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5 total messages Started by Brando Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:00
Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!
#460
Author: Brando
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:00
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What a crappy distribution. No matter what I do, the installation fucks up somehow. No
matter how many times I try to install LM 7.1 using lnx4win (Linux for Windows), there is
always atleast one or two  packages (and always a different package) that causes an error
during installation. There's errors in perl scripts, like for detecting pcmcia cards.
Can't even use expert mode because there's errors in perl scripts when trying to format
the partition.

Now, this time I get  an error during bootup that it can't find the image file for
initrd!! WTF!! What, did LM just forget to create one during the installation? What image
file is it looking for? linuxsys.img perhaps?

So, if anyone possibly knows what it means when it can't find the image file for initrd,
please let me know a way to fix it.
Re: Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!
#461
Author: root beer
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:00
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If I were you, I would have installed it on a 2nd hard disk itself
has it crossed your mind that maybe lnx4win is causing all your
problems ?  I've tried almost every major distribution available and
they _always_ work fine.

get a 2nd drive and install on it and give it another go, you won't
find any installation problems, trust me.

Brando wrote:
> 
> What a crappy distribution. No matter what I do, the installation fucks up somehow. No
> matter how many times I try to install LM 7.1 using lnx4win (Linux for Windows), there is
> always atleast one or two  packages (and always a different package) that causes an error
> during installation. There's errors in perl scripts, like for detecting pcmcia cards.
> Can't even use expert mode because there's errors in perl scripts when trying to format
> the partition.
> 
> Now, this time I get  an error during bootup that it can't find the image file for
> initrd!! WTF!! What, did LM just forget to create one during the installation? What image
> file is it looking for? linuxsys.img perhaps?
> 
> So, if anyone possibly knows what it means when it can't find the image file for initrd,
> please let me know a way to fix it.
Re: Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!
#462
Author: Andreas K�h�ri
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:00
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In article <o9ggtsk33esddhmdd699pkdqmhli3mpbh5@4ax.com>,
Brando  <bhoppe99@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>What a crappy distribution.

So, switch to another one... 
Why use a product that you're not happy with?

If you're not willing to pay for your CDs, then go to the Free Unix
Giveaway List at <URL:http://visar.csustan.edu/> and get a CD for
free.

/A

-- 
Andreas K�h�ri,
Uppsala University, Sweden.
------------------------------------{ GNU it yourself: www.gnu.org }----
Re: Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!
#463
Author: mandrakeuser
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:00
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> So, switch to another one...
> Why use a product that you're not happy with?

This is so true. It's not like it was really expensive or anything.
Re: Mandrake is a Piece Of Shit!
#466
Author: Gardiner Family
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 00:00
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Well I have it installed on my computer (version 7.1) and actually I find it
very good considering it is only one of two (the other is SUSE) that allows
you to install the distribution on a ReiserFS (Journalling etc) thus really
good performance is achieved.

Matt

"Andreas K�h�ri" wrote:

> In article <o9ggtsk33esddhmdd699pkdqmhli3mpbh5@4ax.com>,
> Brando  <bhoppe99@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >What a crappy distribution.
>
> So, switch to another one...
> Why use a product that you're not happy with?
>
> If you're not willing to pay for your CDs, then go to the Free Unix
> Giveaway List at <URL:http://visar.csustan.edu/> and get a CD for
> free.
>
> /A
>
> --
> Andreas K�h�ri,
> Uppsala University, Sweden.
> ------------------------------------{ GNU it yourself: www.gnu.org }----
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