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Quoting Kevin R. Bulgrien [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have a system that successfully boots Mandrake 7.2...
I want to install 8.0 instead, so I have the boot floppy
and a bootable CD.
I can boot both types of media. All installation choices
fail with a hard system hang immediately after the system
The install locks up the system only on the Western Digital WDC AC24300
drive. Various utilities report that there are no errors on that drive,
though the Disk Minder utility whines about the boot loader not being
present even though Grub works just fine.
If I temporarily take the WD drive out
.
All the messages I have seen regarding installation
failures seem to imply that other people get farther
than I do...
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kevin R. Bulgrien
CPUTYPE=AMD K6-166
COMPSPEED=166 MHz
MEMRAM=96Mb
DRIVES=Western Digital 4GB and Fujitsu 2GB
PRINTERS=Canon BJC-600;
BIOS=Award Modular
I have this part down... I know how to add new CD's, and how to
give them meaningful names.
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Spotlight/RpmDrake/
It is pretty clear about how things are SUPPOSED to work.
The thing is, rpmdrake on my system DOES NOT work this way.
It lets me insert the
When an X application running under GNOME fails, where do the error
messages go,
and how can I trap for them. I am running Mandrake 7.1 with a GUI
login...
Something's broke, and I am not sure how to view the messages.
be doing something wrong.
-or-
4) Am I asking the wrong questions? If so, what do I need to know.
Thanks,
Kevin R. Bulgrien
