Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues
KathleenI'm suspicious of something here. If your primary drive needs to be disabled to allow Linux to boot then I suspect that you probably installed Linux with the primary drive disabled as well, right? If that's so, then it'll probably be easier to reinstall Linux under normal conditions than to try and fix it to boot under normal conditions as it exists now. Alan The Russells wrote: First, a little background. I am a native Mac user (what is a BIOS anyway?! command prompt?!) who intended to install LinuxPPC about this time last year. I never got around to it. About three weeks ago I bought a PC and decided to make some use of it by getting a second hard drive and installing Mandrake on it. Call me crazy, but the idea of partitioning something I use every day scares me. I have heard too many stories about partitons breaking down, I suppose. After much gnashing of teeth and general hassle, I got the thing mounted (damn these cheap micro ATX cases!) and just finally got Mandrake installed, after trying four times. It is a 10GB Western Digital, if that matters. My Windows 98 hard drive is primary master. My Mandrake hard drive is primary slave. I have nothing for a secondary master. My CD-ROM is the secondary slave. First problem: LILO. Right now, I have to disable the primary hard drive in BIOS to boot my Linux drive. When I boot the Linux drive, LILO asks me if I want to boot to Linux or my floppy drive. I'd love to be able to make a choice between Windows and Linux as everything boots up. I attempted to reconfigure LILO, at the command prompt, but obviously I am not getting something. I have the feeling that I need to somehow configure LILO on my Windows hard drive, since that is my primary master and what boots first. Any ideas/suggestions? Second, I thought my modem was configured properly during the Mandrake install. Whenever I try to use it in Linux, it says the modem is busy. It's definitely not. I bought the confounded modem expressly because I was under the impression that it was supported by Linux. It is a Rockwell ACF II 56k data fax modem, on COM port 2 (in windows language). Today I read something somewhere that suggested Rockwells aren't usually supported by Linux. Was I misled? Can anyone point me in the direction of a Linux-modem webpage? Sheesh. I realize I sound like a babe in the woods here. Bear with me. Thank goodness this list is labeled "newbie"! Thanks, Kathleen
Re: [newbie] permissions on DOS_hda1
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Re: [newbie] permissions on DOS_hda1
Kit, please... I'm an atheist and a metal freak. No softie-talk *cough* for me please ;-) On Apr 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just couldn't let this one escape...a word or two This is exactly why God HATES pride and ego... 1. because it stops us from becoming all that God wants us to be. 2. because it eventually leads to arguments...and hate for each other. "satan"...is the enemy here...not yourselfs...realise this... and stop this bickering. -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
[newbie] display blinking
I just installed mandrake but as it loads, the screen is blinking every 4-5 sec.; I guess it's got to do with the refreshing rate or something (my display: LCD, TFT, I haven't got any doc for its config).Could you help?Thank you. to reply remove the REMOVEME from the address
[newbie] proxies
Hello.. When I want ot setup my netscape proxy I put the name and the port number which I also use in my windoze (and it works). But in linux, I got the response: FTP proxy host "my proxy" is unknown.. where should I put my proxy on /etc (or what?) to make netscape recognize it? T.I.A. -yoppy-
[newbie] Another Programming Question
I'm just getting started programmming in Linux ( I know C/C++ pretty well in windows ), and I'm wondering where is a good place to start with C/C++ can anybody recomend any good books or freee docs, or anything else that can help me get started?
