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From: Unruh on 6 Apr 2008 12:32
lisztnet(a)aliceadsl.fr writes:

>On 6 avr, 02:33, ray <r...(a)zianet.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:31:27 -0700, lisztnet wrote:
>> > And therefor i will reinstall it.
>>
>> > Why ?
>>
>> > Because it is the only system which supports my ati rage Mach64 mobility
>> > card, and is faster than what other poor guys obtain when they have
>> > luck, after heavy compiling and sweeting.
>>
>> > When they have luck they compile everything an 1/2 get the thing works.
>> > Then he gets 200 fps, sometimes 300, very seldom. I get 317. ANd i need
>> > 1/4 h to install the driver without compiling anything. They need years
>> > and a bug report for Ubuntu. And lots of disappointment.
>>
>> > I have no choice than maintaining a partition with good old mandrake
>> > 9.1.
>>
>> > L
>>
>> If that' your only frame of reference, then go for it! Personally, I run a
>> fully optimized Gentoo on my mini-itx - I'm quite pleased with the
>> performance compared to every 'out of the box' distro I've tried.


>I would like right now a linux with DRI support for Ati mach64
>mobility card which i could install from iso, because i have no
>cdrom.

>Mandriva dropped support for this card in one kernel, then rebuild the
>support, so 2007 should be good, 2008 not sure.

>I wonder if i could install a mandriva one-spring 2007 without cdrom ?
>and i need a speedtouch 330 modem to going to work too.

Over a modem? No, it would take weeks. Buy yourself a cdrom.
You could do it over a real network (ethernet, even wireless).


>L





From: Martin =?utf-8?B?U2Now7bDtm4=?= on 6 Apr 2008 12:51
lisztnet(a)aliceadsl.fr writes:

> And therefor i will reinstall it.
>
> Why ?
>
> Because it is the only system which supports my ati rage Mach64
> mobility card, and is faster than what other poor guys obtain when
> they have luck, after heavy compiling and sweeting.
>
> When they have luck they compile everything an 1/2 get the thing
> works. Then he gets 200 fps, sometimes 300, very seldom. I get 317.
> ANd i need 1/4 h to install the driver without compiling anything.
> They need years and a bug report for Ubuntu. And lots of
> disappointment.
>
> I have no choice than maintaining a partition with good old mandrake
> 9.1.
>
:-)

Mdk 9.1 was my first Linux...

But shouldn't your subject line read "Mandrake 9.1 is better..."?

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From: David W. Hodgins on 6 Apr 2008 13:24
On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:43:32 -0400, <lisztnet(a)aliceadsl.fr> wrote:

> I wonder if i could install a mandriva one-spring 2007 without cdrom ?
> and i need a speedtouch 330 modem to going to work too.

I would not install any of the "one" versions, as they only have as much
software, as will fit on one cd. Much better to go with the full dvd
install. I'd also go with 2008.0, not 2007.

You can download the dvd from
http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/2008.0/mandriva-linux-2008.0-free-dvd-i586.iso
and the sha1 checksum from
http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/2008.0/mandriva-linux-2008.0-free-dvd-i586.iso.sha1

You can create a bootable floppy, to install from the dvd iso image on
the hard drive using
http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0/i586/install/images/hd_grub.img
and following the instructions at
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installing_Mandriva_Linux#Hard_disk_install_from_a_floppy_disk_boot

If you have a slow internet connection, you'll either need a friend with
a high speed connection, to download the dvd image, or consider buying the
boxed powerpack from http://store.mandriva.com/

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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From: Allodoxaphobia on 6 Apr 2008 17:11
On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:24:27 -0400, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:43:32 -0400, <lisztnet(a)aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if i could install a mandriva one-spring 2007 without cdrom ?
>> and i need a speedtouch 330 modem to going to work too.
>
> I would not install any of the "one" versions, as they only have as much
> software, as will fit on one cd. Much better to go with the full dvd
> install. I'd also go with 2008.0, not 2007.
>
> If you have a slow internet connection, you'll either need a friend with
> a high speed connection, to download the dvd image, or consider buying the
> boxed powerpack from http://store.mandriva.com/

Or, see the selections at

http://shop.cheapbytes.com/

Featured on the opening page: "Mandriva Linux 2008 DVD"

Interestingly enough, v-a-v the Subject:, I bought my first usable/useful
linux from Cheap Bytes: MDK 9.1 back in the days of dial-up, and I'd
still be using it if all the smoke in my HDD hadn't leaked out. :-)

Jones
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From: lisztnet on 6 Apr 2008 18:47
On 6 avr, 19:24, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:43:32 -0400, <liszt...(a)aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> > I wonder if i could install a mandriva one-spring 2007 without cdrom ?
> > and i need a speedtouch 330 modem to going to work too.
>
> I would not install any of the "one" versions, as they only have as much
> software, as will fit on one cd. Much better to go with the full dvd
> install. I'd also go with 2008.0, not 2007.
>
> You can download the dvd fromhttp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/2008.0/mandri...
> and the sha1 checksum fromhttp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/2008.0/mandri...
>
> You can create a bootable floppy, to install from the dvd iso image on
> the hard drive usinghttp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0/i586/insta...
> and following the instructions athttp://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installing_Mandriva_Linux#Hard_disk_...
>
> If you have a slow internet connection, you'll either need a friend with
> a high speed connection, to download the dvd image, or consider buying the
> boxed powerpack fromhttp://store.mandriva.com/
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
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Thanks to all, I'm pleased to see that the traditional newbies-basher
have gone to history, by the way. What i'm not. Juste forgot every
thing and forgot my notes at home :)

I will go for the 3 CD version (of Mandriva 2008). The installation
process seems to be pretty the same as for mandrake 9.1, once you
have the hd.img boot floppy.

I ran the 9.1 installer from floppy and it worked ; not all that iso-
scan buggy stuff like for Ubuntu. Yes i had the nice fealing that
someone was at least speaking to me, running that installer.

L
L
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