On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 17:06, Don Parris wrote:
peter Nikolic wrote:
On Saturday 30 Oct 2004 00:40, Web Developer wrote:
---------- Original Message ------------- Subject: Re: [SLE] Suse 9.2 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:15:47 -0500 From: C Hamel
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com <snip>
I sympathize with your installation problems. I *finally* learned to wait until I get plenty of feedback from this list before attempting anything. I tried both 9 & 9.1 and only 9 mostly worked. (Found out I had a bad CD-RW/DVD drive & that didn't help, of course.) I finally FTPd the 9.1 this past week and it seems the bugs have been mostly squashed, thank goodness. Less problems, but still not problem-free. ...Nor is Windoze. <G> __________________
Well, if things go well in tomorrow's install, and I can get my Kodak CX??00 camera working with 9.2, I'll be cleaning my Windoze - right off the hard drive. ;)
don -- Web Developer Matheteuo Christian Fellowship webdev@matheteuo.org http://matheteuo.org/ Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anywhere anytime!
Well i got it installed and running on it now but ye gads what a flippin game and two richard the thirds ,
It just kept crapping out at random places all the time the list of files became too long to type any more , Now bearing in mind this is an BRAND NEW HDD never before had anything on it this is how i had to get it to load and i still cant work out why .
I at first thought i may be a duff drive so i blagged a windBloze 98se frisby of a mate tried that yes installed ok hum try 9,2 again all they setup procedure to get it to partition the drive format it and start the install and shure enough it went so far then bang dead , Hum right re try windBloZe 98se yep no problem so blagged his copy of windBloZe eXtra Plonkey installed that using ntfs yep all ok now heres where it starts to make NO sense what so ever rebooted the system on the 9.2 disc (btw it was the same for the CD or the DVD ) all thry the setup start the install bingo it goes all the way Hum .
So just for the hell of it fdisked the drive again deleting all partitions re try the 9.2 and shure enought total failure install eXtra Plonkey again the boot the 9.2 setup and bingo it flattenes the eXtra Plonkey install knaffs orft and does a perfect install so i left it alone ..
Now has anyone got even an fractional answer to that one cus i aint got the first idea an i been using/setting up Linux for 10 to 12 years now
Oh i might add it is an 120 Gb Maxtor ide ata133 drive with 2Mb cache .
Cheers
Pete .
Peter, I believe I read somewhere about Mandrake having problems with Maxtor drives, and Maxtor not being very Linux friendly. Before I get too far with thought, I'll check it out, and get back to you. It may have some bearing on your situtation.
-- DC Parris http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere." Hi ..
From what i remember it was Maxtor SATA drives that caused problems with certain chipsets .. I have used Maxtor drives a lot before with no problems apart from the fact that no HD is built to last these days they all go legs up fairly quickley i have found . Cheers Pete -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp , Play time is over folks time for action approaches at an alarming pace the death knell for M$ Copr has been sounded . Termination time is around the corner ..