[ale] Upgrade hell

[Jerald Sheets]

Dude...  I'll happily bring you the discs of your
choice.  That version is also ancient...


--- Cor van Dijk <cor.angela at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> > James Taylor wrote:
> >
> >> I downloaded the DVD from SuSE a couple of days
> ago, and installed it on
> >> an AMD64 machine yesterday.  There's way too much
> of what I use missing
> >> from the download DVD.
> >> I went ahead and installed it anyway because I
> loaned my retail DVD out
> >> and haven't gotten it back yet.  The CDs don't
> include the 64-bit kernel
> >> as an option...
> >
> >
> > Maybe that's the difference between the two? 
> Seems the retail boxed 
> > version is about twice the size of the download.
> >
> Greetings,
> 
> Thanks to all who responded to my problem.
> 
> 1. The card in the laptop is a generic Trident
> Cyberblade
> 2. The system only hangs when in an X GUI, this
> points to a software problem
>      rather than a chipset probem
> 3. Upgrading is the most obvious solution, though it
> is not guaranteed 
> to work;
>        it is also the easy way out. Remember what
> the "e" in "ale" 
> stands for, we
>        tackle problems don't we?
> 4. Talking about paying "through the nose", my
> dialup is half the price 
> of a DSL.
>     Downloading 7 GB over a dialup connection?
>     That difference easily pays for a boxed set once
> a  year.
> 5. I am going to try my Suse 8.2 now, in tiny
> lettering on the box it 
> says that it
>     will work on a laptop, not sure about usb
> support, but will probably 
> find out.
> 6. I do appreciate all comments, keep up the good
> work!
> 
> Cor van Dijk
> 
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