RE: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-18 Thread Ken Hawkins
. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Hawkins Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2001 6:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2 Welcome to my heck. I have been EXTREMELY pleased with how well

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-18 Thread Ed Tharp
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2 Welcome to my heck. I have been EXTREMELY pleased with how well 7.2 has worked on every system where I have installed it. 8.0 and 8.1 seem to be evenly split on Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-18 Thread Ken Hawkins
Shows you what I know...(very little). Please explain mandrake freq...I've obviously been ignoring other posters too much.. I'm sure many of the others here are on the verge of demoting me to the newbie list (;^*) Ken Now memorize the MS chant... SIEG HEIL! SIEG HEIL! SIEG HEIL!

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-18 Thread Ed Tharp
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Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-18 Thread Ed Tharp
On Tuesday 18 December 2001 16:15, you wrote: Shows you what I know...(very little). I doubt that, Please explain mandrake freq...I've obviously been ignoring other posters too much.. I'm sure many of the others here are on the verge of demoting me to the newbie list (;^*) Ken The to

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-18 Thread Ken Hawkins
Thanks for the info. The discussion had started with the fact that there are those of us who are very happy with 7.2, and were wishing for some mature, rather than bleeding edge, updates. I gather that like Micro$haft and WinNT 4, Mandrake is not abandoning 7.2, but is no longer going to commit

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-18 Thread Ken Hawkins
Sorry Ed, after following the link, and reading thru the site, I see what you mean. You are quite right,it wasn't displayed as FREQ, but as an update. Please accept apologies. Ken Thanks for the info. The discussion had started with the fact that there are those of us who are very happy with

[expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ivan Offalich
I posted this message on the Newbie list and haven't gotten any kind of reply to it yet, which made me wonder if I shouldn't bring it over to this list and see if anyone knew a solution for it over here (or if anyone else had this trouble before). Hopefully, I'm not stepping over any

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ken Hawkins
HTH's One of the first To Do's after installing MDK7.2 is to Update the Mandrake Update. When you perform a search for updates, you should see that recommendation (underMandrake Update) I discovered this just a couple of weeks ago after re-installing 7.2 after a failed 8.1 install. Ken

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ivan Offalich
I was considering re-installing the whole OS from scratch since I really haven't gotten very far with this installation of it yet. That's probably easier than trying to figure out what I messed up and how to correct it. ;) Besides, if my system was compromised, then I won't have to hunt all

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ken Hawkins
Welcome to my heck. I have been EXTREMELY pleased with how well 7.2 has worked on every system where I have installed it. 8.0 and 8.1 seem to be evenly split on the love it/ hate it and ease of installation scale; I refer you to archives for that discussion. I personally didn't have a lot of

RE: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Franki
problems with 8.1 either. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Hawkins Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2001 6:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2 Welcome to my heck. I have been