[ale] more on SuSE 8.1

[Geoffrey]

Since you purchased SuSE pro, did you report your problems?  I certainly 
would.  I reported my problems with getting my scanner recognized.

Ray Knight wrote:

> I have SuSE 8.1 Professional (the store did not have personal).  I was
> running SuSE 8.0 (originally SuSE 5.x where x was > 1 but I can't
> remember exactly and upgraded every 2 or 3 releases).  The SuSE 8.1
> upgrade refused to install.  I posted earlier about the problem,
> multiple failures when unpacking the rpms.  I tried another CD-ROM
> drive, I tested the memory, I turned off IDE DMA, nothing worked.  Box
> was a 266 MHz AMD K-6, with a 17GB drive a CD and a CD-R/W (all IDE),
> 256 MB RAM and a Matrox G200 video, and 3 Com 3c905b Ethernet.  I bought
> a used Compaq Deskpro with a 300 Mhz Pentium II.  Moved the hard drive
> and CD-R/W, memory, video, Ethernet and 128 MB DIMM to the Compaq (for a
> total of 256 MB Ram) and SuSE installed with no problems).  Put the
> smaller disk from the Compaq into the AMD box and RedHat 7.3 installed
> with no problems.  I guess SuSE 8.1 doesn't like AMD K6 processors.  

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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