Re: [newbie] uninstalling Xfree 3.x

2000-12-20 Thread John Alexander
I'll try to tell you what i did, but unfortunatly I am away from my computer (and install notes) till Jan3! And yes, I have 3d accell working- man quake 3 is cool! I had to mix and match instructions from s many sources. I have the Viper V770 using the TNT2 -so I presume the install will be

Re: [newbie] configring CD_RW, Ricoh RW7060S

2000-12-10 Thread John Alexander
I dont know what the problem is - but you shouldn't need a driver or anything for the Ricoh - I have the exact same model and I can read and write to CD's and I didn't have to do anything at all! I have read in other messages that some people have problems trying to use multiple CD (or DVD) drives

Re: [newbie] "error loading ramdisk" problem during install

2000-10-02 Thread John Alexander
2, 2000 8:32 AM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] "error loading ramdisk" problem during install > > > > > > > I am getting the same error message. I have an AMD 750MHz with IDE hard > > > drive and CD running the paid for version of Mandrake 7.0. I

[newbie] "error loading ramdisk" problem during install

2000-09-21 Thread John Alexander
Hello, I am using 7.1 right now and I can't get past this error message! I have tried both the CD and HD install - I hear the drive load for a second and then this message appears and the system halts. I have a fully SCSI system - and I had sever problems getting 7.0 installed. I finally got it