Re: [newbie] new system recommendations
Michael; Before you rush into that new Asus board, check out this one -- ( http://www.msi.com.tw/Product/mainboard/k7pro.htm ) . Personally, I'm a big fan of Aus, but their K7 boards have been reported as having bugs, and that's exactly what happened to me. If you decide to get the Asus board anyway, make damn sure that you buy "Matched Ram" ! All your Ram should be from a popular company ie; Kingston, Celestica, Infineon. Otherwise you'll have nothing but problems. You'll probably notice that Asus isn't even on AMD's recommended M/B list if you check out their web-site. Considering their reputation, that's gotta make you wonder about this board of theirs'. But I'm panting and drooling over a Dual-K7 board my self! Hmmm, a pair of K7-1Ghz CPU's, 1Gb of RamBus Ram, Elsa Synergy Max 3 Video card, and 50 Gb's Hard drive, ... Boy will I be able to play Solitare or what!!! P.S. The MSI boards have been no problem what-so-ever! Cheers! - Original Message - From: "Michael Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] new system recommendations I've heard that ASUS would be releasing a dual processor board for the Athlon, but I haven't seen anything official. I myself am planning to build an Athlon 700 system this summer, and I've been watching the reviews at www.anandtech.com The board that I'm most impressed with at this point is the Abit KA7. It has 6 pci slots (something that has been lacking in the most stable boards), 4 Dimm slots supporting up to 2 GB of RAM, 2x / 4x AGP port, 4 USB ports, UDMA 66 and I believe they will be offering a version later this summer that also supports the new UDMA 100 when it's available. Check out these links for more info: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1222p=1 http://www.ocworkbench.com/hardware/abit/ka7/ka7p1.htm The second link is more a review about overclockability, which I don't know if you're interested, but this seems to be the only area where the abit board doesn't rate as high. I include it for reference. Whatever you end up working with, let me know the outcome, k? Mike "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Looking to put together a new Mandrake 7 system with an Athlon 700+ cpu. I'm looking for recommendations for a mobo that will be rock solid. I curently do not need but and am concidering the possibility of a dual cpu board, perhaps one I could just drop one in for the time being. Anyone got a favorite? Thanks, -- Joseph S. Gardner www.handi-krafts.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside Registered linux user #1696600 ICQ #63389227 -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question
Dear Philomena; You probably know this already, but whichever CD burning software you use, should give you an option to " Create CD from Image File". Your Mandrake 7.02 ISO file being just that, this oughta be a Snap! Look for an option in your software to create from image file. If it's there, but the file extension is wrong, see if there's a drop-down box and look for the *.iso file extension. If it's there, select it, and point to your 7.02 file. If you can't find it, talk to your friends about getting Adaptec's EZ CD Creator. It's the most popular program for doing this sort of thing. Hope this helps! Dan - Original Message - From: "philomena" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:31 PM Subject: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question hello again, I downloaded the 7.02 ISO file to disk. I then tried copying the file to a CD. The CD recording software (called just!Data) on my PC seems to have just copied the .iso file onto the CD - there is no directory structure or anything. Should the recording software have taken care of that, or I am missing a step or ten ? Thanks, Phil
Re: [newbie] proxies
Yoppy Hidayanto wrote: Hello.. When I want ot setup my netscape proxy I put the name and the port number which I also use in my windoze (and it works). But in linux, I got the response: FTP proxy host "my proxy" is unknown.. where should I put my proxy on /etc (or what?) to make netscape recognize it? T.I.A. -yoppy- I have found this problem too. IMHO there are two methods: 1. If you are on a local network, you must configure this first. If Netscape dont see LAN, it will give this message again. 2. If you have a ppp account, then make online connection to your ISP, after you can set up proxies in Netscape. I am newbie too. Maybe not my suggestion is the best, but it was OK on my linux-box at home and at my work. I hope didn't wrote stupid things... Best regards, Zolix
[newbie] Is digest available?
