Linked by Iain Alexander on Thu 17th Apr 2003 07:28 UTC
Several days ago I wrote a rather scathing article about my utter dismay and disappoint with Mandrake 9.1 and by association, Linux as a whole. Since then I have had many many flames and equally as many agreeing emails (is there a simple opposite word for flame?) Since then I have been trying, really really trying to get my system working fully. But time and again I'm coming up against the same brick wall of (un)usability, computer esotericism and down right idiocy. 
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i have built several computers over the years and each
and everyone of them has worked right out of the box.
heres my latest system, duplicate this and u wont have
any problems.
epox 8rda motherboard
512 megs ocz pc 3700 memory
i am using 2 ibm z15 scsi drives
i am using logitec controller
amd 2700+ processor overclocked to 2.73 gigs
i also use watercooling but that is neither
here nor there. if u are not an overlclocker
then regular cooling will work for u
i have one dvd reader. i place it first on the
first ide bus. i have 2 cd burners. i place one
of them behind the dvd reader and the other
as the master on the second ide port.
i have 2 floppies,
in bios turn off plug and play. i turn off acpi
also in bios i set my system to boot from floppy,
then cd rom , then scsi
when i want to install Mandrake i just stick the
first cd in the dvd rom drive and reboot.
its about that simple.
and also i am using a cable modem. in 9.1 it gets picked
up automatically and installed. it is a motorola sur board.
4100, the 4200 series also work too.
i have a network card i bought at frys for about 10 dollars
connecting my modem. i do not recommend usb modems for
linux just yet.
if u duplicate my system, u dont have to use scsi drives,
u can use ide drives instead but then u just wont have
the speed of scsi.
i want to mention that i purchased the ibm scsi drives
because it seems is getting out of the drive business.
u can purchase them for about 150 on the internet.
be sure and use lsi scsi controllers. they are very
inexpensive and work like a dream.
also want to mention i am using an old hitachi superscan
elite 802 for monitor, it works and its big.
shop like wise owls instead of cuckkoo birds
good luck