Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
I've installed both Redhat 6.1 and Mandrake 7.0 and as far as I could tell, the maximum-customizability options ("expert" in Mandrake) both gave about as much control as one could ask for, except for the stupid Mandrake feature to limit you to 50% of your partition size. Has that restriction bee

Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread Fran Parker
I think Denis strongly recommended NOT using Beta2 and to use Beta3 instead. I may be wrong. Bambi Frederik Dannemare wrote: > [cut] > > Well, in "recomended" (now called Authomated) mode installer just tries to > > make you happy by putting as much as your HD can take to HD. > > so does thi

Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 24 May 2000, you wrote: > Which features did you miss in graphical "expert" install? Especially in > 7.1? > Well, after reading all the problems everyone was having with 7.02, I decided to use RedHat 6.2, and was basing my comments on THEIR GUI installer. However, I've seen your GUI insta

Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread Denis HAVLIK
Which features did you miss in graphical "expert" install? Especially in 7.1? :~>> #1 Install TAKES TOO LONG! :~>> #2 Install is TOO BIG! :~>> #3 Install lost the customizability of old redhat. :~>Did you try "text" install and select "custom"? If not, :~>then you have nothing to bitch about. Yes

Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 23 May 2000, you wrote: > This is constructive criticism for MDK7.0 > I absolutely adore MDK6.1 (the best!) > > #1 Install TAKES TOO LONG! > #2 Install is TOO BIG! > #3 Install lost the customizability of old redhat. Did you try "text" install and select "custom"? If not, then you have no

Re: Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread Denis HAVLIK
:~>Don't get me wrong, :~>I LOVE Mandrake! This is exactly how I understood your message. The point is - 7.0 is too old to discuss its features anymore. cu Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlik

Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread Frederik Dannemare
[cut] > Well, in "recomended" (now called Authomated) mode installer just tries to > make you happy by putting as much as your HD can take to HD. so does this mean I get to have EVERYTHING installed, if I have, say, 20 GB of free diskspace? I just tried mandrake 7 beta 2 yesterday, but I really,

Re: Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread Edwin Linux Fan
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Mandrake! In fact, I'm running MDK 7.0 at home, (w/ scanner!) MDK 7.0 in one office desktop MDK 6.1 in 4 server / desktops RH 6.0 in 1 server RH 6.2 in 1 desktop

Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-24 Thread Denis HAVLIK
:~>This is constructive criticism for MDK7.0 Too late, sorry. Shop is closed, we only accept cryticizm on 7.1 now .-) :~>I absolutely adore MDK6.1 (the best!) :~>#1 Install TAKES TOO LONG! :~>#2 Install is TOO BIG! Well, in "recomended" (now called Authomated) mode installer just tries to make

Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-23 Thread Pj
I urge all the list members with complaints to take it to Mandrake! The purpose of this list isn't to trash our developers but to help users who need it. Telling the list that this, that and something else doesn't suit *you* defeats the reason Mandrake has a bug report. It is possible, after all,

[expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0

2000-05-23 Thread Edwin Linux Fan
This is constructive criticism for MDK7.0 I absolutely adore MDK6.1 (the best!) #1 Install TAKES TOO LONG! #2 Install is TOO BIG! #3 Install lost the customizability of old redhat. #4 cacheing DNS files not created by install: /var/named missing. #5 No text install? #6 Should Let user choose betw