Hi All! Is there available to get newbie-letters in a digest? If can, please tell how to order it... Bye, Zolix
Re: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question
Dan, I looked all over and the sw that was included with the pc doesn't have options like that - it looks like its a very reduced functionality OEM package or something. Copies files fine, but thats about it. I looked all over for any shareware but couldn't find any. So, I bit the bullet and am now waiting for EZ CD to be delivered. Thx, philomena - Original Message - From: "Dan LaBine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 5:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question Dear Philomena; You probably know this already, but whichever CD burning software you use, should give you an option to " Create CD from Image File". Your Mandrake 7.02 ISO file being just that, this oughta be a Snap! Look for an option in your software to create from image file. If it's there, but the file extension is wrong, see if there's a drop-down box and look for the *.iso file extension. If it's there, select it, and point to your 7.02 file. If you can't find it, talk to your friends about getting Adaptec's EZ CD Creator. It's the most popular program for doing this sort of thing. Hope this helps! Dan - Original Message - From: "philomena" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:31 PM Subject: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question hello again, I downloaded the 7.02 ISO file to disk. I then tried copying the file to a CD. The CD recording software (called just!Data) on my PC seems to have just copied the .iso file onto the CD - there is no directory structure or anything. Should the recording software have taken care of that, or I am missing a step or ten ? Thanks, Phil
[newbie] SAMBA Howto
Greetings, The attached is an acrobat file of a SAMBA HOWTO written by a linux user from Canada. Unfortunatley his web site is no longer available. This HOWTO helped me greatley in getting SAMBA up and running. I hope it is as helpfulto y'all as it was to me. Jim samba-howto.pdf
Re: [newbie] Is digest available?
Zoltan Siposs wrote: Hi All! Is there available to get newbie-letters in a digest? If can, please tell how to order it... Bye, Zolix To sign up for the digest you can select it as an option on the Linux-Mandrake support page. The same spot you subscribed to this list.
Re: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question
Doh !! I hate waiting! At least for some things! What connection speed do you have for the Internet?? Perhaps I can "Rush Deliver" your S/W?? Dan - Original Message - From: "philomena" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question Dan, I looked all over and the sw that was included with the pc doesn't have options like that - it looks like its a very reduced functionality OEM package or something. Copies files fine, but thats about it. I looked all over for any shareware but couldn't find any. So, I bit the bullet and am now waiting for EZ CD to be delivered. Thx, philomena - Original Message - From: "Dan LaBine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 5:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question Dear Philomena; You probably know this already, but whichever CD burning software you use, should give you an option to " Create CD from Image File". Your Mandrake 7.02 ISO file being just that, this oughta be a Snap! Look for an option in your software to create from image file. If it's there, but the file extension is wrong, see if there's a drop-down box and look for the *.iso file extension. If it's there, select it, and point to your 7.02 file. If you can't find it, talk to your friends about getting Adaptec's EZ CD Creator. It's the most popular program for doing this sort of thing. Hope this helps! Dan - Original Message - From: "philomena" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:31 PM Subject: [newbie] 7.02 ISO image question hello again, I downloaded the 7.02 ISO file to disk. I then tried copying the file to a CD. The CD recording software (called just!Data) on my PC seems to have just copied the .iso file onto the CD - there is no directory structure or anything. Should the recording software have taken care of that, or I am missing a step or ten ? Thanks, Phil
Re: [newbie] Installation/Cylinder 1024/Boot Magic/8+GB hard dri
