Re: help re Mandrake

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

José Luis Gómez Dans wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:20:44PM -0000, ruthneil wrote:
> > The Dell is a XPS600 with the following spec 256MB RAM
> > 20GB Maxtor 92048D8 ATA HD partitioned as C D E F  Having followed
> > the installation procedure as best I can for partitioning the disk
> > to accept Linux, using both the Linux version of Partiation Magic and
> > also using my own copy of the full Partition Magic I have the
> > following problem.
> 
>         This system doesn't look as if it might have problems per se...


 I`ve run a Dell XPS R400 (BIOS A9 and A13) with 128Mb and 192Mb RAM,
and a Maxtor 8Gb with no problems.

> 
>         Not likely, as this is a kernel problem. Maybe if you could use
> a newer distribution with a newer kernel and with all the power saving
> bundled into it... But I guess that it wouldn't make much of a
> difference.

 I dunno about this one...I`ve used 2.2.5, 2.2.10-15, 2.2.14 and
2.2.14i, all with no problems with the production kernels on the Dell or
my new box.

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