I chose custom, developer, then when it asked me to choose exact packages, I
just left everything checked, and it installed it all.. I believe it was
around 1.32 gig fully installed. atleast that is what the status bar said.
Riyad Kalla
General Partner, Multimedia & Design
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.transitivesys.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Installation troubles
> John....Air (7.0) has no 'everything' installation option. The
> closest I've found is 'Custom' then 'Normal'.
>
> Alan
>
>
> John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > > First let me say that I am new to Linux.
> > >
> > > Now that this has been said let me get to the problem. I have
> > > installed version 7.0 of Linux-Mandrake, using the "server"
> > > installation routine. I specified that I would like to have the system
> > > boot up into the graphical X-Window. This works fine, however the
> > > screens that appear after I type the root password are what appears to
> > > be 2 terminal windows and 1 console log window. I have done this
> > > installation 3 separate times and still get the same results. I have
> > > also installed the same version with the "recommended" installation
> > > routine, this gives the graphical login that I would like to have with
> > > the server, but doesn't include the network portions of the
> > > configuration. I chose the server installation because the machine is
> > > going to be a web server / testing platform and includes the network
> > > controller configuration routine. Can anyone help! Or at least point
> > > me in the right direction of where to look.
> > >
> > Try a "custom" install with "everything" (minus the
> > foreign-language "how-to" files.) That should install
> > bloody well EVERYTHING. :-)
> > John
>
