On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Hello experts
>
> My initial impression of the installation of Mandrake 7.1 was very
> positive. I was eagerly interested in testing XFREE86 4.0, Netscape
> 4.73 and some new additions of KDE.
>
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> I choose to exclude GNOME, other window-makers, all web servers, all web
> administration, all databases, emacs and xemacs. The installation was
> going on while i did other things and only controlled now and then.
> To my fine surprise the installation program happily installed SAMBA,
> gnome webmin and other stuff. I was pissed off and jumped out of the
> installation and reinstalled 7.0.2
>
> The installation program seems to be a hacking c-code, i.e. the
> c-functions are not waiting for a confirmation that the messages sent
> are really succesfully written.
>
> I started using REDHAT 3.0.3, and I am accustumed to choose what I want
> to install and not to be treated by a omnipotent BILL GATE structure
> that tries to sell me things I don't want.
>
> Try something similar to SuSE, that is keep the old installation for
> those who wants full control.
>
> Keep the evolution alive - allow for differences.
>
Hmmm...have you tried the "textmode" installer with a
"custom" install?
John
