steve harris wrote:
> 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
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Herman R.willett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: vern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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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I downloaded the 7.0-2 iso image and burned it on a cd then did my install from
that and everything seems to work just dandy! Maybe the 7.0 to 7.0-2 fixed
some bugs?? If you're interested (don't mind the 30 hour download from a 56k
line, have a cd burner on hand) you can go to www.linuxberg.com and navigate
your way to the distribution page and select from what they have there.
Hope that helps, Michael Holt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
p.s. at this point, I seem to be using about 14MB for 'X'.
