Re: [Sheflug] Fw: 7.1 hardware bug

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> > Hello
> > I have been using Mandrake 7 for some time without problem. However I have
> > just put a new? motherboard in my linux box. The board is a Gigabyte
> > GA-586DX which has a built in scsi card. when I try to intsall either V7
> OR
> > V 7.1 I get through the first stages of install then get the message
> >  "Installing driver for adaptec|AIC-788ou (module aic 7xxx)"
> this is the correct card !!!
> > The settup then freezes and does nothing at all.
> > I have tried disabling the scsi card in bios but the same thing
> > happens,anyway I would of course like to use the scsi at some stage
> although
> > at the moment nothing is connected to it,
> > Pete Smith
> >
> Can any one on this list help???
> P;eeeze.
> Pete
> 

Umm...I going to give a totally helpless solution: "don't use mandrake" :)

Seriously though, from what I keep hearing and reading about it, its got more 
bugs than the amazon rain forest...a friend tried it, found a bug, fixed it, 
ocntinued, found another bug, and this went on...he gave it up as a bad job 
in the end. They've also apparently colourised the gcc front-end, which 
breaks Emacs' gcc extentions (eg, jump to the line an error is on - sorta IDE 
like).

Skip to SuSE/Redhat/Debian instead.

Chris...


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