphic card and I also found a commercial driver(hence
> $$)for the sound card. But my joy was short lived, as a few weeks after that
> the hardware went kaput one by one.
> Starting from my 32 Mb SDRAM, next the soundcard, and then finally my
> graphic is a bit crazy now(fuzzy lines at 600*480 and at 1024*9800). This of
> course will need about $300 to replace.
> However, I cannot attribute the breakdown of the machine to Mandrake
> wholly but somehow I feel that during the many hours of trying to
> adjust(espcially the graphic, XF86setup) the system I couldn't remember just
> how many times I rebooted the machine. And I couldn't set aside the probable
> tear and wear of my machine.
> So, that's why I am sharing this with you'all. I just want to warn
> potential users of Mandrake(newbie) to be wary about the potential dangers
> here. Lastly, does anybody know the exact hardware supported by Mandrake
> 6.1? If anybody know then feel free to mail me.
>
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