Roman....ok, why do you ask about what monitor to choose after
you've successfully installed Linux? It's during the install
you need to know what the make & model of your monitor is. If
you've successfully completed the install w/o
inputting/choosing the correct make & model of your monitor
then you must have input/chosen something that worked. So why
worry about it after the fact?
You've said at least twice no that the screen went black, but
never revealed under what conditions this happened. Also,
what does 'would not boot up' mean? What happens instead? At
what point in the boot process does 'would not boot up'
actually occur and exactly what is it that happens?
Alan
Romanator wrote:
>
> Alan,
>
> I will have to read the guide about the sync rate. But, everything appears to be
>okay, now. However, I could not
> find my Dell monitor in the list( should I select Dell SVGA?), and my 3COM 3C905C
>Ether link Card was not on the
> list. I will have to check MandrakeSoft's web page for hardware support. Also, the
>screen went blank and Linux
> Mandrake 7.0 would not boot up. Due to the fact that I could not reboot into Linux,
>I ran the install again. First,
> I deleted the partition, clicked on the Auto allocate button, and reinstalled Linux
>Mandrake 7.0 again. Now, it's
> back to normal. Go figure...Was this the wrong way to go about it?
> I also noticed that if the screen saver time is adjusted to 15 minutes instead of 1
>minute - a crash can occur.
> Even after several cold boots. I'll see if I can repeat this. If I can repeat this 3
>times in a row, then it could
> be a bug that should be reported.
> Linux Mandrake 7.0 indicated in the help file, that if you set your time ahead of
>your BIOS, the system could
> crash. Have you ever heard of this? I will have to check this out again.
>
> Roman
> (The penguins have stopped laughing)
>
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> > Roman....nt is running the video at a different synch rate
> > than Linux therefore you need to adjust the monitor for Linux
> > (which shouldn't bother the nt settings at all).
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > Romanator wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alan,
> > >
> > > The monitor works fine in Windows NT4. The shift happens in as soon as I get in
>to KDE.
> > >
> > > Roman
> > >
> > > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > >
> > > > Roman....adjust your monitor (buttons on front, directions in
> > > > monitor owner's manual).
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > > Romanator wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hooray!! I am up and running. However, the the desktop display has a larger
>black border on the left side
> > > > > rather than sitting evenly in the center. My hard drive, sound card auto
>configured, except for the
> > > > > monitor. An out-of-sync message appeared. The desktop display is lopsided
>the left border is a lot larger
> > > > > than the right border.
> > > > >
> > > > > My D drive has disappeared, and I have about 15 Gig. of space which I have
>to resize. E shifted to D.
> > > > > I am ordering the full version of PM so that I can gain some space.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for your help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Roman
> > > > > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Roman....delete hda5 and then push the Auto Allocate button.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Alan
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Romanator wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Alan,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I had draw and write this out as there is no print screen.
> > > > > > > The auto allocation only works if my disk has not been
> > > > > > > partitioned yet or is empty. I have tried as best as
> > > > > > > possible with ASCII to show my page setting:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I can see in the DrakX installation:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The Setup file systems
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > File system types: Ext2 Swap FAT Other Empty
> > > > > > > ---------
> > > > > > > | hda |
> > > > > > >
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > | -------------------- -------------------
> > > > > > > ------------------------------
> > > > > > > | | | |
> > > > > > > | | |
> > > > > > > | | C | | D |
> > > > > > > | E |
> > > > > > > | | | |
> > > > > > > | | |
> > > > > > > | -------------------- --------------------
> > > > > > > ------------------------------
> > > > > > > | ---------------
> > > > > > > | |Choose action| | Details
> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------
> > > > > > > | ---------------|
> > > > > > > | Device: hda5
> > > > > > > | |Mount point |
> > > > > > > | DOS drive letter: D (just a guess)
> > > > > > > | ---------------|
> > > > > > > | Type: DOS FAT16
> > > > > > > | | Resize |
> > > > > > > | Size: 2047 MB (10%)
> > > > > > > | ---------------| |
> > > > > > > | | Delete | |
> > > > > > > | ---------------| |
> > > > > > > _______________________________________________________
> > > > > > > __________________
> > > > > > > | Clear all |
> > > > > > > | Auto allocate | |
> > > > > > > Undo |
> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > ------------------------
> > > > > > >
>___________________________________________________________________________
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > |
> > > > > > > Done
> > > > > > > |
> > > > > > >
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Note:
> > > > > > > hda is the entire drive
> > > > > > > hda1 is the 1st partition or drive C
> > > > > > > hda5 is the 2nd partition or drive D
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. In the comments section, the following was copied(I could
> > > > > > > not find any other way of copying the instructions)
> > > > > > > Two common partition are: the root partition ( / ), which
> > > > > > > is the starting point of the file system's directory
> > > > > > > hierarchy,
> > > > > > > and /boot, which contains all files necessary to start the
> > > > > > > operating system when the computer is first turned on.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Since I did not want to reformat the entire 20 Gig. drive, I
> > > > > > > selected the 2nd button - which is hda5
> > > > > > >
>***************************************************************************************
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is were the confusion sets in:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2a) Click on the 2nd button of hda5. Don't forget that this
> > > > > > > is a factory install from Dell.
> > > > > > > 2b) Under choose action, click on the Mount point button.
> > > > > > > Another window pops up asking:
> > > > > > > Where do you want to mount device hda5?
> > > > > > > Next to the Mount point field appears: /
> > > > > > > I can click on the OK button and it adds this to hda5
> > > > > > > 2c) If I click on the drop down arrow, select and replace (
> > > > > > > / ) with ( /boot ), the button will show /boot.
> > > > > > > A drop down arrow shows the following selection.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > /
> > > > > > > /boot
> > > > > > > /home
> > > > > > > /mnt/dos
> > > > > > > /mnt/iso
> > > > > > > /tmp
> > > > > > > /usr
> > > > > > > /va
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3a. If I click the 2nd blue button ( hda5 ), select the
> > > > > > > delete button, it will indicate that the partition D or hda5
> > > > > > > is empty.
> > > > > > > 3b) By clicking on the auto allocate button a message
> > > > > > > appears:
> > > > > > > partitions sector #6506388.37878788 (3702 MB) and sector
> > > > > > > #8385993 (614938 MB are overlapping!
> > > > > > > at /usr/bin/perl - install/common.pm line 205. ...
> > > > > > > propagated at /usr/bin/perl - install/diskdrake.pm line 47
> > > > > > > 3c) I clicked on the OK button and all of the Ext2, Swap
> > > > > > > were all there.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sounds confusing?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sorry about the long email, and I hope you understand what I
> > > > > > > am getting at. I cannot reformat the entire drive - just
> > > > > > > about 1/2 of D.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Roman
