Re: [LI] Linux Mandrake 6.0 from IT CD :-(

["Vaibhav Patkar" <vaibhav31@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kaushik,

Since Mandrake is an offshoot of RH so I do not think you could possibly 
install it on Win9X without repartitioning. Both Mandrake and RH uses the 
same core (developed from RH 5.2) but Mandrake comes with only KDE where as 
RH has gone with GNOME way.

Though I have not tried installing on a Win9x platform but as a single OS on 
a PC, Mandrake 6.0 is working quite well at our office and I have installed 
thru the bootable Mandrake CD.

regards,

Vaibhav

> From: "Bera, Kousik" <kousik.bera@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] Linux Mandrake 6.0 from IT CD :-(
> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:18:40 +0530
>
> Hello All,
> I don't know how Linux Mandrake 6.0 installs on Win95/Win98 without
> repartitioning.. but I couldn't install it on the FAT partition(/dev/hda5;
> /dev/hda1 is NTFS - NT partition)of my PC. This is  because the Mandrake
> directory(equivalent to Redhat in RH installation CD)is under 
> /mnt/cdrom/Linux,
> not directly under /mnt/cdrom (i.e. not under root directory of the CD).. 
> so it
> doesn't boot automatically plus when I tell the install script to install 
> from
> the CD.. it can't find the Mandrake directory(containing the base image + 
> RPM)
> in /mnt/cdrom.
> Does anyone have any workaround for this problem?
> I know that, I can choose for a FTP/SMB/NFS/hard drive install but that 
> would be

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