Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread Damian G
> I wonder if you have compared how fast OO opens in linux the second time? hm.. actually, i haven't... you are right, it does start faster.. but still i think there's no comparison.. the difference is not that great. Damian -- boot into windows? what has smashing glass with footwear got to

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread Damian G
> > On Wednesday 18 September 2002 9:15 am, Damian G did speak unto the huddled > masses, saying: > > > PS: This is a note for anyone reading this post: > > > > I really don't feel like starting a OO vs. MSO war. I think i > > provided enough info for anybody to try this test for themselve

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread et
I wonder if you have compared how fast OO opens in linux the second time? On Wednesday 18 September 2002 12:15 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:05:06 +0800 > > "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > your forgetting that M$ office preloads libs when you start your PC, just > > like IE

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 18 Sep 2002 6:25 pm, Alastair Scott wrote: > On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 17:15, Damian G wrote: > > As i stated in an earlier post, i still have not attempted to load > > OpenOffice in my 233mhz/32MB Ram machine. however Word97 runs very > > acceptably on it. > > There are a couple of "prel

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread Alastair Scott
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 17:15, Damian G wrote: > As i stated in an earlier post, i still have not attempted to load > OpenOffice in my 233mhz/32MB Ram machine. however Word97 runs very > acceptably on it. There are a couple of "preloading" applications around for OOo: http://ooqstart.sourceforg

RE: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO I found it here: Looks like 7.0 anyhoo, ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-iso/i586/ HTH, Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Gilbert Sent: Tuesday

RE: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO Sorry, missed that part of the thread. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Damian G Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Installing

RE: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-18 Thread Franki
Behalf Of Damian G Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2002 12:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO > I timed OO and it opened in 20 secs. Using 900mhz Duron and a 40gig 7200rpm uhm we were talking about old ( i.e. Pentium 233 ) machines.. :o) > Max

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Damian G
> I timed OO and it opened in 20 secs. Using 900mhz Duron and a 40gig 7200rpm uhm we were talking about old ( i.e. Pentium 233 ) machines.. :o) > Maxtor hd. Not super fast but not any worse than MSword. Oh, this is on > 9.0rc1. ML 9.0 seems to be faster than 8.2 anyhoo, just an impres

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 17 September 2002 09:27 pm, Damian G wrote: > > What about openoffice with the above setup? If that also runs reasonably > > good, then for office users can get benefit from your experience. > > will try it soon. > > however i do not expect OO's startup time to be under a minute. > > gi

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
Bill, I am stuck at the following: D:\IMAGES>/dosutils/rawrite I get: d:\dosutils\rawrite.ext is not a valid Win32 application. - Original Message - From: "Bill Spatz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:59 PM S

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Paul M. Bucalo
ut. You do know how to make a bootable floppy from the CD to start the install process that way? Right? If I repeated what has already been said, sorry. Paul - Original Message - From: "Richard Gilbert" Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Insta

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Bill Spatz
On Tuesday 17 September 2002 15:50, Richard Gilbert wrote: > I can not view the cd, but my BIOS does not allow me to boot from a > cd! > > Can I create floppies? > How did you burn the ISO if your machine can't see the CD? You have another machine? If so, take the CD to the machine you burned wi

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
I can not view the cd, but my BIOS does not allow me to boot from a cd! Can I create floppies? - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 17 September 2002 10:36 am, Richard Gilbert wrote: > THANKS EVERYBODY who responded to this question, BUT... > > I still have some significant problems... > > (1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 > only. > > (2) HOW can I install it from a 3.5" floppy? Th

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 17 September 2002 10:09 am, Richard Gilbert did speak unto the > huddled masses, saying: > >

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 17 September 2002 10:09 am, Richard Gilbert did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > Yes, I have done this -- they are all 8.1 in this section. > I'm about to give up. i am concerned then, cause i have it open now, and it has no 8.1,

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
Yes, I have done this -- they are all 8.1 in this section. I'm about to give up. - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO >

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
Shane, Now I am back to where I started -- this is what I downloaded, and it is 8.1 Please advise Richard - Original Message - From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Hel

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 17 September 2002 8:36 am, Richard Gilbert did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > (1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 > only. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftptmp/1032279120.560904864db6f6126a1ba

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Richard Gilbert wrote: >THANKS EVERYBODY who responded to this question, BUT... > >I still have some significant problems... > >(1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 >only. > >(2) HOW can I install it from a 3.5" floppy? This is my only choice. > >Please HELP! > >

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Richard Gilbert
THANKS EVERYBODY who responded to this question, BUT... I still have some significant problems... (1) WHERE can I obtain Mandrake 7.0 ??? The site appears to have 8.1 only. (2) HOW can I install it from a 3.5" floppy? This is my only choice. Please HELP! Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Help! Installing from ISO

2002-09-17 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:19, Damian G wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:01:36 -0400 > > Richard Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:45:56 -0300, Damian G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:02:41 -0700 > > > > > > shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >