[techtalk] hdparm and DMA "not permitted"

[James Sutherland]

On Thu, 24 May 2001 Martin.Caitlyn at epamail.epa.gov wrote:

> RH 7.1 is pretty nice, but IMHO, Mandrake 8.0 is even nicer:  better
> configuration/admin tools, many more apps, better security by default
> (Bastille Linux part of the install).  I use Red Hat 7.1 because that is
> what is mandated here at work, but I'll be switching to Mandrake 8.0
> eventually at home, probably as soon as I get my RHCE.  Our government
> looks at certifications as important, and that's who I (indirectly, as a
> contractor) work for.

Yep: I tried Mandrake just over a year ago, and fell in love with it.
SOOOO much more "refined" than RedHat, I thought. Then it disabled my
system. Oops. How? Well, **EVERY** binary on a Mandrake system is a Perl
script (well, almost every one - including vi!) That's fine, until
MandrakeUpdate decides to break perl. At which point, you can't log on to
X, you can't use vi... Oops. Break out the RedHat CDs...


James.