Re: eMachines OEM XP woes - time to buy $tandard?

NoStop wrote:
> kurttrail wrote:
>
>> NoStop wrote:
>>
>>> Kurt,
>>>
>>> A really nice live cd to try is knoppix, if you haven't tried it. It
>>> is the most jam packed single cd I've ever seen, with just tons of
>>> goodies on it. Even a Windows user would appreciate some of the
>>> tools available for troubleshooting Windows systems that have
>>> really broken.
>>>
>>> http://www.knoppix.org/
>>>
>>> You might want to download the ISO and try it out sometime. Sure
>>> offers so much more than Linspire. Runs completely from the CD and
>>> in RAM. Won't touch your existing system, so you can play with it
>>> all you like without fear of screwing up Windows in any way.
>>>
>>> And to address what Michael Stevens said about user friendly distros
>>> and needing to purchase a license to get full benefits. I suggest
>>> looking into Mandrake (now called Mandriva), which is recognized as
>>> the most user friendly and easiest to install for someone only
>>> familiar with Windows. You can pickup over 18,000 packages and you
>>> don't need to spend a cent.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>> Knoppix died in about the same 5 seconds it took Linspire to die,
>> which makes sense since they are both derivatives of Debian.
>>
>> That makes 3 live CD versions that croaked on my computer in the
>> last 3 days. I'm sure as hell ain't gonna install Linux to a
>> harddrive until I find a Live CD version of it that will get to the
>> desktop.
>>
>> To be fair, I've built myself a decent Multimedia system:
>>
>> MSI 915G Combo Mobo, using the On-board digital out sound, and
>> On-board NIC
>>
>> 2 GeIL 512MB DDR2-533 PC4300 Dual Channel Memory
>>
>> Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz, LGA775, 1MB L2, 800 MHz FSB
>>
>> Highpoint RocketRAID 133 w/ 3 Maxtor 40GB HDs in a RAID 0 Array
>>
>> 1 120GB Maxtor IDE HD & 1 Maxtor 120GB USB2 HD
>>
>> PowerColor x800 XL 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI-E x16 Video Card
>>
>> Syntax Olevia 27" LCD HDTV
>>
>> ATI HDTV WONDER
>>
>> Lite-On CDRW LTR-48125W, 48x12x48
>>
>> Sony DVD±RW DWD22A 16x/4x/16x DVD+RW, 8x/4x/16x DVD-RW, 2.4x DVD+R
>> DL, 48x/24x/48x CD-RW
>>
>> Kenwood 5.1 HTB-306.
>>
>> Epson 880
>>
>> With Windows 2003 Server, the only thing that doesn't work is the ATI
>> HDTV Wonder, everything else works like a charm.
>>
>
> OK, here's a suggestion in case you didn't try it. Unplug the USB2
> drive and try and boot knoppix. See if that works for you. After
> you're in the GUI you can plug the USB2 drive in.

No go. Even tried a failsafe boot, and it last about 2 seconds longer
than a normal one.

>
> Just a thought. The Highpoint, I don't know. Those RAID systems are
> kinda wierd because they're not real hardware raid, but software
> raid. Kinda funny beasts. (I'm not suggesting you disconnect the RAID
> :-) )

Huh? The PCI RAID card is not hardware?

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