[newbie] Installing LM 8.2 on a laptop
Hello, I am trying to install/update (from LM 8.0) LM 8.2 on my laptop; but it gets as far as configuring for PCMCIA and seems to stall and go no further! I don't have any PCMCIA cards installed! I can't find anyway round this and want 8.2 on my laptop to keep it identical to my desktop PC. I have looked into setting PnP OS to NO in bios; but my BIOS does not have that option! BIOS is: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69NC2A) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Laptop is: Chicony-MP995 Intel Celeron 333 64Mb RAM 6GB HD Thanks, Andy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 8.2 on a laptop
Hi, I am trying to install/update (from LM 8.0) LM 8.2 on my laptop; but it gets as far as checking for PCMCIA and seems to stall and go no further! I don't have any PCMCIA cards installed! That happened to me and I solved that setting PnP OS to NO in bios. Try that ;) No joy. I don't see that option in my BIOS. I have a: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69NC2A) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Maybe I am being dumb and have missed something... Andy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] my clock is all wrong...
Dear all, Ever since I have had Mandrake 8.0 on my machine my clock has been wrong. I have changed its settings many a times, but it is still losing/gaining (don't know!) time... Any clues/ideas? Thanks, Andy
[newbie] WinDOS NT install UK government
Dear all, Thanks one and all who helped me solve my dual boot (NT/Linux) problems. NT sucks and had to use the start sectors of my HD - the WinDOS partition I had created (during Linux install) was at the end... therefore, I had to blow the whole lot and start again!!! What a nightmare I had trying to get it up and running - it has taken me ( others) almost 2 days to configure and set up NT! I installed and configured LM 8.0 this morning in approx. 2 hours flat! WOW - wasn't quite expecting that, in fact, quite the opposite! Hasn't 'our' OS come along way? The install is so much more user-friendly compared to NT - it was a breaze. I even took coffee during package install :) Another topic that has sprung to mind (which stems from Linux in public (state) schools) is the use of Linux for government services/offices. I was speaking to someone the other day who works for our NHS (which is in tatters and could do with as much £'s as possible). Their 'industry standard' is M$ and often workers are sent on M$ courses for them to learn how to use M$ products (WinDOS, Office, etc.). Surely the use of M$ products amounts to great expense to the tax payer!?! An obvious way to be kinder on the tax payers pocket - or (which is surely prefered) to put that money back into services is to use a better/cheaper alternative - Linux! I would imagine this is the case for many other UK (Euro/US) government services/offices. They could save £'s... Just a thought. Thanks, Andy
[newbie] Windoze install
Dear all, I need to install Windoze NT4 on my Linux (Mandrake 8.0) box :( I already have a partition of 4Gb set aside for Windoze. What's the best way to go about this - shall I boot into my Windoze partition and install it there? Or, can I go into Linux and install Windoze on the partition there? From the literature it seems as though Windoze NT needs to be installed 1st - followed by Linux. I would like to avoid this if possible as I would have to start from scratch when I have Linux set up exactly as I want! Any pointers/help would be appreciated. Thanks, Andy
[newbie] 56K MDC modem not working...
Dear all, Please help - I am only one step away from configuring Linux (Mandrake 7.1) and removing Windows from my machine FOREVER :) At present I can't get Linux to recognise my modem - I am pretty sure that it is not a Winmodem (there isn't anything anywhere that says it is a Winmodem #8211; the words "HSP, HCF, or DSP" do not appear at all). It is a 56K Main-Daughter-Card clone, not a PCMCIA card, but built on the mother board. If I were to install the drivers under Windows the Modem will come up under: '? Other Devices' - '? PCI Card' in the Device Manager and would run in COM3 (ttsy2). Yes - it was not listed under #8216;modems#8217; in Windows, but under '? Other Devices'. Although when the Windows driver was installed it magically changed to a modem!?! I didn't try on configure it while installing Linux. I have tried kppp since installation and then tried to communicate with it, but it says that the modem is busy? So I presume it is there #8211; just doing something #8211; maybe a lock file somewhere? This is all the information that I can obtain from the modem: MODEM 56K MDC COM 3 IRQ 5 Address D800 Manufacturer - Compact Flash Technology The laptop is a Chicony MP-995 machine. What I can get from the manual is: Intel BGA-1 on board uPGA-1 socket for Celeron Intel 440MX Any guesses / answers? Should I have configured it whilst installation - or does this not matter? Many thanks in advance, Andy -- Andy Weller email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] DVD support
with regular ISO cd's it will work fine, with DVD movies - long story. - Original Message - From: "josh crutchley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 11:10 PM Subject: [newbie] DVD support Does linux 7.0 support DVD roms? I have a very new computer with some of the latest hardware and I just wanted to know if it was supported. Thank you __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
