Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 01:15, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Hi, Yesterday I presented Mandrake Linux to some guys and gave them a copy of the RC2 CDs from which I installed on 2 machines without problems. So the ISOs are correct. One of them started right away as soon as he came home and mailed:

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp schrieb am 12 Oct 2003 07:50:17 -0400: I gave him 3 points as a first aid: 1. Try a text installation 2. Monitor the tty2 and tty4 logs for further error messages 3. Maybe the CDs I burned on my machine don't work 100% on his CD drive. Any other suggestions? wobo

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 08:10, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: ed tharp schrieb am 12 Oct 2003 07:50:17 -0400: I gave him 3 points as a first aid: 1. Try a text installation 2. Monitor the tty2 and tty4 logs for further error messages 3. Maybe the CDs I burned on my machine don't work

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Glen Kjærulff schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:37:55 +0200: no its a joke, read it again. [quote] Most girls up through adult women become frightened and confused, often hysterical when presented with a traditional command prompt, Cesterino explained. [unquote] Where is the joke in that? Sounds

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 22:25, ed tharp wrote: BTW: We'll have to face a whole lot of little girls swarming all over Linux at the end of this year: http://qrxx.4t.com/barbieOS.htm wobo is that for real? the barbie stuff? Absolutely! In fact there is also a companion South Park

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Olaf Marzocchi
At 15.25 12/10/2003, you wrote: Where is the joke in that? Sounds pretty realistic as far as my experiences with middle-aged female workerbees in office environments go. And as far as I know Mattel (I know the German branch near Frankfurt, Germany) and the attitude of the company this BarbieOS

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Eric Huff
is that for real? the barbie stuff? Absolutely! In fact there is also a companion South Park version in which fsck is spelled correctly. ;-) LOL! -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 05:10, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: ed tharp schrieb am 12 Oct 2003 07:50:17 -0400: I gave him 3 points as a first aid: 1. Try a text installation 2. Monitor the tty2 and tty4 logs for further error messages 3. Maybe the CDs I burned on my machine don't work

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 06:25, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Glen Kjærulff schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:37:55 +0200: no its a joke, read it again. [quote] Most girls up through adult women become frightened and confused, often hysterical when presented with a traditional command prompt,

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 06:31, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 22:25, ed tharp wrote: BTW: We'll have to face a whole lot of little girls swarming all over Linux at the end of this year: http://qrxx.4t.com/barbieOS.htm wobo is that for real? the barbie stuff?

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
James Sparenberg schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:50:17 -0700: A study in Korea a few years back found that as a group Baby Boomers (the post WWII born) tend to be the most confounded by technology. Hmm, that counts me in (born 1946). So that's why I never curse at my computer. It's sheer

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
James Sparenberg schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:51:28 -0700: Can you imagine a blue screen of death in the SouthPark edition *grin* Or a help text from Kenny? Fmmmfpfmffmpmpmppffp mmmpppmpm Mpffmfmmfpmp Opfmpfmpf! wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:16, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: James Sparenberg schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:50:17 -0700: A study in Korea a few years back found that as a group Baby Boomers (the post WWII born) tend to be the most confounded by technology. Hmm, that counts me in (born

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:23, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: James Sparenberg schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:51:28 -0700: Can you imagine a blue screen of death in the SouthPark edition *grin* Or a help text from Kenny? Fmmmfpfmffmpmpmppffp mmmpppmpm Mpffmfmmfpmp Opfmpfmpf! I think I've seen

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
James Sparenberg schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:21:38 -0700: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:23, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Fmmmfpfmffmpmpmppffp mmmpppmpm Mpffmfmmfpmp Opfmpfmpf! I think I've seen that one. It was in the early win98 disks for Hangul(korean)Win98 the help files where in a

Re: [expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 22:31, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: James Sparenberg schrieb am Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:21:38 -0700: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:23, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Fmmmfpfmffmpmpmppffp mmmpppmpm Mpffmfmmfpmp Opfmpfmpf! I think I've seen that one. It was in the early win98

[expert] Error during installation (RC2)

2003-10-11 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Hi, Yesterday I presented Mandrake Linux to some guys and gave them a copy of the RC2 CDs from which I installed on 2 machines without problems. So the ISOs are correct. One of them started right away as soon as he came home and mailed: During 'System installation' an error occurred: