> > > 3. change your CD drive > > > > I can use a different drive in my machine to install.. but since I have > > 3 IDE hard drives, and 2 IDE cd-rom (1 rw & 1 dvd) I have to unplug the > > writer to install. Doing this means that Mandrake won't set up the drive > > with ide-scsi so I can burn in 8.2. > > > > Go ahead and give it a shot. Adding the ide-scsi stuff is ultra easy. when > setting up lilo add to the "append" field "hdx=ide-scsi". where hdx is your > drive. >
Well.. I got it installed. Found out after launching the installer that there was a 3rd cd (contribs).. heh. Had to boot back into 8.1 to download/burn the ISO. But now all is well and I must say beta 4 seems to run quite smoothly. > > >> > 5. do not test > > > > So this is how mandrake answers bug reports? "If it doesn't work for > > you, don't bother". Makes me wonder why I bothered to purchase a boxed > > 8.1 and subscribe to MandrakeClub. > > > > > Warly > > I suspect someone was having a really BAD day. You could say that ;) Getting much better. My apologies to Warly for my snooty tone. Mike
