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I've installed MAndrake 7.2 but so far cannot get it to work with my AMD K6
3D processor (shares video RAM with the system).

If Mandrake doesn't have an anwers, can I install Corel over Mandrake or do I
have to remove Mandrake first?  (assuming Corel supports my CPU).

 thanks
       Don

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You most certainly need to remove your old distro before adding a new one,
otherwise you'll have all sorts of problems with multiple config files, etc.
I have to question moving from Mandrake to Corel. I'd be suggesting moving
the other way, especially since Corel just bailed out of Linux.

Dan

Quote:> I've installed MAndrake 7.2 but so far cannot get it to work with my AMD
K6
> 3D processor (shares video RAM with the system).

> If Mandrake doesn't have an anwers, can I install Corel over Mandrake or
do I
> have to remove Mandrake first?  (assuming Corel supports my CPU).

>  thanks
>        Don

> --
> Don Hinds
> http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/eritrea/117/

This doesn't sound like a "distribution dependent" problem... they all
basically
use the same kernel (although precooked configurations may vary).  

In general, you don't have to "remove" an old distribution, because the
installer
of the new distribution will remake (read "reformat") the root
filesystem, thus
removing the old for you.  (Some installers do have an option to skip
the formatting
operation... bad idea.)

On the other hand, I seem to recall that Corel did not want to install
into an
existing partition, but insisted on creating its own.  And if you delete
a partition
and recreate it, you're liable to get new partition numbering if there's
something else on the disk. Which is why I never installed Corel.

PS: I have Linux running on a K6/2 3D  machine.  But my video card
doesn't use system  
memory.  The problem you may be having may be related to your video
card...

You should totally remove the old distro first.

Sharing RAM with an onboard video system is not a problem as it is handled
by your BIOS and Linux will pick that up when it boots up.

I've used Corel before (I use Mandrake 7.2 now & I have a shared RAM/video
situation too) and it does a great job of getting everything configured
automatically.  Corel has done some great work putting together their
distro.  However, as has been mentioned, Corel is getting out of Linux and
Mandrake 7.2 is, actually, a better distro than Corel.  Your problems can
probably be solved under Mandrake.

I'm sure my shared video is the problem. It installed all the way through just
fine, and it boots into the gui, but then the video gets messed up.

         Don

Quote:>PS: I have Linux running on a K6/2 3D  machine.  But my video card
>doesn't use system  
>memory.  The problem you may be having may be related to your video
>card...

Don Hinds a crit :

Quote:

> I'm sure my shared video is the problem. It installed all the way through just
> fine, and it boots into the gui, but then the video gets messed up.

Change it to boot on the console instead and check the log when you do startx to get into
the GUI. This seems like an X problem setup and not a Linux problem.

If you want to get a distribution that works you may want to try SuSE 7.0 professional.

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