[plug] Mandrake 7.2 install hassles

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.smileys.net
Fri Nov 10 13:05:24 WST 2000


Matt Kemner wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 wvovil at fundi.com.au wrote:
>> I noticed also that upon subsequent attempts at installing that errors
>> encountered on one install didn't reappear in further attempts. For example I
>> got an error dealing with True Type Fonts; but when I reinstalled it didn't
>> occur again.

> Seriously?

> Sounds like you might have a RAM (or m/board, or overheating CPU etc)
> problem.  If you are going through the setup the EXACT same way you did
> before, you should get the EXACT same results.

Or use a more stable version of the Mandrake installer. I'm not sure what they
botched recently, but it's suddenly stopped being repeatable.

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