Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1.

2000-10-11 Thread GAPrichard
Rod, Also look in the archives for discussions of "hdparm" -- it's not exactly like overclocking the discs, but... The first time I did it (using 33MHz on the disc) I got something like a 10x increase in throughput. When I switched the hard drive to 66MHz (for the sake of Windon't) it

Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1.

2000-10-10 Thread Rod Baxter
?? Any ideas? RH and Caldera handle it ok, I think mandrake need to have a look. Regards,Rod - Original Message - From: "Rod Baxter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1. Gary,

Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1.

2000-10-10 Thread GAPrichard
expect it to be the video. I am fairly new to linux, however I know PC's fairly well incidentally. Regards,Rod - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1. Rod

Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1.

2000-10-10 Thread Rod Baxter
,Rod - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1. Rod, A couple of thoughts. First, do I assume correctly that PnP aware O/S is disabled in CMOS? About the time I

Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1.

2000-10-09 Thread Rod Baxter
incidentally. Regards,Rod - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] install hangs with 7.1. Rod, What is the source of the Linux Mandrake CD you are using? Newbie recently discussed problems

[newbie] install hangs with 7.1.

2000-10-08 Thread Rod Baxter
My machine boots from the cdrom (or floppy, same result) and after selecting language, then customised install I have to pick from server, normal etc. When I do this I get a message flashed on the screen for about 1 second "Please wait, configuring IDE". This message goes and my machine locks