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   From: nownews.10.eatallspam@spamgourmet.com   
      
   ray wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:41:09 +0000, Harlan Osier wrote:   
   >   
   >> For idiots like me.It's much more complicated and complex than Windows.   
   >>   
   >> Nobody understands Linux.   
   >   
   > Anyone with a room temperature IQ should be able to handle linux. BTW -   
   > did you install MS yourself?   
      
   Bah. Must vent. Brand new PC (not older then 2 years, P-IV 2.5G/MSI 5665E   
   i850-board, and the owner lost his mobo driver cd.   
   XP (with SP1 slipstreamed) didn't find   
   - the Radeon 9000 graphic   
   - the intel ac97 sound   
   - the hauppauge winTV   
   - the acpi (!) - no standby, no shutoff   
   - crashed (hard reboot) upon inserting a datafab usb cardreader   
      
   Had to google and dig about two hours for the drivers, no support on the MSI   
   site anymore ("out of production"). Though the datafab drivers have been   
   working with XP for the last 2 years, I couldn't get them working this   
   time. A reinstall was necessary due to a b0rken registry and worm   
   infestations.   
   Now after I had sorted out everything except the cardreader, I got   
   enthusiastic about Mandrake (had planned a dual boot install). Needless to   
   say Mdk10 installed almost without a hitch. Just stopped booting at a early   
   stage (guess hotplug) but continued when I unplugged the usb card   
   reader :). Found _and_configured_ the radeon, the hauppauge, two nic's, the   
   sound, a hp psc500 multifunction scanner/printer, and even the datafab when   
   it gets inserted after bootup (already did read out a digicam memory card).   
   A short visit at plf and off we went watching dvd ;-).   
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