I installed the PC Plus Mandrake Linux on my Pentium 266 desktop PC after creating a partition for it using Partition Manager version 5. The supplied copy of rawrite wouldn't run, and I had to use a copy from my Red Hat CD instead, but having got over this minor problem the Mandrake Linux appeared to install fine.
However, when I re-booted Windows 95 and tried to run Partition Magic again, Partition Magic would not run, as it could not find the start of the Windows partition. Being concerned about the possible implications for the stability of my PC, I decided to set up the PC again from scratch with Windows 95 and Red Hat 6.0. (This also seemed the best way to sort out some problems with my Windows system).
I liked Mandrake's user interface and the automounting, and also the apparent support for multimedia, although it didn't manage to configure itself correctly for my soundcard, but at the end of the day I felt safer with Red Hat (being a relative newbie to Linux).
Adrian (The bearded one on the left in 2 of the Alug 28 photos)
Adrian Kiddle Quinto Crane & Plant Ltd Anson Rd Norwich NR6 6EH
----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Thompson-Bell itb@techprt.co.uk To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:48 AM Subject: [alug] Mandrake
I've installed Mandrake Linux, given away with the recent issue of PC Plus, on my laptop and I love it. Kernel compiled for Pentiums, automounting of floppy and CDROM, a lovely install interface and a range of X windows managers. Anyone else tried it?
Ian
Ian Thompson-Bell
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