have), and for Linux I will be needing "/", "/boot", "/swap", and I will probably go ahead and build myself a "/home" while I am at it. Highly reccommend creating a '/home' partition or some other name for non-system software. How does one cut their Windows Partition in lets say half, and move the right half of it further to the right, creating the necessary room for the "/" directory for Linux below the 1024th cylinder boundary? Use Partition Magic(purchased version, not the version on the Mandrake CD) Wayne mentioned that he split his hard drive in half and put his entire C:\drive to the right and his "/" to the left of his C:\drive, this made actual sense to me, however I then had the question, do not 'dos' and 'win' require the same location below the 1024th cylinder in order to boot? Yes, and No. Windows does have a location below the 1024 boundary, it is called the MBR(Master Boot Record), LILO(Linux Loader) if not loaded in the MBR requires a separate location below the 1024 boundary. Joseph H. Perry Oracle DBA Columbus State University 4225 University Ave Columbus, GA 31907-5645 (706) 568-2063 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues
Alan, Doh! You are right! I did install Mandrake when there were no other drives even hooked up--I was having a lot of trouble, and was beginning ot think it was my ribbon cable, so I unhooked my Windows hard drive and attached that connection to the Linux hard drive. Anyhoo, I will reinstall Linux. There are some things missing from the recommended install that I want anyway. Thanks, Kathleen
Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(
Claus Atzenbeck wrote: I was trying to install Mandrake 7.02 on a Pentium-S machine. I don't get the graphical installer, probably because my memory is to less (16MB) or my graphic card is not good enough. I don't mind. It is running well until the point where Mandrake is supposed to ask me how to format the hard drive. Instead of this dialoge I only get the message: Error An error occurred no available partitions What is wrong?? What can I do? Thanks a lot for your help! Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de [He] took me into his library and showed me his books, of which he had a complete set. -- Ring Lardner is there a Linux partition available ? Did you make it ? Eric
[newbie] ALS 4000
Anyone out there knows how to set this sound card to work with mandrake 7.0? I used sndconfig and it wa detected but it also says that the device was not supported. Please help. TIA
Re: [newbie] new system recommendations
That's the trick though, Wayne. You're probably running 1 stick of Ram, and as you said, it's good quality. What I meant was that lower-quality ram causes many problems with that board, especially if you've got more than 1 stick, or even good quality ram of different brands. Some sort of glitch that I hope they fix. Other than that, you're absolutely right. They're a great brand of board, I use 'em all the time. Glad to hear I'm not the only connosoeur of fine equipment! Dan - Original Message - From: "Wayne Petherick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] new system recommendations Saw the current thread and just had to pick up on it. I have a K7M from ASUS with a 550Athlon, 128MB good quality ram and an ASUSV6600 Geforce card which all run sweet as a peach. I haven't had any problems with the board or with the software so I would recommend one. Wayne
Re: [newbie] NFS
I still get the exact same error message: "mount: RPC: Program not registered" I'm very confused, everything seems pretty straight forward. I've tried both directions now, I've edited my files by hand, and I've tried using linuxconf. Can someone show me the one stupid little thing I'm overlooking? Thanks in advance, Mike flupke wrote: Michael Holt wrote: Hello, I'm trying to setup NFS with two linux boxes. I know my hardware connections are correct because I can connect both using Windows. I'm also able to ping both boxes from each other (using 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2). I've tried using linuxconf to setup NFS between the two machines, but when trying to mount, I get the following message: mount: RPC: Program not registered Can anyone tell me what to do from here? I never used linuxconf to setup nfs. Here is what I did : Let's say I want to access the /shared directory of box1 from box2. first I edited the /etc/exports of box1 and added the following line : /shared box2 then I restarted the nfs daemon : /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart Then, from box2, I just typed : mount -t nfs box1:/shared /mnt/box1 And it worked. HTH Flupke -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(
did you partition your hdd? or do you have an empty hdd? are you running any other os's? if you can, provide a little more info, and we'll see what we can think of. later man From: Claus Atzenbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Listing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] installing failed :-( Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:52:46 +0200 (CEST) I was trying to install Mandrake 7.02 on a Pentium-S machine. I don't get the graphical installer, probably because my memory is to less (16MB) or my graphic card is not good enough. I don't mind. It is running well until the point where Mandrake is supposed to ask me how to format the hard drive. Instead of this dialoge I only get the message: Error An error occurred no available partitions What is wrong?? What can I do? Thanks a lot for your help! Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de [He] took me into his library and showed me his books, of which he had a complete set. -- Ring Lardner Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] (newbie] Yet Another Programming Question
