"John Mariotti, a.k.a Vercingitorix, a.k.a [ChaOz]-Enigma" wrote:
> Is there a way around the idiotic no MS-DOS program installed to demoralize
> users on Windows Me, aside from uninstalling? I just bought this thing,
> mainly because I wasn't that impressed with Red Hat. However, I can not
> install due to Window's Me. I'm thinking I could just boot from CD and
> install that way, like I did with Red Hat, but not totally sure, as there is
> two CD's and don't want to mess anything up.. Oh, for clarification's sake,
> here's my specs
>
> AMD K6/2 500 Mhz
> ASUS P5A Mobo
> Diamond Viper V770 (AGP) 32 MB
> Diamond Multimedia Sound II (MX2000)
> U.S Robotics 56K v.90
> 160 MB SDRAM PC100
> 15 GB HD
> 3.5 GB HD (Empty, where I want to put Mandrake)
> Generic IDE 40X CD-ROM
> Microsoft Force Feedback Pro Joystick
>
> I think that about covers it, I think the only problems with my Hardware
> will be the Sound Card and the Modem, didn't see 'em in the compatibility
> list. Though if anyone knows of a patch or other technicall thingie, it
> would be most appriciated. First things first though, I need to get the 'lil
> bugger installed *winks*
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
John; No Sweat! I'm already running the same O/S's on an Athlon with absolutley
no prob's. Do the cd-boot install. It'll go fine. When U get to the
Install-GUI, it'll see your Win Me partition. Click on the white
(empty)hard-drive partition that U want to use, and select "Auto-Allocate" at
the bottom of the window. That's the hard part done. Not sure about the
modem/sound card thing though. Good Luck. Let us know how it went. P.S., one
thing I've noticed is that it seems to work better if you leave "PnP O/S"
enabled in the BIOS, and sometimes if your hardware doesn't work right on the
first install, re-install it. That seems to clear up a lot of prob's.
Enjoy!
Dan
