Well I got the charity I look after IT for, to get Suse for their file server
:))
Good
8.0 installed well on that machine, a bog std home built thing. A few false
starts until I selected 640x480 at the start. V pleased, desktop looked fine
from the word go.
Bad
Got a spare drive out for my 2xPIII, sblive, orinoco silver, nvidia gforce2mx,
usb intellimouse
install v speedy.
Reboot, to no mouse ! eh
Went into pcmcia/wireless and found loads of files that had changed and the
only description was in German.
looked in manual, no info on new wireless files < v v bad >
rang install support
wireless not covered, :(
mouse - the support assistant had no idea, and was less than useless when he
told me it probably wouldnt work.
anyway, much huffing and puffing, put correct modules into mk_initrd for usb
fiddled with wireless and working
read someones previous post by swapping out drive, and after fiddling got it
working.
So at last I have working sblive, wireless. Suse 7,3, I never got sound
working after changing kernel and wireless was flakey. So Im pleased.
Not so hot. as everyone has mentioned ...
Where's the startup manual. I have a reading disability at the moment, I find
it hard to take in the big manuals although am improving.
Main manual doesnt seem as good.
Really miss yast1, hate yast2 in text mode, v unintuitive.
overall pleased so far. but comeon Suse document the pcmcia stuff properly,
its just guesswork at the moment. I have no idea which bit is set up
correctly.
I do think however, it will be good for the charity's first server, nice & std
hardware.
dids