Hi there, I'm a newbie to Linux, and I know that this might sound like a silly question, but I was wondering about Visual Basic for Linux. Now I know that VB is a Microsoft product so VB for Linux would be an oxymoron, but still, I'm a college student and would rather run it in Linux rather than Win98. So are there any rumours of development (third-parties)? Running it on Wine will be a chore for another day :-) Thanks in advance. Evan
[newbie] VMWare + Madrake 7
I am running VMWare (win98se profile) on a Mandrake 7 box. I am curious if it is possible to address the linux file structure from inside the virtual machine. Perhaps I am going about this from the wrong direction... Is it possible to mount the virtual hard disk from Linux... -dazed and confused Any advice would be greatly appreciated. "Everyday that I wake up and there isn't a white chalk outline around my body is going to be a GREAT day!" -Les Brown Lonny H. Barry Technical Support Trivergent Communication [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] (newbie) Start-up Screen
Hi there, I think the start-up screens for Corel Linux and Storm Linux are great, where you get to choose your OS, rather than the cruddy text boot manager. Is there any way to make your own (other than using BootMagic)? Thanks, Evan
Re: [newbie] proxies
Siposs Zoltan said: I have found this problem too. IMHO there are two methods: 1. If you are on a local network, you must configure this first. If Netscape dont see LAN, it will give this message again. 2. If you have a ppp account, then make online connection to your ISP, after you can set up proxies in Netscape. I am newbie too. Maybe not my suggestion is the best, but it was OK on my linux-box at home and at my work. hey thanks.. it works! but I still curious.. is there another way? I hope didn't wrote stupid things... no you don't :) -yh-
Re: [Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues]
Actually, if you were to run to separate drives, and the first drive had no dos partitions on it, Windows wouldn't even recognize it. It would still call the second drive 'C' (because non-dos partitions don't get a drive letter). At least that makes sense in my head, well that's another story. I've played with different configurations and it's hard to remember sometimes what works and what doesn't. Lilo has given me the warning in the past that the /boot partition has to be before the 1024th cylinder, but I say 'ok' and it works anyway. Right now I'm using the BeOS boot manager (uninstalled the OS because at that time it didn't support my vid card, but left the boot manager cause it works good) and it doesn't care where your OS is installed. At one time, I had 4 different OS's booting off of my primary drive; 1. WinNT 4, 2. Win98, 3. Mandrake, 4. BeOS 4.5. This worked just fine with the BeOS boot manager booting all of them. Jaguar wrote: Not true...the installed to Drive of ALL the software is set to C Drive, ie: path to files installed C:\office\word\blabla.exe That is much more time consuming to change all the installed DIR's locations in Windows than setting up the LILO boot. HTH Jaguar Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about switching your drives? If you make Linux /dev/hda and Windows /dev/hdb (make Linux your primary master and put windows on your primary slave). You shouldn't have to change too much, just the jumpers on your Windows drive. I would like to say that I have two drives. On the first (20GB) I've got WinNT, Win98 and finally, Mandrake Linux. On the second (13GB), I have extra storage space for FAT32 and Linux. This works great for me, I've never lost any data. Mike The Russells wrote: Yup, I tried it. I ran "lilo" at the command prompt after I saved it and it told me /dev/hdb is not a regular file. Maybe this is a good excuse to get a whole new and different box?! Any excuse, any at all... An iMac, eh? Cool. Mine is grape and is quite neglected since this Linux thing came around. Thanks, Kathleen -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, J D wrote: did you partition your hdd? or do you have an empty hdd? are you running any other os's? if you can, provide a little more info, and we'll see what we can think of. Thanks for you mail, also to Eric! Yes, there were no partitions available. I had good luck to have also SuSE here in order to format my hard drive. How would I be able to format my hard drive without any tool except Mandrake CD-ROM? The graphical installer provides partitioning hard drives befor installing, not so the text installer... :-( Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de 'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw
Re: [newbie] Is digest available?
