Re: DAMNIT!! After install of LM 7.2b3, LINUX WON'T BOOT!!!

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 05:48

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In <j1hdtso3u2ga5q6u5n2dai07k0h1mfjuei@4ax.com> Jim <d_athens@mindspring.net> writes:

]no good news for you there. i tried installing it twice with
]much the same results. very nice install, buy upon booting,
]my system would freeze. ok, boot into safe mode gets
]linuxconf, and a bunch of changes that have to be made. it
]boots afterwards, but doesn't load all devices properly and
]it won't start x. damn it all to hell. 

]i did manage to grab redhat 7 (around 3am to find a free &
]fast server) and that works great, without any problems. it
]could use some tweaking, but then i should probably try some
]other distributions first...

Well then use redhat 7. Mandrake 7.2b2 is a beta. Definition of beta is
that it has bugs. When you find a bug, report it to Mandrake. That is
the purpose of betas.

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Subject: Re: DAMNIT!! After install of LM 7.2b3, LINUX WON'T BOOT!!!
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