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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

brianread — Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:34 am

Author: brianread

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:34 am

success at last! I re-blew the CD on another Pc, and the install went further, but hung on the "hardware detection" (or just after). I re-formatted the HD, and now I have a working Xandros installl!

Thanks for the help.

Re: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

Rhakios — Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:35 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:35 pm

nelz wrote:

Rhakios wrote:

I did consider making a similar comment myself,

I was surprised that you didn't.

Rhakios wrote:

however judging discretion to be the better part, etc. etc..

When did you adopt this new approach to life?

Only on Wednesdays

Re: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

brianread — Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:27 pm

Author: brianread

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:27 pm

Anonymous wrote:

Going FROM SuSE 9.3 TO Xandros 3... surely not!

I am trying distros out mainly for the degree of integration into Windows networks.

RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

Anonymous — Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:47 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:47 pm

Going FROM SuSE 9.3 TO Xandros 3... surely not!

Re: RE: Xandros install

brianread — Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:54 am

Author: brianread

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:54 am

[quote="Rhakios"Edit: I've just had a look on the Xandros forums (eventually, talk about slow) and it seems you're not the only person having this problem with the OCE version, however there are no clear solutions offered in the threads I have read.[/quote]

Yes I've looked there as well - I am going to post a question there, as my situation is slightly different (although similar)

Re: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

nelz — Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:56 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:56 am

Rhakios wrote:

I did consider making a similar comment myself,

I was surprised that you didn't.

Rhakios wrote:

however judging discretion to be the better part, etc. etc..

When did you adopt this new approach to life?

RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

Rhakios — Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:02 am

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:02 am

I did consider making a similar comment myself, however judging discretion to be the better part, etc. etc..

Re: RE: Xandros install

nelz — Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:23 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:23 pm

Rhakios wrote:

I've just had a look on the Xandros forums (eventually, talk about slow).

So that's what Paul did with the old LXF code/server

RE: Xandros install

Rhakios — Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:13 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:13 pm

I have only tried the basic paid for version, which was on an AMD system, that was fine. It would be a bit odd if it didn't work on AMD processors.

Edit: I've just had a look on the Xandros forums (eventually, talk about slow) and it seems you're not the only person having this problem with the OCE version, however there are no clear solutions offered in the threads I have read.

RE: Xandros install

brianread — Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:46 pm

Author: brianread

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:46 pm

Sorry for the last post - I had forgot to login - but it was me though!

RE: Xandros install

Anonymous — Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:43 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:43 pm

Ok, I re-downloaded the zip file and checked its checksum. Then re-burned a CD, and it still failed the install

I had also tried the previous CD on another system, and it also failed in the same way. the only (obvious) overlap between the 2 systems are that they are both AMd processors (but the not the same AMD - one is a 900Mhz, the other 1.8Ghz (i think)).

RE: Xandros install

Rhakios — Tue May 31, 2005 7:46 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 7:46 pm

I notice they provide a checksum for the downloaded zip file, so that's okay, but what do you do if it doesn't extract properly? Oh well.

RE: Xandros install

Anonymous — Tue May 31, 2005 5:27 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 5:27 pm

Did you check the MD5 of that disk?

RE: Xandros install

brianread — Tue May 31, 2005 6:23 am

Author: brianread

Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 6:23 am

Rhakios wrote:

Try burning the disc at a slower speed, or trying different (better) media.

I did try a slower burn, and the discs i am using work fine for other distros...

RE: Xandros install

Rhakios — Mon May 30, 2005 10:30 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:30 pm

Try burning the disc at a slower speed, or trying different (better) media.