[newbie] 7.1 Installation fails

2000-09-28 Thread Grant Walton
Hi   I have obtained the GPL version of 7.1,  but have been unable to install it either under Windows or as a complete install on an empty hard drive.  The CD boots fine and the installation begins,  but once the second stage is reached it terminates unexpectedly;  the only error message I h

[newbie] 7.1 installation

2000-06-29 Thread Paul Sims
I have installed Mandrake 7.0 on several occaisions, each time having odd problems - network not configured, mouse not found, X config failures etc. This time, my newly acquired GPL 7.1 has sprung a double-whammy : (1) hung on X config in the installation - a reboot started the system ok, lead