Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-27 Thread John Rigby
Hi Sridhar, On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:45, you manipulated electrons to produce: Actually, the price is about the same when you take into account the exchange rate (about $US1 = $A2 at present). THAT is the fiction of Foreign Exchange - don't get me started on that ! :-) Believe me, if you

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-27 Thread John Rigby
Hi Erylon, No we don't allow flames here!! But you might have saved my sanity!! :-) Everyone else seems to have serious problems - like Networking Apples, their Grannie and their 4 totally incompatible clones of 386 vintage to run unattended! I was feeling very lonely .. On

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-27 Thread Tom Cada
I too have had some very strange problems with LM 8.0. My desktop took an inordinate amount of time to load the system with the installer pausing in the middle of program loads for 20 or 30 seconds. It took about 3 hours to load. With my laptop, the software update manager does not work

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-27 Thread etharp
was this done as a upgreade to 8.0 or a complete fresh (reformat HD) install? On Friday 27 July 2001 12:15, Tom Cada wrote: I too have had some very strange problems with LM 8.0. My desktop took an inordinate amount of time to load the system with the installer pausing in the middle of

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-27 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:43, John Rigby wrote: Hi Sridhar, On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:45, you manipulated electrons to produce: Actually, the price is about the same when you take into account the exchange rate (about $US1 = $A2 at present). THAT is the fiction of Foreign Exchange - don't get

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-26 Thread etharp
no problem, I really hope he gets it running as well as it should. I, on the other hand need to remember spellcheck. On Thursday 26 July 2001 21:37, you had thoughts to the concept of: Ed, Don't let him get under you skin. Roman On Thursday 26 July 2001 08:32 pm, you wrote: well,

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-26 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:26, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, Well, I purchased the official M8 Powerbox ( to avoid any problems with install) - in Oz it costs twice the price of USA - $140 After two weeks of at least half a day every day - asking for and getting great support here, it seems time

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-26 Thread erylon hines
On Thursday 26 July 2001 15:26, John Rigby wrote: Hi folks, Well, I purchased the official M8 Powerbox ( to avoid any problems with install) - in Oz it costs twice the price of USA - $140 After two weeks of at least half a day every day - asking for and getting great support here, it seems

Re: [newbie] Time to Quit the Install?

2001-07-26 Thread etharp
well, this looks like my opretunity to see if I am filtered. I believe you must have some services running that you should not or at least do not need. you are not running a server as much as a desktop at this time? what happens when you log into a different console (ie; ctrl+alt+f4 or any