Great job Brad,

Very well done. Congrats! I was sure you will suceed. More than that I am really
happy coz you are carrying the Linux torch ahead so gracefully. Keep up the
good work man.

Cheers,
-Tarun


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Stone" <bmestone@...>
> To: SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
> Subject: Re: [SunnyLUG] Digest Number 554
> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:48:55 +0000
>
>
> Success!
> Thanks for the feedback people.
> Sorry I didn't reply sooner, my access to that computer was very limited, it
> was only today I got to try everything out. What we were trying to do was a
> complete wipe of the hard-drive, and install linux as the single OS for this
> desktop machine. No other partitions.
>
> I'd already asked the woman there to try the 'fdisk' thing on the Ubuntu
> live version, but that didn't work. Seems bash didn't recognise the command,
> maybe she did it wrong, I wasn't there at the time to oversee.
>
> Today I tried the Mandriva 2005 LE DVD, but that failed to install at
> exactly the same point. It failed to format the Ext6 Home partition on the
> drive. It just stopped responding at that point. So I went back even further
> and tried the Mandrake 10.1 Community release... worked like a charm! :D
>
> Installed flawlessly, and after a few funny moments where it totally
> misconfigured the monitor, I managed to get it running smoothly. (It had set
> a 800x600 monitor as a 1024x768, resulting in some very odd graphical
> effects, and the mouse rolling over the right side of the screen and
> appearing on the left!!!). They might tentatively upgrade to the 2005 or
> 2006 LE later. If so, I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> Great outcome. This computer had been a nightmare for ages, and the speed
> and simplicity with which Mandrake got the net and printers set up and
> running really dazzled the people I was setting it up for. They were really
> impressed; they seem keen now, eager to try it out... I think we have
> converts!
>
> Let us continue to spread the good word!!!
>
> Brad

>



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Scientist C /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
I'm Registered Linux User # 284692
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