Submitted 01-Aug-00 by Gilbert Baron:
> Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just
> say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but
> that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this
> toy.
The ext2 filesystem has been going through some revisions, especially as
implemented by Mandrake, over the past eight months. As has been previously
suggested, try formatting the partitions with the installer as opposed to
using prepared partitions. As far as your snyde remarks, many of us have
tried to help you, explained what your problems are, and you have refused to
listen.
Your unsupported video card is far from common. If you purchased hardware
manufactured by companies whose purse-strings weren't tied by Microsoft,
perhaps you would have fewer problems. Diamond Multimedia has made it
abundantly clear that they do not and will not support any operating system
other than Windows. Perhaps instead of blaming Linux, you should look at
the company that not only refuses to provide drivers, but will not give
anyone else the information necessary to create the drivers.
As to what one does with Linux, it varies from user to user and installation
to installation. Personally, I use Linux for 100% of my computing needs.
Even my favorite video game has been ported, and so now I have no reason to
use Windows for anything.
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