Re: [newbie] Install problem

2004-11-26 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 06:03 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 17 November 2004 02:28 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do

Re: [newbie] Install problem

2004-11-17 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 03:39, Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) 3 options: 1)Over a network connection using the

Re: [newbie] Install problem

2004-11-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) My Son in Law and I fiddled around with an old IBM thinkpad whose rom was broken. In

Re: [newbie] Install problem

2004-11-17 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 02:28 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) My Son in Law and I

[newbie] Install problem

2004-11-16 Thread Aron Smith
I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) -- When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not

[newbie] Install problem

2004-08-19 Thread C. Tresenriter
I have Mdk 10.0 on hda and just put Slackware 10.0 on hdc then thought I'd put Mdk on hdc's remaining space. The install fails after choosing language and accepting the agreement. Eventually it drops to the shell and says ...exited with signal 8 The last thing I see before the error

Re: [newbie] Install Problem

2003-07-20 Thread Charles-Roberts
jeepcreep wrote: Just finished installing 8.1. Atr the end of the install process I was asked to reboot. When I did, after recognizing all the hardware and before getting into the OS, my screen started producing line after line of '40's, nonstop. What is happening? Need to know a little more

[newbie] Install Problem

2003-07-19 Thread jeepcreep
Just finished installing 8.1. Atr the end of the install process I was asked to reboot. When I did, after recognizing all the hardware and before getting into the OS, my screen started producing line after line of '40's, nonstop. What is happening?

Re: [newbie] Install problem 8.1 on Toshiba Satellite 430 CDT

2001-10-29 Thread Fam. Coumans
Lee, I imagine you have tried to look for a solution at different places. What sources (mailings lists etc.) did you consult to find an awnser, and what did they respond (so I don't have to spend time on the same route)? Jeu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Install problem 8.1 on Toshiba Satellite 430 CDT

2001-10-24 Thread Fam. Coumans
I'm not ableto install 8.1 on my laptop. During second stage install I get the message that the install exited abnormally. Using [ALT][F3] shows that there is a warning 'ramdisk is not possible due to low mem'. The machine stores32 mb RAM, so minimum specifications to install 8.1 are met.

Re: [newbie] Install problem 8.1 on Toshiba Satellite 430 CDT

2001-10-24 Thread Leland L Waters
I had the same problem with my 435CDS and LM8.0 with 48MB of ram. LM7.2 installed normally and worked great, but I was not able to get 8.0 to install. I tried all of the installation options and all of the images on the install disk. Lee At 01:02 AM 10/25/2001 +0200, Frans Ketelaars wrote:

[newbie] Install problem - 3c509 NIC's

2001-08-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello All, Here is my situation: ;) Im Installing 8.0 on a Dell OptiPlex GXi with the onboard NIC disabled and (2) 3com 3c509 PCI NIC's specs for this model can be viewed here: http://support.dell.com/ Durring Install autoprobe detects and lists both NIC's for me, however when I click ok I

Re: [newbie] Install problem - 3c509 NIC's

2001-08-15 Thread Matt Greer
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing that I can think that I am doing wrong is I am useing a 7.0 boot floppy because I don't have a 8.0 boot floppy! Create an 8.0 boot floppy. The 8.0 cd includes all the facilities to do this. Read the readme in the /images

Re: [newbie] Install problem (again)

2001-07-12 Thread C.Heaven
On July 12, 2001 04:22 am, you wrote: This time I was trying to put Mandrake 8.0 on my son's computer. He has a 4 gig master hdd as C: over half full and a 10 gig slave as D: with about 4 used up. I thought I could put it on hdb but the installer says that it can not resize that partition

Re: [newbie] Install problem (again)

2001-07-12 Thread Terry
On Thursday 12 July 2001 04:22, you wrote: This time I was trying to put Mandrake 8.0 on my son's computer. He has a 4 gig master hdd as C: over half full and a 10 gig slave as D: with about 4 used up. I thought I could put it on hdb but the installer says that it can not resize that

Re: [newbie] Install problem (again)

2001-07-12 Thread s
On Thursday 12 July 2001 08:14 am, you wrote: On July 12, 2001 04:22 am, you wrote: This time I was trying to put Mandrake 8.0 on my son's computer. Hey SusieQ :-) If memory servers me right you have a few systems in your household right? If so here is an option for you ... Remove

[newbie] Install Problem - No Mouse and Frozed Desktop

2001-06-30 Thread preston smith
Hi!! Epox 8KTA3 motherboard, 128 megs RAM, ATI Xpert 2000 Pro video card with AGP (2x selected), Microsoft Optical Wheel PS/2 mouse (in a previous install of MD 8.0 the mouse worked like a charm) I reinstalled MD 8.0 into newly formatted partitions. When I boot into KDE or Gnome I have no

[newbie] install problem again

2001-05-28 Thread Eric Lauritzen
On Mon, 28 May 2001, you wrote: I know this might sound like a winders type of solutition,,, first step is to go into Bios, and turn off (set to NO) Plug and pray aware OS, Did that... tried it both ways. and turn off any bios level virus protection, don't see any if that was allready

Re: [newbie] install problem again

2001-05-28 Thread Eric Lauritzen
- From: Eric Lauritzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 7:04 PM Subject: [newbie] install problem again On Mon, 28 May 2001, you wrote: I know this might sound like a winders type of solutition,,, first step is to go into Bios

Re: [newbie] install problem?

