Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 1:22 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] New system-failed install
The most likely cause is your W/D hd.
W/Ds very seldom actually operate at their rated specs. You would be all
right if you were installing 7.1, but 7.2 is unforgiving in its tolerance to
these.
You might have success if you tried the drive at 33 but I doubt that you
will ever succeed at 66.
Charles
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Robert F. Trettel
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 7:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] New system-failed install
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I hope someone can help me out,can't get a good install on my
> home built
> system. This is what I have:
>
> Asus A7V 700Mhz Duron
> 128mg PC133 ram
> Sound Blaster Live Value
> Ati Rage pro 128 32mgs
> Acer 40x Cd-rom
> 10gig W/D hard drive ATA66
>
> When Mandrake's installer gets to the package install it
> finds errors in
> them and
> shuts down the install. Tried turning off my L1 cache, also just about
> anything
> else I could think of. Always the same. Even Windoze doesn't like this
> setup.
> I thought I had the parts to make one heck of a Linux box,but
> soon going
> to
> swap out parts. May get something back.
> I am tried of my out dated 166Mhz.
>
> Thanks for any input
> Robert F. Trettel
>
>
