I suppose that I have an expectation that I shouldn't have to go to the
net to get documentation on new features in the distribution.
In my case it would seem that I got a bad copy of Mandrake 'cause I
only seem to have two disks though the package looks like it's meant to
hold three of 'em. (I got the Macmillan package.)
I must say as well that I've been unimpressed by the lack of response
to my "cooker" missive regarding installation issues and I will
probably leave the Mandrake fold once Caldera comes out with their next
distribution. They seem to spend a bit more time smoothing out the
rough edges.
(And they happen to include most of the packages *I* happen to want,
though nowhere near the variety that Mandrake does. They simplify the
task of installation by just flat-out choosing KDE and not giving as
many options. Which is ok with me since I happen to like their
options. It would presumably not satisfy most Mandrake users, however.)
I will probably re-post my "issues" mail, broken up into pieces and
cross-posted to the lists, though, just to see if there's any consensus
on these issues that might motivate Mandrake to solve them or at least
to respond . . .
On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
|
| > On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, Axalon wrote:
| > | On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, alann wrote:
| > |
| > | > Just curious, does supermount NOT work?? Why are so many people wanting to
|remove it?
| > |
| > | No supermount does work.
| > |
| > | It like everything else has basic do's and dont's that some people don't
| > | care to learn,
| >
| > I'm sorry, I've stayed restrained for a long time, but . . .
| >
| > Where do you get off saying that people "don't care to learn"???
| >
| > HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW HOW TO USE IT?
| >
| > The man entry for supermount doesn't discuss any of this.
| >
| > THERE ARE NO #@$! HOWTOS IN MANDRAKE 7.0!!!!!!!
| >
| > I've been using Unix for 19 years, and Linux for 6, but I've not been
| > reading minds at all.
| >
| > The sources of information I'm used to consulting don't explain this,
| > and when I installed Mandrake 7.0, my devices were just plain WRONG.
| >
| > I am rather offended at the suggestion that this somehow represents
| > laziness on my part.
| >
| >
|
| Funny.... less than 45 seconds with a browser and search engine and I came
| up with a link to a rather nice README on supermount here:
|
| http://mops.uci.agh.edu.pl/mopsy-linux/Documentation/filesystems/supermount.txt
|
| I could suggest a little less caffeine in your diet while I'm at it.
|
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