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I had two installations go south because of file system corruption. On the third install I did not use LVM partitions and all has been well.
mine here installed w/ LVM ( don't ask, it wasn't happy if I told it not to, so I let it, I've had no trouble at all. BUT...I think the pro minumum install is better for most folks than the current version of the personal 9.1 ( I have a copy of each, one installed runs fine, the other one has too many problems including a severe lack of things like Evolution.. which is just weird! I know this is a kde company, and it's fine w/ me, I prefer it.. but some of my users like some of the gnome programs on their DTs... For a rank newbie that is too far away for me to go set up the box, I'm thinking Xandros.. tho I don't care for it, it installs a single user and will, it says even live happily w/ a windows partition. ( there are not windows in our organization so I can't test that part... ) oh yeah, I'm using xfs for my file system.. if that matters... I guess it could. Overall, it's an easy install, even the personal installed w/ no complaints. ( On a box that came inside a cow ... can't remember company name ) It just had a lot of lock ups, but IIRC that company still uses some proprietery bits... 8.2 however runs like a charm on it.. and there have been no virii invasions since it was installed. So far the best recomendation.. Home users w/ that last straw... can't even stay online long enough to get whatever patch MS sees fit to finally release!! OTH, those kids were almost born inside a computer ( back when you actually could wander thru it... and the "print outs: were poleroids!) So they aren't afraid of breaking anything... That has been My biggest difficulty w/ folks who want to try but are afraid they "will do something wrong"... silly, that's how we all learned, at least most of us that can read... screw something up and go read the manual to fixor it... duh! -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : What the heck's a tree doing in a forest???