Re: [newbie] Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64 won't execute
On Thursday 03 June 2004 08:47 am, aron wrote: On Thursday 03 June 2004 07:32 am, Peter Mann wrote: Mandrake has come a long way since 7. 9.2 is very good 10.0 is also very good Use 64 only if you have a 64 bit processor if you have a 32 bit processor (most likely) down load mandrake 10.0 isos and burn your self a set of CDs http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ is a good place to start Download Mandrake 10.0 Enjoy I embarked with Mandrakelinux 7, which came in the back of Sam's Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours book. It installed itself OK, but then it wouldn't recognize my on-board modem, my LG CD Burner files, nor my Canon scanner, and although it could tell me what model of Canon printer I have, attempts to print did not work. ... and Canon scanners are hit-or-miss. I've, long ago, given up on getting my D660U working with SANE. Good luck with whichever model you have. Glenn -- 18:43:27 up 2 days, 1:02, running Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586, kernel 2.6.6-3mdk Registered Linux user #324360 SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out! -- Ken Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64 won't execute
I embarked with Mandrakelinux 7, which came in the back of Sam's Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours book. It installed itself OK, but then it wouldn't recognize my on-board modem, my LG CD Burner files, nor my Canon scanner, and although it could tell me what model of Canon printer I have, attempts to print did not work. Escape from the swampy Winduck (ie short legs) archipelago was looking like a long expedition. But then I found the website where one can download Mandrakelinux 10.0 Beta for AMD64 . Perfect ! Thinks I. Latest version might have the missing hardware patches, and is optimized for my Athlon 1.2GHz cpu as well. Certainly big enough to contain a kitchen sink for every room in a large hotel. So I barter with a friend to download the mind-boggling 2.5GB of executable files via their broadband connection. And tonight we sit down to run these 3 CD ROMs full of arcane code with an ISO file extension (never heard of it). The file manager recognizes the files on the CDs as executable, but they cannot be induced to execute. What I need is a stable, efficient operating system that uses the hardware that I already have, and does not have the self-destructive file-corrupting monotheistic personality attributes of Winduck, and preferably without being susceptible to the anonymous malice of demented hackers and their poxy proxy viruses. It is unlikely that I will ever do any programming or systems development. Just a nice, reliable, obedient machine will do me fine. I am prepared to put in the time and endure the pain that it takes to start again in a foreign cyberscape, but be aware that last time I worked directly with an operating system, it was 1985 and my Morrow MD11 cp/m machine with its 32kB operating system would blow the doors off an IBM XT, so be gentle with me. Peter Mann Self-trust is the essence of heroism. It is the state of the soul at war, and its ultimate objects are the last defiance of falsehood wrong, and the power to bear all that can be inflicted by evil agents. It is generous, hospitable, temperate, scornful of petty calculations and scornful of being scorned. It persists ... its jest is the littleness of common life. Ralph Waldo Emerson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64 won't execute
On Thursday 03 June 2004 07:32 am, Peter Mann wrote: Mandrake has come a long way since 7. 9.2 is very good 10.0 is also very good Use 64 only if you have a 64 bit processor if you have a 32 bit processor (most likely) down load mandrake 10.0 isos and burn your self a set of CDs http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ is a good place to start Download Mandrake 10.0 Enjoy I embarked with Mandrakelinux 7, which came in the back of Sam's Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours book. It installed itself OK, but then it wouldn't recognize my on-board modem, my LG CD Burner files, nor my Canon scanner, and although it could tell me what model of Canon printer I have, attempts to print did not work. Escape from the swampy Winduck (ie short legs) archipelago was looking like a long expedition. But then I found the website where one can download Mandrakelinux 10.0 Beta for AMD64 . Perfect ! Thinks I. Latest version might have the missing hardware patches, and is optimized for my Athlon 1.2GHz cpu as well. Certainly big enough to contain a kitchen sink for every room in a large hotel. So I barter with a friend to download the mind-boggling 2.5GB of executable files via their broadband connection. And tonight we sit down to run these 3 CD ROMs full of arcane code with an ISO file extension (never heard of it). The file manager recognizes the files on the CDs as executable, but they cannot be induced to execute. What I need is a stable, efficient operating system that uses the hardware that I already have, and does not have the self-destructive file-corrupting monotheistic personality attributes of Winduck, and preferably without being susceptible to the anonymous malice of demented hackers and their poxy proxy viruses. It is unlikely that I will ever do any programming or systems development. Just a nice, reliable, obedient machine will do me fine. I am prepared to put in the time and endure the pain that it takes to start again in a foreign cyberscape, but be aware that last time I worked directly with an operating system, it was 1985 and my Morrow MD11 cp/m machine with its 32kB operating system would blow the doors off an IBM XT, so be gentle with me. Peter Mann Self-trust is the essence of heroism. It is the state of the soul at war, and its ultimate objects are the last defiance of falsehood wrong, and the power to bear all that can be inflicted by evil agents. It is generous, hospitable, temperate, scornful of petty calculations and scornful of being scorned. It persists ... its jest is the littleness of common life. Ralph Waldo Emerson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
