On Tuesday 27 November 2001 09:21 am, Robin Turner wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > > Would the supermount problems in 8.1 affect a box with only a > > > floppy drive (i.e. no CDROM, backup media etc.)? > > > > Should affect any removable media drive, so yes. > > So what exactly is the problem? > > Robin The 'old' supermount became incompatible with newer 2.4.x kernels. To the point (IIRC) it was completely broken by 2.4.6. So the Mandrake developers completely rewrote supermount to work with the new kernels. This process takes time and testing, and by 2.4.13 they've got it working properly again. If you want a more indepth understanding of this Robin, search the last few months on http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker for 'supermount'. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA
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