Re: Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!

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From: Christopher Ryan
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 00:00

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Ok here's the update:
I have now sucessfully installed mandrake 7.1, However when I start the
comp I still get this stage1 geom error thing????  Anyone know what to
do from here?
I think parft of the problem is something to do with dos ramdrives I
accidently installed.
Anyone know how to get rid of them?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Chris.


<I worte>:
> 
> I tried to install Mandrake 7.1 last week sometime and it didn't work -
> but I can't blame Mandrake for me not knowing what kinda graphics card I
> have!!!
> I had to pick quit at the last stage of the installation :-(.  Can
> anyone help?  Currently when I try to start the computer I get "Stage1
> Geom Error".
> I was advised to run fdisk from the win98 boot floopy - I tried this but
> I don't know dos very well and so that came to nothing :-(  Can anyone
> tell me what to do now??? Please!!!!
> Is there a way to wipe the hd altogether from dos?
> then try installing Linux again?
> The comp is a Cyrix 100MHz, with 32MB Ram and an 800mb hd.
> thanks a lot,
> Chris.

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