[TriLUG] Mandrake 8.1 installation--Part TWO--the problems! accordingtoLockergnome's Penguin Shell

[al johson]

Thanks for the info about Supermount. Guess we'll just have to wait for the
rewrite!
AL
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tanner Lovelace <lovelace at wayfarer.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Mandrake 8.1 installation--Part TWO--the problems!
accordingtoLockergnome's Penguin Shell


> al johson wrote:
>
> > Gotcha!! I've actually loaded Mandrake before (8.0), and had great luck
with
> > it. Then I had to replace my motherboard which changed a lot of my
hardware
> > (new video card, sound now on motherboard, new modem card which had to
be
> > PCI [since you can't easily purchase a motherboard with an ISA slot],
sound
> > card on the motherboard, etc., etc.) so I thought it might be a good
idea to
> > wait and get a copy of 8.1 since 8.1 was coming out! I did read the
errata
> > page. It had one message that bothered me, don't use Supermount!! Now
this
> > was a program I've really appreciated in the past, but apparently there
have
> > been problems with it??????
>
>
> Apparently, supermount needs to be rewritten for the newer kernels.
> AFAIK, Mandrake is in the process of doing this and I hope it
> will be done soon.  Supermount is one utility that I *really*
> like... a lot...
>
> Tanner
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