On Monday 19 February 2001 00:25, you wrote:
> I put in a standard LM-7.2 setup from a 4 CD set. I didn't know
> anything so let it install default settings for the most part.
>
> First it took two weeks to figure out what was wrong in fstab so
> I could mount the CDROM (and Mandrakesoft couldn't help), AND
> finding a place to put mem=56K so the shared video ram would
> work.
>
> Still no one can tell me how to use a USB modem. The kernel
> supports it, my modem is listed as a supported modem (linux-usb
> org), LM-7.2 put in a huge amount of USB files and recognized
> two USB ports.
>
> I still get a Aieee kernel panic, swapper no syncing error if I
> boot in anything but graphical mode. Failsafe mode is not!
>
> Corel Photo loads but won't run because Fonttastic is missing.
> The Mandrake help page gives directions to install it from the
> Mandrake Install CD, but it is not on the Mandrake Install CD.
> (I checked all FOUR cd to be sure).
>
> Corel WP-8 won't install, not from the Webesite, not from two
> different CD's, one of them a Mandrake 6.5 CD. FIrst error is
> 'integer expected' then 20 or so lines of directory not found.
>
> Windows may crash a lot, but at least it WORKS in between
> crashing. What good is Linux not crashing, if you can't get
> anything working?
>
> I'm new to Linux, but not to computers. I do tech support for
> modems. I can follow instructions, but when it says (man 8
> mount) to look in /linux/fs/filesystems.c for a list of
> supported filesystems, when /linux/fs directory doesn't exist
> how can you do anything???
> When it tells you to load 'fonttastic.... rpms' from the Install
> CD and it doesn't exist what can you do???
>
>
> Don
- Quit your job, take a worldtour and shove your PC out a window!
Naah! Just pulling your leg:o)
Horrible things can happen during an install, just try again -I
found out that the quality of bootable installation cd"s and their
content tend to differ too.
Actually if you want to complain do so! and if you've questions be
more specific.
--
Semper avanti, sailing on Linux,
Harm Bathoorn Free evermore.
Hoek. NL.
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