2001-05-13 Thread Ed Kasky
I finally had the time to play with this - it seems that lilo does not automatically get configured for the correct root partition. Using the Promise Ultra 100 controller, I checked what the install had automatically set the / partition to be for lilo. It was set to hde1 even though I

[newbie] install problem?

2001-05-09 Thread Alan Carpenter
During the mandrake 8 install, I create my partitions on a second HD a maxtor. It creates the partitions as hdf5 through hdf8. When linux boots it see's the drive as Hdb and I get a kernel panic error and linux fails to load. So there's a confliction between the label of the HD. Could this be

Re: [newbie] install problem?

2001-05-09 Thread D. Hoyem
Well i think that you have a problem with the install the second HD is called hdb in Linux. If you know which of the hdf5 through hdf8 is the root file then you can edit /etc/lilo.conf to indicate that. Once you edit the lilo.conf file REMEMBER to type lilo so that it will update. Your lilo.conf

[newbie] install problem - second stage ramdisk parsing hdlist

2001-04-24 Thread Richard McElroy
I'm having serious problems installing Mandrake 8.0. The computer is a basic pentium III with no strange hardware - all pretty basic, but I continually get the following error. during the install boot - from CD or floppy I get Loading Program into memory

[newbie] install problem: monitor resolution

2001-03-02 Thread martijn
I have installed linx4win on my windows 98SE partition. Works fine, i can login but I cannot activate startx because of my monitor. It's a laptop with a trident cyberblade monitor. After activating startx my computer tries a lot of trident-resolutions but nothing seems to work. With the

[newbie] install problem: username

2001-02-24 Thread martijn
I'm really new in the big world of Linux. I've got an installation problem. When installed lnx4win on my windowd 98 SE partition everything go's fine, but after choosing for linux in the dualboot-menu he starts up and asks for login and password. I can login, also as a root-user of course, but

Re: [newbie] install problem: username

2001-02-24 Thread AndyMonks
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RE: [newbie] install problem: username

2001-02-24 Thread Franki
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Re: [newbie] install problem: username

2001-02-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
martijn wrote: I'm really new in the big world of Linux. I've got an installation problem. When installed lnx4win on my windowd 98 SE partition everything go's fine, but after choosing for linux in the dualboot-menu he starts up and asks for login and password. I can login, also as a

[newbie] Install problem

2001-02-20 Thread Jim Lyons
I've just managed to download linux-mandrake from the web and install it on a linux partition on my 300 MHz AMD K6-2 machine. The installation appeared to go well but i couldn't make a boot floppy (mkdisk failed) and when I press ENTER at the end of the installation the computer starts to reboot

Re: [newbie] Install problem

2001-01-25 Thread Paco Escribá
Hi, All! I'm using 7.0 and 7.1, but i can't install 7.2 When I press enter at the first screen, the install process detect my CD-ROM unit and stop the process. My configuration is AMD K6-II 400, 192 MB RAM, mainboard SOYO SY-5EMA+ V1.0, HD 8GB,CD-ROM LG CRD-8400C, ATI Expert@play 98-8MB,

Re: [newbie] Install problem

2001-01-25 Thread civileme
On Thursday 25 January 2001 23:38, you wrote: Hi, All! I'm using 7.0 and 7.1, but i can't install 7.2 When I press enter at the first screen, the install process detect my CD-ROM unit and stop the process. My configuration is AMD K6-II 400, 192 MB RAM, mainboard SOYO SY-5EMA+ V1.0, HD

Re: [newbie] Install problem

2000-11-15 Thread Paul
What is in install.bat? Perhaps there is an error in it, like a wrong spelled command... Paul -- We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is- Fatal Exception Error in MSBORG32.DLL http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake

Re: [newbie] install problem: recognizing partitions

2000-07-11 Thread MCaraway59
I am a first time LINUX installer and I also have a similar problem. I have a 3G and a 10G Maxtor and Phoenix BIOS EPP rev 3.00 dated 10/05/95. I'm using a 7G ext2 partition on the 10G drive to load Mandrake 7.1. When I tried the complete install (Automatic), I could not even complete the

[newbie] install problem: recognizing partitions

2000-07-10 Thread Jonathan Wolfgang
Hello, I have a 20 gig Maxtor hard drive installed in my pc. The BIOS does not recognize the full capacity of the drive so I am using their release of EZ-Drive called MaxBlast. Naturally, Windows works fine. I have Partition Magic 5.0 Pro and have partitioned the drive for FAT32 and also

[newbie] Install problem with Mandrake 7.1

2000-06-15 Thread Tim Schmidt
Hello, Just installed 7.1 on dual boot 2 hard drive system. I am getting the following message after the reboot: Stage 1 Hard Disk Error. Any suggestions? Tim

Re: [newbie] install problem

2000-02-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
copland_99 wrote: Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, since I'm clueless at this point...

