On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 19:22, Damian Gatabria wrote: > El Dom 15 Dic 2002 21:25, James Sparenberg escribi�: > > On the installs I've done. 7 boxes .... supermount works fine, on my > > laptop only am I having trouble. Seems that the supermount problems are > > related to hardware, not a generality.... (BTW the other boxes I've put > > it on don't have cdroms.... ) > > > > James > > > James, several people have already said supermount's problems > in 9.0 can be blamed on crappy hardware. > > I have seen this excuse several times already, but i just > can't buy it. Mandrake 9.0 includes a kernel whose Supermount > does not work in my box. This would be, according to the many > people that say so, my crappy hardware's fault. > > But why does it work OK with 8.2, then? > > I would be more inclined to say "Mandrake 9's stock > kernel has bugs that arise only on certain kinds of > hardware" more than "it's a hardware related problem", > as the latter gives the idea that the hardware is to blame, > which it is not. > > > Damian
Interesting and accurate thought... But I still hold to hardware,as a possible source, only because the same box that has this problem had it with 8.2 and 8.1 also. (I didn't have it before that, it's a used laptop btw) The boxes that aren't having problems all have cdroms or cdwriters that are under 1 year old. I can on my personal desktop recreate the problem by putting in a 4 year old cdrom drive I own. Yet with the newer Asus CDwriter I've never had a lick of problems. If my thought is accurate it doesn't mean the hardware is bad per se but rather that the kernel builders aren't accurately supporting legacy hardware. Greatest problem is the fact that no author can ever test beyond the hardware he/she has in front of him. James > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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