This may very well be solely a hardware problem. I have heard that there
are. now and then, some HDD's or processors that are just not compatible
with Linux. I've heard Celeron chips sometimes have trouble with Linux,
and then there are some HDD's that are equally as troublesome. Western
Digital comes to mind. This is partially the reason folks have so much
trouble with laptops. For the most part PC makers are still reading the
HCL for Windows machines and haven't yet taken to seriously loading
machines for Linux when it comes to hardware.
I know I've jumped in sort of at the end, but I have been watching this
thread for a little while. It sounds very much like there could be
something inside Mandrake 7.1 that just doesn't like your hardware. So
that leaves me with one burning question. I've seen and used Mandrake 7.0
and I'm now using 7.1. THere isn't a lot of difference between the
two. Why the need to switch from 7.0 to 7.1? If 7.0 was working for you
why not stay with it?
--
Mark
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Gilbert Baron wrote:
> I tried both ways. OBVIOUSLY I am not going to use FDISK or DISK DRAKE on a
> functional system with WIN2000 because it will destroy it. Even if it could
> do it non-destructively it would not matter. it does not allow you to get
> that far, it does not give the option, it just says it can't find any place
> to even TRY to construct a system, so that option is out.
>
> AGAIN WHY doesn't anyone listen IT DOES WORK for Version 7 THEREFORE it has
> REGRESSED. THAT is the complaint and there is no answer forthcoming.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jay Summet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 2:36 PM
> >To: Gilbert Baron
> >Subject: RE: [expert]
> >
> >
> >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >
> >Are you doing a automatic install, or the manual install? When you do the
> >manual install, it allows you to use your choice of Fdisk or disk
> >drake which
> >is what you may have to do to get it to work.... (I suspect the automatic
> >install does NOT deal well with disks that already have partitions
> >on them...)
> >
> >But I don't know what your situation is, so do what works best for you...
> >
> >Jay
> >
> >On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> >> I tried the suggestion. It did not work. I get the same error.
> >in effect, it
> >> dos not know how to create a file system on my perfectly good hardware.
> >> I had 440 Megs of free space on the firs drive within 100 megs
> >of the front
> >> of the drive.
> >> I go back to version 7 and all works.
> >>
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Jay Summet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> >Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 8:31 AM
> >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >Subject: RE: [expert]
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >Most likely Partition Magic didn't set up the Linux partitions as
> >> >expected by
> >> >Linux. I'd suggest you boot with a Linux floppy (or mandrake
> >> >install CD) and
> >> >use the Linux partitioning tools. (ie, just have your Windows
> >> >partition, and a
> >> >big blank area on the disk when you start installing Linux).
> >> >
> >> >Jay Summet
> >> >
> >> >On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> >> >> 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.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >> >From: Gilbert Baron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> >> >Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:04 AM
> >> >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> >Subject: RE: [expert]
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I set up the partitions with Partition Magic. They show as
> >ext2 and they
> >> >> >install for version 7.0 fine. The video does not matter. Asd
> >> >for the hard
> >> >> >drive, here is the information straight from Windows 2000.
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