Hi all, I was given a Dell Optiplex GX260. I've spent all day buggerising around installing 8.04 on it. I found in the BIOS an option which is called "OS install Mode" which can be on or off.
What the hell has this been created for? More so, when OS install mode is activated it means you only get to use 256Mb RAM. The machine has a P4 2.8Ghz and 1.2G RAM mind you. After working out what the problem was and struggling with a stalling install for hours, I find I can only install updates with the OS install mode activated. Bizarre. I know I'm ranting...I'm rather annoyed by all this. I'm assuming others have installed on Optiplexes before. Is mine a common experience? Regards, Patrick when I've turned it off - after struggling with an install which took hours ( which when -- Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
