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Name: Steven Date: January 21, 2003 at 12:30:10 Pacific OS: Mandrake CPU/Ram: 256 mb ram
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i hav decided to install mandrake and i am going to downl load it from ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake/9.0/i586/ i am not sure what parts i need to download i can not find it on the mandrake websote either.
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