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Why do I bother to try install Linux? | by Spisefisken | 2004-07-12 10:52:29 |
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No offense, but.... | by dals_rule | 2004-07-12 11:00:02 |
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Bit general, that. | by LionsPhil | 2004-07-12 11:03:49 |
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by dals_rule |
2004-07-12 11:20:27 |
Anyway, my point was that, since modern linux distros (including Mandrake) are easy to install (oftentimes easier than windows...), and the hardware detection/initialization has gotten quite good, the observed problems were quite likely to be caused by a hardware fault of some sort (especially the non-functional floppy...)
make, make modules_install and cp????? I wasn't aware that Mandrake was derived from Gentoo. :-)
I guess my original post may have sounded insulting, but that's really not how I intended it. I've been using linux for years (since 0.9x, as a matter of fact) and windows for longer than that so I know what the learning curve USED to be, but that just isn't the case anymore.
Bottom line: I could have asked for more information and concluded that it was probably just a boot manager problem, possibly aggravated by the presence of an ntfs partition. I still think broken hardware is a likely problem in 90% of os install problems, regardless of whether you're installing windows, linux, or anything else.... |
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Linux is just the kernel. | by LionsPhil | 2004-07-12 11:33:26 |
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