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+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- First I am very happy
to see that there is a distribution list for beginners on using Mandrake, and
perhaps for those who are as well considering its purchase.+ADw-/FONT+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4-
+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4APA-/FONT+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/DIV+AD4-
+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- As I was perusing the
compatibility lists...I notices several in the section for sound cards for
Turtle Beach (Monterrey, etc.) except for the Turtle Beach Montego, a rather
widely distributed card with Dell PCs. My question is, is the Montego close
enough in architecture to any of the other 2-3 TB cards mentioned in the list.
If so, how might I go about making sure that it is recognized by the OS and
configured correctly?+ADw-/FONT+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4-
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+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADs- Secondly, I also have an STB nVidia 8MB
ZX (STB Velocity AGP 3D). Are there any known compatibility issues with this
card and if so, what I might anticipate doing to resolve it?+ADw-/FONT+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4-
+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4APA-/FONT+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/DIV+AD4-
+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- Thirdly, I intend to install the OS
on a 2nd HDD, an IBM 34GXP 20.5Gb 7200rpm on my machine. I understand that DrakX
has a good utility for partitioning, but I wondered if there were any thoughts
on good partition sizes on this HDD for cleaning up, backing up, etc etc. This
drive will be entirely linux.+ADw-/FONT+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4-
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+AFs-In addition the drive will also be hooked up to the motherboard's IDE
controller (which doesn't support the ATA/66 as well as I understand Linux
doesn't at this point.). Are there any pointers to make sure that the drive is
setup properly for use with the OS?+AF0APA-/FONT+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4-
+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4APA-/FONT+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/DIV+AD4-
+ADw-DIV+AD4APA-FONT color+AD0AIw-000000 size+AD0-2+AD4APA-/FONT+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/DIV+AD4-
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appreciate any comments or suggestions... this is all going into a thought out
plan before installing this OS on my system.+ADw-/FONT+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4-
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