[linux-help] Re: Display

[keith frost <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx>]

> but could not figure out how to install.
> It was in *.tgz format and I am only familiar with
> *.tar files. 

a tgz is short hand for tar.gz

> Oh ya, the only I could install
> mandrake correctly was by loading kernel 2-2-19
> instead of 2-4-78 (I think that is the number)
> because in 2-4-78 the installer would tell that "no
> hdalists!" and then crash to the point to where the
> cd-rom would not boot off of that cd. Anywho, I hope
> to get this all figured out soon.
the 2.4 kernels don't seem to like certain hardrives.
i had to goto 2.2 also.  this came up recently on an
other list.  i've been told that it's a problem with
the drive and to replace it but it has been running
flawlessly for a year on a debian 2.2.

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