Re: [newbie] install problem

2000-02-25 Thread Denis Havlik
:~Hello; :~ :~I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( :~ :~I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when :it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, :since I'm clueless at this point... look here:

Re: [newbie] install problem

2000-02-21 Thread copland_99
Thanks, but I'm not installing from a CD... I downloaded the /mandrake and /images trees from an ftp mirror and put them on my HD as C:\Mandrake. I have tried installing from another drive but that didn't help either... :( From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] copland_99when that very

[newbie] install problem

2000-02-20 Thread copland_99
Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, since I'm clueless at this point...

Re: [newbie] install problem

2000-02-20 Thread rjpeake
Hi Use the Mandrake 7.0-2 version. Madrake Software has info on the fixed bugs on their website http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3 Ron Quoting copland_99 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble installing

Re: [newbie] install problem

2000-02-20 Thread Alan Shoemaker
copland_99when that very same thing happened to me I swapped out the cdrom drive for another one and after that Mandrake 7.0 installed with no more problems. Alan copland_99 wrote: Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble

[newbie] Install Problem

2000-02-13 Thread Mark Shea
My goal: I want to do a dual boot: Windows 98 and Mandrake 7.0. What Happened: I'm using a CD a friend copied for me of Mandrake 7.0. I booted to the CD and Mandrake is recognized without a problem. I proceed to installation, select a language - english, partition my WD 13.1Gb drive: C:, D:,

Re: [newbie] Install problem

2000-01-20 Thread TRUB
: [newbie] Install problem Hi! I had the same problem. It is propably in your display adapter (it is not broken, but old). I have "old" S3 Trio64V+ and it has support for VESA 1.2 (NOT vesa local bus, but more like video standard). I think there were something about requirements:

[newbie] Install problem

2000-01-20 Thread Anders
I´m trying to install Mandrake 7 from a cdrom ( burned from an ISO image). When the installation reaches the second stage I get an error. The error reads "_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can´t connnect: errno = 111" What is errno 111 and what should I do? I´ve tried to install from CD-Rom using

RE: [newbie] Install problem

2000-01-20 Thread Family ZOMBIE
an install (Man)Drake from floppy and it is text based install (as it was before) -Kapi- -Original Message- From: Anders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20. tammikuuta 2000 10:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Install problem I´m trying to install Mandrake 7 from a cdrom ( b

[newbie] Install Problem

2000-01-07 Thread John Booth
I am trying to install Mandrake 6.5 on a PC with Windows Nt 4.0. Each time I run the setup.exe program to create the Linux Prep Tool to make a bootable floppy a Dr. Watson report is generated with the following. " An application error has occured. _INS0423._MP.EXE Exeption access violation

Re: [newbie] Install problem :)

1999-12-15 Thread Audrey Beck
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com /pub/linux/redhat/old-releases/redhat-6.0/i386/images/rescue.img For the rescue disk. Did you make a boot disk? If not, check the mandrake ftp site under the /images subdirectory for 6.1 for the boot disk. You need to run mkinitrd to make new scsi support and change the

[newbie] Install problem :)

1999-12-14 Thread Anders Johansson
What do i do if i made a new kernel but it wont load, i think i forgot to add scsi support :( Where can i find the correct images and such to make resque disks ?

RE: [newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions

1999-11-17 Thread Mike Perry
PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even install it. I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The included special version of Partition Magic

[newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions

1999-11-16 Thread Warren Taylor
I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even install it. I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the Mandrake-Linux seems to work fine; it builds a Linux

[newbie] Install Problem

1999-11-02 Thread Stephane L
Hi there I have a Serious Problem Before i tell you what it is i'll to you what my system is have a P3-450, 13Gig HD, 64megs of ram, Voodoo 2 12 Meg, Ok my problem i did all the partition and im about to install, just soon its going to install the Pakages It Says "Abnormal Termanation" and it

Re: [newbie] Install Problem!

1999-07-27 Thread Art Rowe
I am new to Linux but I have tried the latest versions of Redhat, Caldera and StormLInux (Beta). It has been the easiest to install. The recognition of the mouse and video have been hangup points, but Mandrake has had the flexibility to allow me to deal with these. Keep trying. I like it enough

[newbie] Install Problem!

1999-07-26 Thread Ron Smith
Ok, I give up! I've NEVER had this much trouble installing ANY Linux product!! After 1.5 days I finally got a complete minimal install. Rebooted and during the boot process I get this message... [cut] hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, 3067MB w/76kB Cache, CHS=779/128/63 hdc: ATAPI 4X CD-ROM

Re: [newbie] install problem

1999-04-18 Thread Steve Philp
"M C Z." wrote: after partitioning my drive (Maxtor 6.4 Gig) to install Mandrake it tells me I have no swap space defined, that's the first partition I added (64MB = RAM) along w/ root '/' (100MB), and /usr (700MB). if I choose to continue anyway it gets all the way to formatting the

Re: [newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions

1999-01-15 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Warren Taylor wrote: I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even install it. I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the