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> :~>2. The way to start the install program from a DOS prompt is broken - doesn't
>work at all.
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> Umpf? Does here, AFAIK. Anyone else has this problem?
>
I have found it
On my Mustec M185 P2 266 laptop that has a windoze 98 on a 2 Gig
installed fine from cd boot disk - by default Mandrake installs grub, big
problem on my 8 Gig Toshiba hard drive > 1024 - I had to fdisk /mbr
I then try to install linux from M$ and after installation I got grub again
and no Icon as in 7.0 in my windoze. (I am no expert and grub does not see my
/ partition so it doesn't boot linux)
Problem was solved by manually running loadlin and run lilo with
the help of a linux user group.
On the other hand I used Mandrake 6.5 on this laptop and liked it. When 7.0
7.01 and 7.02 came out I went to Corel 1.0 and enjoyed the stay. Now come the
good part, I have tried 7.1 and I like it a hell of a lot, so much so that I use
the Corel CD as a coaster and Mandrake on all my linux systems. The main reason
was kruiser, I think it should be the default file manager but that is KDE's
problem. There is also a lot of apps to choose from maybe too much but that is
Linux - you can choose, you are not stuck with something that you don't like.
Sure if you are brain-dead and like to reboot now and then, and just type
letters goto windoze with there easy install program where you have no control
over the installation and have to reboot 7 or 8 times to get all the drivers
running. (If you are lucky)
If you ask about the windoze on my laptop - Games, linux needs more games
In South Africa there is no place where you can buy any Linux Games like those
at Loki
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Eugene Grimsdell System Administrator
OSRAM South Africa www.osram.co.za
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