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

[Jon]

Same argument I always have Slackware is easiest cleanest distro I have ever installed.

-Jon W.  :)  Just my .02


On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:57:51PM -0700, Mike Peterson wrote:
> 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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