Problems:
Expert mode locks up overtime it gets to installing the Zope package.
File systems- I set up a workstation as follows
15MB ext2- /boot
2GB ReiserFS- /
2GB ReiserFS- /home
Mandrake only saw the first RFS partition when I went to install.
Installer told me I only had 1.9GB of HD space. I finally had to go back
and combine the two RFS partitions into one huge root partition.
Custom-
Chose select individual packages. Installer proceeded fine to the
configure networking step. After setting up networking (setup for a LAN
then for DSL) it looped back to install system and kept looping back
regardless of what I did. I finally clicked on install after it looped
back and let it install all of the trash I didn't want. After that it
would let me continue on.
After configuring x, the installer tells you to remove the boot media
used, please note that it would not let me eject the cd until after I
clicked the OK button.
Bootloader, I setup the bootloader to use windows as the default OS. The
bootloader never even showed up after mandrake rebooted the PC, it went
straight to booting windows. I shut down the pc and did a cold start, the
bootloader showed up that time.
I thought the installer became buggy when you went to 7.1, but this hits
new heights of frustration. After 4 tries and OVER SEVEN HOURS, 7.2 is
installed (on only ONE machine), but NOT the way I wanted it installed. I
want 2 RFS partitions, none of the junk, and a floppy of the installation
configuration. Which I can't get in customized mode.
Stop and think about this- if I choose customized don't you think I'd
like to have a floppy of the setup in case the HD ever went south?
Customized setups can take almost as long as expert ones.
Auto dependencies- a couple of times I noticed when I deselected a
package it wanted to remove a package it depended on too. The only
problem was there were several other packages that needed the additional
package, so the list of packages to be removed took up THREE lines in one
case.
Next I need to install Mandake on a server, If the process goes anything
like the first machine I should be done in two days.
Sam
