On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Gilbert Baron wrote:
= Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just
= say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but
= that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this
= toy.
I've been using Linux for nearly eight years and do everything with it
that I need to do on a computer, except CAD. And now there's a CAD
package for Linux. There's games, spreadsheets, webstuff out the wazoo,
TV and/or sound production, and a lot more.
The question is, what do you want to do on your computer?
And Linux does support a lot, if not most hardware. In fact, Linux runs
on more hardware platforms than M$ stuff. It's just that plain old Joe
consumer doesn't use an OS/390 or a Qube or a Dell rackmount....
Granted, there's a lot of hardware for which there is limited or no Linux
support. That's just the marketplace, or shortsightedness, or both. The
fact is that more and more manufacturers are coming around to supporting
Linux and you'll see all that change.
regards,
kf
=
=
= >-----Original Message-----
= >From: Gilbert Baron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
= >Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:04 AM
= >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
= >Subject: RE: [expert]
= >
= >
= >I set up the partitions with Partition Magic. They show as ext2 and they
= >install for version 7.0 fine. The video does not matter. Asd for the hard
= >drive, here is the information straight from Windows 2000.
= >
= >System Information report written at: 07/28/2000 06:00:22 AM
= >[Drives]
= >
= >Item Value
= >Drive A:
= >Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive
= >
= >Drive B:
= >Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive
= >
= >Drive C:
= >Description Local Fixed Disk
= >Compressed False
= >File System FAT32
= >Size 108.92 MB (114,210,816 bytes)
= >Free Space 98.15 MB (102,919,168 bytes)
= >Volume Name DRIVE1
= >Volume Serial Number 145C16D3
= >Partition Disk #0, Partition #0
= >Partition Size 109.79 MB (115,121,664 bytes)
= >Starting Offset 32256 bytes
= >Drive Description \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0
= >Drive Manufacturer Not Available
= >Drive Model Not Available
= >Drive BytesPerSector 512
= >Drive MediaLoaded True
= >Drive MediaType Fixed hard disk media
= >Drive Partitions 5
= >Drive SCSIBus 0
= >Drive SCSILogicalUnit 0
= >Drive SCSIPort 0
= >Drive SCSITargetId 0
= >Drive SectorsPerTrack 63
= >Drive Size 20472721920 bytes
= >Drive TotalCylinders 2489
= >Drive TotalSectors 39985785
= >Drive TotalTracks 634695
= >Drive TracksPerCylinder 255
= >
= >Drive D:
= >Description Local Fixed Disk
= >Compressed False
= >File System FAT32
= >Size 14.65 GB (15,727,771,648 bytes)
= >Free Space 11.23 GB (12,062,523,392 bytes)
= >Volume Name
= >Volume Serial Number 80CA03AE
= >Partition Disk #0, Partition #1
= >Partition Size 18.96 GB (20,357,568,000 bytes)
= >Starting Offset 115153920 bytes
= >Drive Description \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0
= >Drive Manufacturer Not Available
= >Drive Model Not Available
= >Drive BytesPerSector 512
= >Drive MediaLoaded True
= >Drive MediaType Fixed hard disk media
= >Drive Partitions 5
= >Drive SCSIBus 0
= >Drive SCSILogicalUnit 0
= >Drive SCSIPort 0
= >Drive SCSITargetId 0
= >Drive SectorsPerTrack 63
= >Drive Size 20472721920 bytes
= >Drive TotalCylinders 2489
= >Drive TotalSectors 39985785
= >Drive TotalTracks 634695
= >Drive TracksPerCylinder 255
= >
= >Drive E:
= >Description Local Fixed Disk
= >Compressed False
= >File System FAT32
= >Size 14.30 GB (15,351,709,696 bytes)
= >Free Space 5.31 GB (5,700,509,696 bytes)
= >Volume Name DRIVE2
= >Volume Serial Number 353311DA
= >Partition Disk #1, Partition #0
= >Partition Size 14.31 GB (15,366,758,400 bytes)
= >Starting Offset 7741440 bytes
= >Drive Description \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
= >Drive Manufacturer Not Available
= >Drive Model Not Available
= >Drive BytesPerSector 512
= >Drive MediaLoaded True
= >Drive MediaType Fixed hard disk media
= >Drive Partitions 1
= >Drive SCSIBus 0
= >Drive SCSILogicalUnit 0
= >Drive SCSIPort 0
= >Drive SCSITargetId 1
= >Drive SectorsPerTrack 63
= >Drive Size 15374499840 bytes
= >Drive TotalCylinders 1986
= >Drive TotalSectors 30028320
= >Drive TotalTracks 476640
= >Drive TracksPerCylinder 240
= >
= >Since it works for version 7 and does not work for version 7.1 there is an
= >obvious regression problem with the install code.
= >What I am asking is for a fix or a work around that does not cause me to
= >lose my other things. There is no way I will remove Windows 2000 form the
= >drive.
= >
= >-----Original Message-----
= >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
= >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Woods
= >Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:46 PM
= >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
= >Subject: Re: [expert]
= >
= >
= >Gilbert, how did you set up the partitions on /dev/hda? If LMDK
= >7.1 can not
= >find a valid file systems, I suspect that you set these up with another
= >utility. Also tell us about your hardware, esp. hard drive type, IDE
= >controller chip set, video card, and anything else you might think is
= >relevant
= >to your set up.....
= >
= >Craig Woods
= >
= >
= >Gilbert Baron wrote:
= >
= >> Excuse if this should be on newbie but I think it needs an expert to
= >answer
= >> it. It also may appear twice. I had a system problem and think it did not
= >> get posted the first time.
= >>
= >> Trying to install version 7.1 I get at the set up file system step
= >> Error can't find valid files system.
= >> The C: drive (hda) is already set up with a Ext2 Boot and Ext2
= >for system
= >> and Swap.
= >>
= >> If I try to install Version 7.0 there is no problem..
= >>
= >> This seems an obvious regression bug in Version 7.1.
= >>
= >> The same thing happens if you install 7.0 and try to upgrade to 7.1.
= >>
= >> Is there any fix for this?
= >> Can anyone say what to do?
= >>
= >> TIA
= >
=
--
Familiarity breeds contempt.
-- Publius Syrus (42 B.C.), Maxim 640
