> I have 2 machines here, a PentiumII/400 handbuilt, and a P-II/350
> pre-built. Mandrake 7.1 runs fine on both of them. I think it is more a
> matter of having more or less well supported hardware than where the
> system comes from.
I agree about the hardware but what about the software source? I have
limited experience comparing installation sets but here's a couple
examples that have caused me to wonder.
Mandrake 7.1
1) Maximum Linux included a 7.1 disk...just one disk.
2) I've installed 7.1 from commercial disks and it worked fine. But
what I see is that some of the drivers are on the ext disk. How would
it work with the Max Linux disk?
3) To test my new CD writer I downloaded iso images of 7.1 and made
raw image disks using CD-Creator (in image mode) and with cdrecord.
Both of these disks appear identical and act the same....they won't go
through the install. Rather, they give me the "can't create ramdisk"
error that's been reported here (remember, my system is happily
running 7.1 so it's not hardware).
I've also noted that different mirror sites have iso images of
different sizes? Anyone understand this? For instance, right now
there are two locations for iso images of 7.2 and both the inst and
ext images are very different from one another on the two sites. All
I have are questions here; anyone have answers?
Cheers --- Larry
