Nope. It was a fresh install. In case you didn't know, an ISO is like a
snapshot of a CD-Rom
So, rather than having to worry about downloading hundreds of files from
the FTP site, I only downloaded one 618 meg file.
What kind of sound problems have you had? What sound card do you have?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beo d'Wulfie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 11:23 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.0 Question
>
> When you installed 60-2.iso (yes, I'm a newbie), was this an upgrade? I
> too, purchased the 6.0 version and installed and have had sound problems.
> What would I look for and download as an upgrade?
>
> Beo
> on my 9th installation but got the second piton in the learning cliff. :)
>
> On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Martin, Darin W. wrote:
>
> > I have a dual P-Pro running Mandrake.. I downloaded the manrake60-2.iso
> the
> > night after it was posted. It automatically detected that I was running
> an
> > SMP system and installed the SMP kernel. Every piece of hardware in my
> > system has worked flawlessly since this install. I have an Intel Ether
> > Express Pro 100, Adaptec 2940 UW with two 7200 RPM Quantum drives, a 4
> gig
> > Seagate IDE, Mitsumi CD-Rom and CD-RW, I also have a CS4232 sound card.
>
> > Mandrake has been a pleasant switch for me. I've tried Redhat, and SuSE
> > installs before. And, while I was able to get them working properly, it
> > took a lot of work. Especially with SuSE 6.0. Plus, SuSE had a nasty
> habit
> > of crashing when trying to access Vfat partitions. Mandrake has been
> the
> > easiest Linux install I have ever done.
> >
> > The only thing I would recommend is that when you do the install, make
> sure
> > you install all of the development libraries. That way, if you need to
> > compile something, you can.
> >
> > Darin Martin
> > Sr. Systems Engineer
> > LEXIS-NEXIS
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Aldrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 10:52 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 6.0 Question
> > >
> > > Hey, all.... just picked up my copy of Mandrake 6.0 from the computer
> > > store
> > > (figured I might as well, since no one is going to burn me a copy of
> the
> > > ISO
> > > image <G>)
> > > My machine will be a Dual-PPro 200 with 192 Megs of ram and about 10.7
> > > Gigs
> > > of drivespace. I haven't picked up a video card yet, but that's the
> next
> > > purchase, along with a "generic" PCI ethernet card.
> > > Question is, what should I look out for with regards to installation
> > > headaches on this system? I understand Mandrake has a 6.1 version out
> now
> > > (not available in the local stores, apparently.)
> > > This is really going to be a "training" machine for me to teach myself
> > > Linux
> > > Admin skills. Anything I should watch out for with this?
> > > Thanks...
> > > John
> > >
> >
>
> -------Beo d'Wulfie
>
> 'We all enter this world in the same way:
> naked; screaming; soaked in blood. But if
> you live your life right, that kind of thing
> doesn't have to stop there.'
