was this done as a upgreade to 8.0 or a complete fresh (reformat HD) install?
On Friday 27 July 2001 12:15, Tom Cada wrote:
> I too have had some very strange problems with LM 8.0.
>
> My desktop took an inordinate amount of time to load the system with the
> installer pausing in the middle of program loads for 20 or 30 seconds. It
> took about 3 hours to load.
>
> With my laptop, the software update manager does not work properly, and the
> network connection disappears and re-appears at random.
>
> I have posted to this list but have not had a reply.
>
> None of these problems existed in LM 7.2. I built my CD's using Adaptec
> programs on a WinNT 4.0 system so the CD's may not be burned properly. I
> did the same for my LM 7.2 and had no problems though...
>
> I think I will re-load 7.2 on the laptop and upgrade individual systems as
> required.
>
> Lots of luck... Tom.
>
> erylon hines wrote:
> > On Thursday 26 July 2001 15:26, John Rigby wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > > Well, I purchased the official M8 Powerbox ( to avoid any problems
> > > with install) - in Oz it costs twice the price of USA - $140
> > > After two weeks of at least half a day every day - asking for and
> > > getting great support here, it seems time to call a halt .
> > >
> > > The distro install is definitely deteorating - like my adrenalin
> > > reserves :-)
> >
> > O.K., I'll probably get flamed for this, but I, too, had multiple
> > problems with version 8.0, across multiple installs. Total lockups
> > required hitting the reset button (something I've had to do maybe 3 times
> > in 4 years with linux) happened at least twice a week. DNS problems
> > which would come and go--sometimes dns worked, sometimes the browser
> > would hang resolving hostname, and would require the kill command to
> > close it. Ghost windows staying after I killed the proc, etc. And
> > processes would sometimes take an inordinate amount of time to complete
> > on my P233 developmental box that I had it installed on. After the third
> > install I finally just went back to 7.2 and the problems have ALL GONE
> > AWAY. I know there are lots of people out there that have had no
> > problems with 8.0, but I'm not one of them.
> >
> > eryl
