The intel drivers are drivers supplied in binary by Intel, or what?
On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote:
| I likewise am back on Mdk 6.1 after a few days of trying
| to get 7.0 to "work". My main problem is the Intel drivers
| I got won't recognize the 2.2.14mdk?? kernel as a 2.2 kernel
| the mdk "customized" version pukes, so I am awaiting the
| chance to try out Red Hat 6.2 and see it the kernel in it
| is a little more "mainstream" I'm not advanced enough to
| get into kernel hacking although it's tempting sometimes!
| Vern
|
|
| > > | > X. At this stage my colleague threw the ver 7 cd
| > > in the bin, and will be
| > > | > putting 6 back on the machine next week. (No -
| > > he doesn't want to know
| > > | > how to fix it, or what went wrong.)
| > > | >
| > > | > Also today, I installed the BeOS 5 (Personal
| > > Edition) operating system
| > > | > that I downloaded last night. It really just
| > > unpacked the files. I
| > > | > rebooted the machine, and hey! presto ... BeOS!
| > > Funny, video worked,
| > > | > sound worked, Cdrw burnt cd's, ... all with NO
| > > installation questions,
| > > | > NO how-to's, No hassles. OK - so there is
| > > nothing written for BeOS yet,
| > > | > and I'm not serious about keeping it, just
| > > curious, BUT, it proved you
| > > | > can write a hassle free installer THAT WORKS!
| > > | >
| > > | > OK - back to Linux - the current attitude that
| > > if something didn't work,
| > > | > it's because you didn't read the instructions or
| > > your hardware is faulty
| > > | > IS SIMPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE to me any more - If it
| > > doesn't work FIRST TIME
| > > | > it's because its broken, and needs fixing.
| > > | >
| > > | > The first Linux distribution that produces a
| > > hassle free installer that
| > > | > works (no if's, but's, or maybe's - I mean works
| > > - full stop!)
| > > | > WILL SUCCEED, all the rest will only be
| > > installed by enthusiasts (which
| > > | > I still count myself among) and are doomed to
| > > their rightful resting
| > > | > place in the garbage bin.
| > > | >
| > > | > Now, it's time for my big decision - Do I, like
| > > my colleague, consign
| > > | > the Ver 7 install I have spent so much time on
| > > to oblivion, and go back
| > > | > to Ver 6 because it worked, or do I persevere,
| > > and try to get 7 up and
| > > | > running properly, or, perhaps, do I try RedHat
| > > 6.2, or just wait for a
| > > | > distro with kernel 2.4 & XFree 4? I really don't
| > > know, and I really
| > > | > don't expect anyone else to decide for me, I
| > > just know that my
| > > | > perceptions of install problems will never be
| > > the same again.
| > > --
| > > "Brian, the man from babbleon-on"
| > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| > > Brian T. Schellenberger
| > > http://www.babbleon.org
| > > Support http://www.eff.org.
| > > Support decss defendents.
| > > Support http://www.programming-freedom.org.
| > > Boycott amazon.com.
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