patrick wrote:
>
> i wanted to share my mandrake experience i have just had. for the last
> couple of day my computer has been down. i came home from work
> twice and my computer was down. i couldnt believe it. linux had
> finally crashed and my computer would not restart. i dont have much
> knowledge about installing linux (yet) but anyway this is what happened.
> when i tried to reinstall mandreake 7.1 everything would go fine till
> i got to the part to get encryption. my modem was turning on, dialing
> and then in a couple of seconds was turning off and then redialing
> it would do this over and over. i tried reinstalling auto, and server
> and still i couldnt not get it to work. then i decided to check out
> my bios. my mother board has sound built in and i have always
> kept it turned off. when i checked it was on auto. this one problem
> caused me several hours of frustration. i jut wanted to share it
> in case some of u have newer motherboards and run into this
> problem. just go back anc recheck your mother board setting.
> it could save u some anguish
>
> laters pat
Patrick,
It would be a good idea if when you get to the part where it comes time
to do the encryption part of the install that you do this at a later
time. This can really cause an installation to go south if you don't
have a connection like an ISDN or a T1. Not to mention that the results
can get REAL frustrating. And that's putting it mildly.
--
Mark
