On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> I'm referring to the problem that Mandrake 7.00 7.01 7.02 installers have
> initializing 'some' atapi cdroms. I have no clue why this is and Mandrake
> refuses to fix or even help someone fix this bug when they could obviously
> take some code from earlier distributions, but then they wish to get ou from
> underneath the RedHat shadow. I've tried to get this problem fixed, I've
> talked with some people on this list and at Mandrake and 'noone' seems to
> have a fix for it. I'm not hte only person that has run across this problem
> and I posted this message to the list to inform people of what a shoddy
> product Mandrake released in hopes that the masses could possibly help solve
> this problem instead of being led around by the corporate chain and
> believing that Mandrake has produced this 'wonderful' product. THAT is part
> of the purpose of lists like this. I'm not whining about the problem, I'm
> simply fed up with 'subpar' service by and industry that is part of the
> customer service industry. I guess you can't expect people to put forth a
> good effort on something that is free.
>
Well, the solution I've seen is to temporarily switch CDROM
drives during the installation. I realize it's not
necessarily that easy, but since it seems (from most of the
comments I've read) to be a case of older hardware not
working well, it does tend to make sense to upgrade your
CDROM drive.
Not trying to start any flame wars or anything over this
issue. :-)
John
