[plug] RHL 6.0 install probs

Michael Hunt Michael.J.Hunt at usa.net
Tue Oct 5 22:35:37 WST 1999


> It's just a long shot. Some time ago, when I tried to install my very
> first Linux system, I was having some real weird problems. One of the
> people on this group suggested I slow down my computer. I went into the
> mother board CMOS and selected the fail safe defaults. I was then able to
> install RedHat. Afterward I reset everything to the normal speed and had
no
> trouble.
>
> Might be worth a try.

Yes severe overclocking can cause dramatic software problems *grin*. You
knoqw when it is severe when your machine starts to emit smoke from the case
!!!

> By the way, after a little play with redhat and suse, I went back to
> windoze. Did everything I need to do on a computer, and probably still
does.
>
> Here I am again though, playing with newer versions of redhat, suse and
> open linux. Maybe I'm a masochist, maybe I'm a control freak? Who knows?

No it is the power of the penguin.




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