patrick wrote:
>
> On Sunday 27 May 2001 04:50 pm, you wrote:
> > Don't you get 30 or 60 days free support if you buy the distro? This is
> > an unusual problem that appears to be file system corruption. Mandrake 8
> > is probably the best distro for a newbie, but it has so many bleeding
> > edge progs in it that it is not as stable as RedHat or SuSE.
>
> i have mandrake 8 in my amd machine for a few weeks now and
> have no stability problems. can u prove your statement. u cant
> by me.
That is my experience and that of several folks I know who use it or
have used it. Actually,
Aron Hsiou made a similar comment in a book on Linux Security that I
have. Also, I suggest you read Bruce Schneier's recent book Secrets &
Lies. There is quite a bit of info in there about what can happen when
undebugged programs interact. This is not a rundown of Mandrake 8 - I
just bought a copy for a friend who wants to try linux. I am commenting
based on my level of knowledge - which is in no way naive. I am happy
you are using Mndk8 without any problems!
Smitty
>
> and my point is we ALL have got to get rid of its not as good as
> my distro, or im gonna run down this distro to make mine look better.
> i have had no problems with mandrake 8. the only problem i have
> had is i cant seem to update my nvida drivers. hopefully in the
> near future we will be able to update video drivers in a little easier
> fashion.
>
> > Interactions of newly released modules have an inherent degree of
> > unpredictability. A friend of mine who is an experienced linux sys
> > admin reports to me that Mandrake 8, which he runs, has some performance
> > quirks. Take that on advisement. I tried mand8 for a week and it broke
> > on me.
> > I can only make this suggestion: when you install any distro with the
> > 2.4.x kernel, use ext2fs on the boot partition and reiserfs (pronounced
> > "riser") on everything else. These seems to make for a very stable
> > combination.
> > Smitty
>
> that is the como i am using. i havent had a system since using ext2 on
> boot and reiserts on everyelse.
>
> >
> > "Maureen L. Thomas" wrote:
> > > I cannot figure out why my Mandrake 8.0 system freezes on bootup. I get
> > > the following messages as it boots.
> > >
> > > EXT2-fs warning (device ide0 (3,70)): ext2_unlink: Deleting
> > > nonexisting file (114711), 0
> > > EXT2-fs warning (device ide0 (3,70)): ext2_unlink: Deleting
> > > nonexisting file (114712), 0
> > > EXT2-fs warning (device ide0 (3,70)): ext2_unlink: Deleting
> > > nonexisting file (114713), 0
> > >
> > > Then a little further down it freezes at Running Linuxconf hooks:
> > >
> > > I did a fsck on the partitions and they fixed a few items - no lost and
> > > found file - and that was about it. But when I rebooted with shutdown
> > > -r now it frooze in Linux and in Failsafe at the same place with the
> > > same messages. I have no clue where to go from here. Can someone lead
> > > me in the right direction. TIA Maureen
>
> the only suggestion i would made is be sure and set your bios to
> non plug and plug. and then reinstall. i have messed around with
> my mandrake and installed it as newbie and expert and changed drives
> and added more and less software. i have no problems with it.
>
> what is your machine. if its abit i have been hearing that abit motherboards
> seem to have some problems with linux period.
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