i am so sorry to hear about that, Rosemary ...
i was so sure it would work,
i never heard of anyone getting problems
for pluging in a usb drive ...
otherwise i would have told you to make a backup first.
Hey - not your fault.
thanks :-)
do you also think that maybe your version of mandrake
has some underlying problems ?
ALSA is the sound server, right ?
For some reason it hung there too when a I attempted to install a USB
mouse a few weeks ago.
someone mentions the same problem with mandrake on his box tonight.
what if you installed a fresh version of mandrake ?
i often needed to do that, with any operating system i had.
Maybe - will wait and see. Guess this is where linux fixability
is put to the test! Only problem is the operator! :-)
yes.
and i am not inclined to dabble in CLI for days
sorting out traffic problems in Linux's guts :-)
so i do a new and additional backup of /home and /data
(my data :-) to an external harddisk, disconnect,
format the internal harddisk (enjoy the fresh air :-)
and install a spanking new copy of my favourite Linux :-)
it's like a bath in a mountain river.
kind regards philippe
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Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Card reader arrived today so thought I would try it out! Big mistake!
I read instructions on a board and following that took a look using
HardDrake - don't know if this is it or not. Instructions said to
look at hda. It says "old device file: /dev/hda" and just below "
New devfs device: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc".
That's when I should have posted! Thought I would plug it in and see
if it would auto detect on reboot, but it hung at "starting ALSA".
So unplugged it and rebooted without it, but still hung at ALSA. So
here I am in windows begging for help to get mandrake going again.
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