Mandrake 8.0 Growing Pains
Robert Dege
rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU
Mon May 21 16:02:43 EDT 2001
At what point does it lock up? During the install (if you make it far
enough for user interaction), you can hit the Alt-F3 & see what the system
is doing. This help solve the problem.
-Rob
> Everyone boasted about Mandrake 8.0 at the meeting I decided to snatch a
> copy and try to install it on my laptop. Ive created the boot disk fine and
> began the installation but once the installer begins it locks the system.
> Here are the laptop specs:
>
> Pentium 233Mhz
> 128MB RAM
> Toshiba CD-Rom Drive (20x)
> Touchpad (unkown brand)
>
> This computer was made by Metrobook whihc is now out of buisness. I did try
> to use the text installer and that even locks up. I read in the Mandrake
> Readme that this CD is optimized for Pentium ??? systems and will no work on
> older machines. Could this be the cause? Please help!
>
> Thank You,
> Ronald K. Wechter
> Network Systems Administrator
> NRD Buffalo Webmaster
> Navy Recruiting Department Buffalo
> (716) 551-4901
>
>
>
Dege
Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but
they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.
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