[olug] Progeny is a virus . . . . . ?!?

[Mike Peterson]

I would personally and if at work stick with Mandrake or Redhat if it
worked.
I personally do not think Progeny is ready for prime time.
That is my opinion.
Any one else have feedback on this matter?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hungate Jim" <Hungate_Jim at prc.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: [olug] Progeny is a virus . . . . . ?!?


> System Specs . . .
>
> FIC AZ11E (KT133 - 686B chipsets)
> Duron 700 @ 1000MHz
> 256MB PC133
> Voodoo4 4500 PCI
> WD 15GB 7200rpm ATA66
>
> The hard drive is the master on my primary IDE controller
>
> My friend that runs Debian downloaded the ISOs and
> burned the CDs with no errors
>
> I've been running Mandrake 8.0 just fine.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Peterson
> To: olug at bstc.net
> Sent: 8/29/2001 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] Progeny is a virus  . . . . . ?!?
>
> Did you burn the CD from and ISO without any errors reported or was it
> given
> to you?
> What type of system do you have?
> How old? What brand motherboard? What processor?
> Did any other distributions install and run?
> Did Mandrake 8 install and run?
> Is your HD on the primary or secondary or another add in card
> controller?
>
> When I installed Progeny 1.0 this year I had to boot from floppy but it
> did partition and install and booted into the xwindows.
> It installed from CD without floppy and I created and emergency boot
> floppy. I had to use the emergency boot floppy after restart because it
did
> not make the HD bootable for some unknown reason.
> I had the same thing happen with Engarde Secure Linux.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hungate Jim" <Hungate_Jim at prc.com>
> To: <olug at bstc.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:56 AM
> Subject: [olug] Progeny is a virus . . . . . ?!?
>
>
> >   I've tried several Linux disros on  my system. The latest has been
> > Mandrake 8.0. Last night I decided to try Progeny (One of the guys
> here at
> > work is a big Debian fan). When the install reached the point where I
> was
> > going to set up partitions, I received an error message stating that
> the
> > install couldn't find my partition table and asking if I would like to
> > create a new one. I obviously said no, cancelled the install, and
> rebooted
> > the system. Unfortunately, now my partition table WAS gone. (Good
> thing
> that
> > I backup my system regularly). I used fdisk to recreate all of my
> parttions,
> > formatted the partitions and attempted the install again and got the
> same
> > results. Once again my partition table is gone.
> >   I've never seen anything like this. I attempted on an older system
> too,
> > and got the same results.
> >   Has anyone else run across a problem like this?
> >
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