Herman,
I have a K6-2, I have ran 5.2 and 6.0
I had 6.0 running pretty good.
Best Buy put 7.0 on sale for $20.
2:40 for the install!
6.0 full install is 20-30 minutes tops.
Then the system ran very slow as Charles discribed, something eating up
resources horribly.
So I did a clean install, destroying my exising installation.
No difference.
I lost confidence when 5.2 and 6.0 is flawless and 7.0 dies on the same
machine.
The 3 hour install should have been my first clue as to what was
coming......
There must be a hardware problem somewhere as you and others report it runs
fine.
And no, I wasnt running the win4 install. I even tried creating the boot
floppy and running the old text install, no luck.
It just sits there forever copying the packages.....
fwiw
steve
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From: "Herman R.willett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:50:01 -0600
Hi: I am curious.
I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on six of my machines. All but one went
without a flaw. One did not allow the X-Window to come upon install,
so I fuddeled around and got it to allow a text install. As it is in a
closet
and does not require a perminate monitor, this is fine. What were you
problems again.
Herman
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> vern,
>
> you can contact MacMillan and they said they would refund my money.
> I shipped the package back, I am still waiting.....
>
>
>
>
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> From: vern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help
> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:39:54 -0500
>
> I've had similar experiences with MacMillan Mandrake 7.0
> plus half of my hardware failed to function (video, floppy,
> CDROM & etc.) I'm back with 6.1 or 6.5 as MacMillan calls
> it, and happy as a clam. I do regret the $50+ I wasted to
> learn this lesson, maybe something on those other 5 CD's
> is useful!
> Vern
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > On 26/03/00 7:53, steve harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] is reported to
> > have said:
> >
> > >I bought MacMillan Mandrake 7.0 recently and I experienced the same
> problems
> > >Charles did on it being very slow.
> > >Also 6.0 takes about 30 minutes to install, and this new 7.0 took
2:40.
> > >Ridiculous.
> >
> > Same here. The install was very long, and my machine is much slower
than
> > with 6.
> >
> > Kirk
> >
> > vice | versa
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