Mark Weaver wrote:
> patrick wrote:
> >
> > i wanted to share my mandrake experience i have just had. for the last
> > couple of day my computer has been down. i came home from work
> > twice and my computer was down. i couldnt believe it. linux had
> > finally crashed and my computer would not restart. i dont have much
> > knowledge about installing linux (yet) but anyway this is what happened.
> > when i tried to reinstall mandreake 7.1 everything would go fine till
> > i got to the part to get encryption. my modem was turning on, dialing
> > and then in a couple of seconds was turning off and then redialing
> > it would do this over and over. i tried reinstalling auto, and server
> > and still i couldnt not get it to work. then i decided to check out
> > my bios. my mother board has sound built in and i have always
> > kept it turned off. when i checked it was on auto. this one problem
> > caused me several hours of frustration. i jut wanted to share it
> > in case some of u have newer motherboards and run into this
> > problem. just go back anc recheck your mother board setting.
> > it could save u some anguish
> >
> > laters pat
>
> Patrick,
>
> It would be a good idea if when you get to the part where it comes time
> to do the encryption part of the install that you do this at a later
> time. This can really cause an installation to go south if you don't
> have a connection like an ISDN or a T1. Not to mention that the results
> can get REAL frustrating. And that's putting it mildly.
> --
> Mark
i am not going to actually get encryption. i was just just letting the
modem connect and then cancelling. that way when i first start
my system my kfm and netscape both recognized my connection.
pretty smart hey....
