[QCLUG] Mandriva 2008

[Arron Lorenz]

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I agree with Mark on this one. I usually use "wget -c" to download anything
more then a couple hundred mb

On 10/21/07, Mark Overholser Jr <omnipotent13@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What are you using to try to download the file? I have found that it is
> unwise to trust Firefox to download large files, as it will fail for no
> apparent reason at different times (though it will probably tell you that it
> finished the file). If you are trying to use Firefox, I would go to a
> different method of downloading the files before giving up.
>
> Mark
>
> On 10/18/07, RK <ronknapperpub@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > A couple of questions.
> >
> > First, does anyone have the Mandriva 2008 DVD? If so,
> > could I get a copy? (For some reason I can't even
> > download the CD, it fails at various places from
> > various mirrors.) My son really wants the Beryl
> > (Coldfusion) or whatever it's called desktop.
> >
> > Second, can I do an "upgrade" to 2008? I currently
> > have Mandriva 2007 loaded. The reason I am using
> > Mandriva is I dabbled with Mandrake a few times X
> > years ago and it seemed fairly good. I have tried
> > Ubuntu and Kubuntu and just can't seem to get them
> > configured for my wireless network card while Mandriva
> > was almost overly helpful with using NDISWRAPPER. Now
> > if I can figure out why Ubuntu/Kubuntu recognize my
> > sound card and automatically configure it when
> > Mandriva doesn't.
> >
> > Third, why can't I get the upgrade feature to work. It
> > just won't go out to the archives. (I don't expect an
> > answer on this one at all yet because I am not
> > providing any details. Just putting it out there.)
> >
> > Now if I only had the time to configure NTFS
> > read/write, figure out the sound card, WINE, ...
> >
> > Unfortunately, for all its failings, I am stuck with
> > MS Windows for my daily work because it just works,
> > most of the time. Blah blah, be quiet Ron...
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Ron Knapper
> >
> >
> >
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Arron James Lorenz
Reach Global Networks LLC
MobileTek Inc
563-579-7046

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