Re: [newbie] where to download MDK 9.2
if your a club member you can download it on their website... but its not organized like 9.1 so i couldn't figure out how -boardrider Eko Budiharto wrote: hi list, I have been using MDK 9.1. I know there is MDK 9.2, where I can download it? * # NOTICE # Email sent by MERATUS user is strictly confidential. If it is not intended to you, please delete it immediately. This communication is not guaranteed free of viruses, sabotage or interception and any parties involve in the communication shall accept the risk of doing so. As such, MERATUS and its group are not eligible for such liability. Under no circumstances shall this email binding into agreement of carriage services by MERATUS. Terms and conditions of MERATUS are also available at http://www.meratusline.com. * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] where to download MDK 9.2
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:53:19 +0100 Ken Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I'd wait for the release to be made available to the public. The number of problems the club members are having, as can be seen in most of the mail and newsgroups. it should all be sorted out before the general public have access to the images. It was the first time they'd done it this way, bittorrent and so on, so give 'em a break, eh? So there you go, you pay to be a club member, and are first in the Que to be lumbered with all the new release problems. They'll probably be on release 9.9 by Xmas the way there churning them out. Seems this is off the mark, no? New release about every six months is what I've seen. Why don't they just concentrate on a creating a stable version, like 8.1 When they brought out 8.2, there were very few release problems, but look at 9.0, 9.1 and now 9.2, major problems had by everybody. Really? Like what? 9.0 and 9.1 were fine...had nary a problem myself 'cept the good ol' supermount thang, which is apparently fixed in 9.2. And 9.2 not being back compatible with the original file systems has to be frowned at. Could you elaborate on that? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. -- Socrates Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] where to download MDK 9.2
On Thursday 23 October 2003 06:53 am, Ken Walker wrote: I'd wait for the release to be made available to the public. The number of problems the club members are having, as can be seen in most of the mail and newsgroups. it should all be sorted out before the general public have access to the images. 6,500 Club members have already d/l'd 9.2. Only a little over 100 are still d/l'g, and there's as many with complete iso's that are still uploading to them. http://torrent.mandrakesoft.com:6969/ I did a fresh install of 9.2 a few days ago. Utterly boring, absolutely no problems or issues. There's always gonna be a vocal few that have problems with anything. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] where to download MDK 9.2
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:31:46 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I did a fresh install of 9.2 a few days ago. Utterly boring, absolutely no problems or issues. Good to hear, Tom. I hope you didn't take me the wrong way with the CD issue thang, but I don't usually like my hardware bein' called junk, knowwhatimsayin'? There's always gonna be a vocal few that have problems with anything. Amen on that. BTW, I'm still not finding that blacklist on kernel.org... ;-) -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ It is only with the heart one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. -- The Fox, 'The Little Prince Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] where to download MDK 9.2
On Thursday 23 October 2003 08:47 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:31:46 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I did a fresh install of 9.2 a few days ago. Utterly boring, absolutely no problems or issues. Good to hear, Tom. I hope you didn't take me the wrong way with the CD issue thang, but I don't usually like my hardware bein' called junk, knowwhatimsayin'? No, unless you made it yourself. 'Junk' is no reflection on you other than your choice to buy it, and then only if the info was available at the time to avoid it. Bottom line is, due to hardware manufacturer's close cooperation with M$, the continuing degradation of hardware quality over the years (also due a lot to M$ influence, ie, win-hardware), customer demand for cheaper hardware, users willingness to accept hardware that needs closed source proprietary drivers to function finding suitable hardware for use with Linux is going to continue to be a major problem, and often trial'n error. BTW, I'm still not finding that blacklist on kernel.org... ;-) http://www.google.com/search?q=linux%20hardware%20blacklistie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 Should get ya started. Most distro's also use blacklists. When a particular hardware item, or combination is seen, things like DMA for drives is disabled, acpi=ht, noapic, work arounds in the various init files, etc., are used. Not foolproof, but at least an attempt to accommodate all the various hardware combos out there. Problem is a lot like Winsux viruses tho. Nothing can be done until after the problem has already surfaced and it's too late. If more people were willing to d/l and install the cooker betas and RC's, then more hardware problems could be solved. Too many wait till the last RC, and then it's way too late. Most are afraid of betas, but the truth is there is no such thing as a 'final' version of Linux (or any OS). Linux has been a work in progress ever since Linus released his first kernel. Same holds true for GNU software. And specially in regards to hardware, they're chasing a moving target. BTW, it'll be very interesting to see how a CD can break a CDrom. My initial impression is that it's the CDrom drives or it's firmwares fault. I suspect the drive's firmware got corrupted by somethin it wasn't able or designed to handle. In that case the drive should have some kind of self protection, and refuse to read the CD. But it does remind me of something I vaguely remember, copy protected CD's breaking computer systems some time ago. Even sloppy hardware Windoze boxes. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] where to download MDK 9.2
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:48:36 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: BTW, I'm still not finding that blacklist on kernel.org... ;-) http://www.google.com/search?q=linux%20hardware%20blacklistie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 Should get ya started. ah, I thought you meant there was some dedicated area on kernel.org. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval. -- George Santayana Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
