pardon my poor grammer, It's embarrasing:
I had similiar had troubles. I was amazed watching a fella install the SUSE
7.0 distro of linux at a metting in Dunedin with ease. The install seemed
flawless and was complete in about 45 minutes. I bought the box set at best
buy ($39 - 3 cd set, $69 -6 cd set with 1 dvd) have only a couple minor
problems. All of which were corrected. Having worked with at least 5
distros, this seemed to be the right choice for me. The learning curve
seems fair less painful with suse than any other (at least to me) distro.
Having used SUSE's distro. I've learned more about linux in the past year,
than the previous previous two. Just a thought.
----- Original Message -----
From: "patrick grantham" <pwgrant@mailandnews.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] AMD K6-2 300
> Having similiar troubles I watch a fella install suse 7.1 distro of linux
on
> a amd, home built box in about 45 minutes/. I bought the box set ($39 - 3
> cd set, $69 -6 cd set with 1 dvd) have not had a problem. Just a thought.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "leo" <haleo@earthlink.net>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] AMD K6-2 300
>
>
> > pailhead@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> >
> > > Nope I'm making this a dedicated Linux box. I've been able to install
> Win2k
> > > and Win9x on it. But both Mandrake and RH just lock. It locks to the
> point
> > > where I can't move the mouse.. And it's always random during the file
> copy
> > > process. I'm installing from CD.
> > >
> > > > Are you installing to have multiple OS's? How is the disk
formatted?
> How
> > > > are you partitioning? I had a problem because my disk had been
> formatted
> > > > with the old DOS command which does not recognize anything over 2.1G
> (I
> > > > have 6.1G ). I did not know this until I got a tech friend to help.
> Does
> > > > Mandrake normally issue a message if thinking it is out of space?
> Mine
> > > > kept crashing during the file or package transfer also. Are you
using
> a
> > > > boxed set of the software? What medium are you using to install
(boot
> > > > floppy, CD, etc)................leo
> > > >
> >
> > Since I am using RH, that is the only frame of reference I have. I
> initially
> > bought one of those RH Bibles with the 3 cd's. I could not get it to
> install.
> > It kept locking up. No nothing. I had to simply power off
> > (ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I took it back and bought the
> boxed
> > set. I still had problems like you describe. If your hard disk is
> properly
> > formatted, how are you entering the partition info? I screwed that up
> about 4
> > times before I got the hang of it. I am for sure an experienced
installer
> at
> > this point. I am surprised you get no messages. The WIN installs, are
> they
> > recent? Have you tried the minimum configuration install? Failing all
> else,
> > bring it to the next meeting. These guys seem to be able to solve
almost
> > anything....................................leo.
> >
>
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