I can't understand why so many people have had problems with mandrake
7.0. It's by far the easiest install I've seen in my 2 years using
linux. The only recommendation I have is to back up your users(s)
directory then blow out the old install and re-install a fresh 7.0
install. Personally I didn't have any problems going from mandrake 6.1
to 7.0 (I used an iso I downloaded from the net). As to the delay in
official release? I think its a good sign that they posponed the
release to make some fixes rather than rush it out as some have
suggested. Everyone is making these comments on a pre-release, but you
have to remember, it is a PRE-RELEASE.
Just my 2 cents :)
Jim
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 2/5/00, 12:17:40 AM, "Dana Sparling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re: [expert] /mnt lacks disk space for upgrade?:
> Hello Steve,
> I had some troubles installing 7.0 myself until I made the
txt_boot.img
> bootdisk and installed using the text mode (6.0 version) of the
installer.
> The rawrite utility for windows didn't work either. I had to use the
> rawrite.exe file from a dos environment or the disk wouldn't boot.
> I notice on RedHat's bug page that they hosed up the install images on
their
> latest release and I wonder if it has carried over into Mandrake.
> I have had no problems at all using the text-mode-boot-disk-install.
> Dana Sparling
> >Hello, I have been using 6.0 since its release and it has made me
very
> >productive.
> >
> >I picked up a copy of 7.0 at the Mandrake booth at LinuxWorldExpo; I
> >tried to do an upgrade using a CDROM install.
> >
> >The upgrade fails, giving me an error message that "/mnt" needs 37M
for
> >the RPM packages. I mv'd /mnt to /usr/mnt (which has two gigs
> >available), made a symlink /mnt -> /usr/mnt, and tried again.
> >
> >This time I got an error that /mnt needed another 36M for the
install.
> >
> >I'm probably overlooking something obvious... the CDROM is a
> >"pre-release" of 7.0, but the gentleman at the booth said that it was
> >the same as the final version except for th DiskDrake tool.
> >
> >I'm going to try once more to boot off the CDROM (instead of a floppy
> >boot) to see if I can get it to work..
> >
> >thx
> >sw
> >
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