Dell 4100 series laptop, P3 866, 128 MB ram, Radeon Card, 8x CD-R drive etc etc.
First install attempt goes fine untill i tell it to use a generic LCD 1024x768 monitor, and click the TEST button
System freezes, have to format partitison and reinstall from scratch.
second install attempt, jams half way through the installing packages, says it discovered a fault, wanted me to put in a floppy disk to download the memory dump error and email it to Red Hat tech support.
Start all over again making sure NOT to choose the package that it installed that caused the PC to crash, and then when it gets to asking for the 2nd cd, it jams up at the xpdf (adobe PDF viewer for X) saying that the file cant be opened, the cd-rom makes odd noises like it does when its having trouble reading the CD. (Remember the cd has been fine for the other 2 install attempts) So i clean the CD and put it back in the drive. Now the damn program wont spin up the CD anymore. I have to restart hte install process all over again.
Man this is really annoying. I have spent 6 STRAIGHT HOURS (its 3:17am Mtn time now) from the time i burnt the CD's to the time i have gotten now.
And this weekend I tried to get mandrake to install, which it did, but every other reboot it would or wouldnt make the internet run. So all my friends say to dump newbie mandrake and use Red Hat and all my issues would be over.
Man I have an easier time getting NT 3.51 to work on a 286 than the latest versions of linux on a pretty simply equiped laptop.
If it wasnt for the requirement of this one program i need, linux would never touch this system.
ARGH!
ahh well, here's hoping that 4th's times a charm
First install attempt goes fine untill i tell it to use a generic LCD 1024x768 monitor, and click the TEST button
System freezes, have to format partitison and reinstall from scratch.
second install attempt, jams half way through the installing packages, says it discovered a fault, wanted me to put in a floppy disk to download the memory dump error and email it to Red Hat tech support.
Start all over again making sure NOT to choose the package that it installed that caused the PC to crash, and then when it gets to asking for the 2nd cd, it jams up at the xpdf (adobe PDF viewer for X) saying that the file cant be opened, the cd-rom makes odd noises like it does when its having trouble reading the CD. (Remember the cd has been fine for the other 2 install attempts) So i clean the CD and put it back in the drive. Now the damn program wont spin up the CD anymore. I have to restart hte install process all over again.
Man this is really annoying. I have spent 6 STRAIGHT HOURS (its 3:17am Mtn time now) from the time i burnt the CD's to the time i have gotten now.
And this weekend I tried to get mandrake to install, which it did, but every other reboot it would or wouldnt make the internet run. So all my friends say to dump newbie mandrake and use Red Hat and all my issues would be over.
Man I have an easier time getting NT 3.51 to work on a 286 than the latest versions of linux on a pretty simply equiped laptop.
If it wasnt for the requirement of this one program i need, linux would never touch this system.
ARGH!
ahh well, here's hoping that 4th's times a charm