The trouble with this is that the document you refer to is produced
by Macmillan, not RedHat or Mandrake. While I think that the release
is truely Linux-Mandrake 6.0, I take anything provided by Macmillan
with a grain of salt, since they are not producing the software
themselves, only publishing (distributing) it for Mandrake. I am only
a user like everyone else here, and I do not know for sure if
Mandrake is based on RedHat, or if it is "100%" compatible with
RedHat or not. However, if installing something from the RedHat
distribution has caused problems for someone, then it would appear
that they are so compatible, and that caution would be in order. As
for the installer, RedHat has produced a fine piece of work there,
and why would anyone want to re-invent the wheel when the wheel
that is currently available is just fine. Maybe someone from the
Mandrake team will help us to clear up this confusion?
Ernie
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Jim Vaughan wrote:
> I'd have to disagree with you....when I start the installation of
> Linux-Mandrake the installer says RedHat. Now I wonder why that would be if
> there was no connection between the two. In the Introduction on page 4 of the
> Getting Started Manual it says "This award-winning distribution of Linux is
> based on the popular Red Hat 6.0 distribution and is 100% compatible with the
> Red Hat distribution." It also states "Linux-Mandrake has been customized by
> MandrakeSoft S.A. to be easier to install and use, without sacrificing any of
> the distribution's capabilities.
>
> Jim Vaughan
>
>
> Simon Norris wrote:
>
> > Please excuse me if I'm wrong, but isn't Linux-Mandrake=Red Hat Linux +
> > KDE+Pentium enhancements?? I thought that was the biggest selling point of
> > Mandrake?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 12:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing Graphics and setup programs
> >
> > First, and please do not take this offensively, but Linux-Mandrake is not
> > RedHat Linux. They are two entirely individual distributions, with no
> > connection to each other.
> >
> > As for changing your video driver, you can run Xconfigurator to accomplish
> > that. Also, I think there an other configuration tool for the X-windows
> > system as well, but I can't remember the name at this point. Hope this is
> > useful,
> >
> > Ernie
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tony Zocolillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 5:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing Graphics and setup programs
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply. I found some Q/A on the internet stating that SiS
> > > chips don't run with Linux. I'll probably just get another video card
> > that
> > > does work. I see 2Mb ATI PCI cards on eBay for $10.
> > >
> > > How do I re-run the setup to install a new video driver? (or anything
> > > else...I still need to load my sound card module) I don't have a bood for
> > > Red Hat...I do have SuSE but I couldn't get past partitioning with it so I
> > > put Mandrake on instead. The books I have on SuSE and Caldera describing
> > > the setup utility don't seem to work with Mandrake RedHat.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Tony Z.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jesse Royall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 3:55 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing Graphics card config and SiS5597 problems
> > >
> > >
> > > > Tony....
> > > >
> > > > I got the same problem. And have been working on it for about 2 weeks
> > now
> > > > with nothing to show. I thought that it might have been my Network Card
> > > > since I had problems with it when I ran Windows 98 and the N-Card in
> > that
> > > > they were trying to use the same IRQ. well i uninstalled the card and I
> > > > still have the same problems. Glad to see I am not the only one though!
> > > > If ya come up with any thing let me know and I will do the same for
> > > > you...
> > > >
> > > > This is a message I recieved the other day... as for what it means I
> > have
> > > > no idea. I have yet to figure out where to get to these settings. I have
> > > > used the Linux install disk and SETUP to change my settings and XE86conf
> > > > and none of these help anything out.
> > > >
> > > > Jess
> > > >
> > >
> > >
