[Lvlug] Mandrake 8.1

[Randy Kramer]

A few PSs:

1. The system will boot from the downloaded disk (disk 1), and I have
almost successfully installed the system -- one problem is that the six
"virtual terminals" are available.  Another problem was that my first
attempt under Reiser did not work at all, the almost successful attempt
was with JFS for all but boot.  I'm now reinstalling with JFS for all
but / and /boot.

2. I learned that those high speed CD-Rom readers (with features like
antivibration) are not always perfect (or at least mine isn't).  I tried
reading the md5sum from the burned CDs on such a drive (on my working
Mandrake 7.2 box) and got different results each time (tried 6 times).

Randy Kramer

Randy Kramer wrote:
> Daniel S. Washko wrote:
> > I need a copy of the latest mandrake.  I know someone out there must have a copy.  Would said person please burn one for me or lend me the discs so that I can burn a copy?
> 
> I have Mandrake 8.1, but I'll wait a day before volunteering.  I
> downloaded my copy, checked the md5sums (3 disks) and burned the cds,
> but I've had some trouble installing.  The standard answer I get is my
> burner or reader must be bad.  I don't really believe that, and would
> almost like to see you try my copies just to prove my burner is not bad
> (or let someone else run a md5sum on their burned cds to see if we get
> the same results.

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