bubba, it IS the user, if it installs 7.2, but not 8.1, it is something that is different between they way the 2.2.x kernel handles stuff and the 2.4.x kernels handles the same stuff, so if the USER could PROPERLY cofigure the machine, it would not be a software problem would it?
did that guy say "cast out the moat from thy own eye"? On Monday 17 December 2001 21:28, you wrote: > In a message dated 12/17/01 11:45:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > lets remember something here. it's the famous 80/15/5 % rule. > > > > 80% of computer problems are user > > > > 15% are software and... > > > > 5% are hardware problems. > > > > I know that that isn't something you want to hear at the moment given > > the fact that you're REALLY pissed and I don't blame you for the way you > > feel. However, perspective is incredibly important at moments like this. > > And it Ain't Mandrake's distro that is the problem nor the compiler that > > comes with the distro. > > i totally agree. there is just one problem with this however. what is > that you ask? it's the 15% and 5%. as a tech myself i always blame the > user. every time someone ask a question on this list, the people on the > list blame the user. the problem with the issue being the user 80% of the > time is that 20% of the time its something else. > > i'd like everyone to try thinking about that. > > i tried for the 7th time in install 8.1 on my second computer. i used the > same CDs which installed perfectly on my first computer the first time. > 7th attempt -- and still locked up halfway thru the install and i had to > reboot. > > thank god for 7.2 > > everyone repeat after me > > 20% of the time it's NOT the user > 20% of the time it's NOT the user > 20% of the time it's NOT the user > 20% of the time it's NOT the user > 20% of the time it's NOT the user
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