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 Zoltan Siposs wrote: Hi All! Is there available to get newbie-letters in a digest? If can, please tell how to order it... Bye, Zolix -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] kernel recompile
Hi, I recompiled the kernel on a Mandrake 6.5 system and forgot to run depmod before rebooting,now it hangs at checking module dependencies.Is there a way to rescue the system without reinstalling? Thanks, Dan
Re: [newbie] (newbie] Yet Another Programming Question
Not likely ;-) Still, if you're interested, check http://www.linuxberg.com and navigate through the X11 development software. It seems that I read something awhile back about that convert VBscript to something linux-compatible, you might find something along those lines for VB. Mike Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I'm a newbie to Linux, and I know that this might sound like a silly question, but I was wondering about Visual Basic for Linux. Now I know that VB is a Microsoft product so VB for Linux would be an oxymoron, but still, I'm a college student and would rather run it in Linux rather than Win98. So are there any rumours of development (third-parties)? Running it on Wine will be a chore for another day :-) Thanks in advance. Evan -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] (newbie) Start-up Screen
I don't know about making your own, probably need some programming experience? There's also System Commander, I believe they offer a boot manager. I'm using the BeOS boot manager, only drawback with that would be that you would have to install BeOS to configure it. You could uninstall BeOS after that and use partition magic to reclaim the space and just keep the boot manager. Probably the easiest thing though would be to edit your /etc/lilo.conf file and change the labels to a one digit number for example, so that when you boot, you could just type a single digit instead of typing a long line. I don't know if that helped at all, but I am curious, why not use BootMagic? Mike Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I think the start-up screens for Corel Linux and Storm Linux are great, where you get to choose your OS, rather than the cruddy text boot manager. Is there any way to make your own (other than using BootMagic)? Thanks, Evan -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] proxies
Pardon my intrusion, could one of you tell me how you set up your LAN? Did you let Mandrake configure that on install, or did you manually do it after the install? If manually, what procedure did you follow? Thanks in advance, Mike Yoppy Hidayanto wrote: Siposs Zoltan said: I have found this problem too. IMHO there are two methods: 1. If you are on a local network, you must configure this first. If Netscape dont see LAN, it will give this message again. 2. If you have a ppp account, then make online connection to your ISP, after you can set up proxies in Netscape. I am newbie too. Maybe not my suggestion is the best, but it was OK on my linux-box at home and at my work. hey thanks.. it works! but I still curious.. is there another way? I hope didn't wrote stupid things... no you don't :) -yh- -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] hmmm, fat32
Just out of curiosity, I wonder if Linux (any version) can read a fat32 partition. No rush, just curious. -- Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues
If kathleen has Partition Magic and Boot Magic, she can simply run the set up for Boot Magic and be able to run both OS. She needs a multiboot loader on her primary hard disk that can launch her systems. She may also be able to re-install LILO to the MBR without clobbering her install. One of the great things about GNU/Linux, once you begin to understand the ins and outs is that reinstalls are generally unecessary. JWD On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:20:41 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues KathleenI'm suspicious of something here. If your primary drive needs to be disabled to allow Linux to boot then I suspect that you probably installed Linux with the primary drive disabled as well, right? If that's so, then it'll probably be easier to reinstall Linux under normal conditions than to try and fix it to boot under normal conditions as it exists now. Alan The Russells wrote: First, a little background. I am a native Mac user (what is a BIOS anyway?! command prompt?!) who intended to install LinuxPPC about this time last year. I never got around to it. About three weeks ago I bought a PC and decided to make some use of it by getting a second hard drive and installing Mandrake on it. Call me crazy, but the idea of partitioning something I use every day scares me. I have heard too many stories about partitons breaking down, I suppose. After much gnashing of teeth and general hassle, I got the thing mounted (damn these cheap micro ATX cases!) and just finally got Mandrake installed, after trying four times. It is a 10GB Western Digital, if that matters. My Windows 98 hard drive is primary master. My Mandrake hard drive is primary slave. I have nothing for a secondary master. My CD-ROM is the secondary slave. First problem: LILO. Right now, I have to disable the primary hard drive in BIOS to boot my Linux drive. When I boot the Linux drive, LILO asks me if I want to boot to Linux or my floppy drive. I'd love to be able to make a choice between Windows and Linux as everything boots up. I attempted to reconfigure LILO, at the command prompt, but obviously I am not getting something. I have the feeling that I need to somehow configure LILO on my Windows hard drive, since that is my primary master and what boots first. Any ideas/suggestions? Second, I thought my modem was configured properly during the Mandrake install. Whenever I try to use it in Linux, it says the modem is busy. It's definitely not. I bought the confounded modem expressly because I was under the impression that it was supported by Linux. It is a Rockwell ACF II 56k data fax modem, on COM port 2 (in windows language). Today I read something somewhere that suggested Rockwells aren't usually supported by Linux. Was I misled? Can anyone point me in the direction of a Linux-modem webpage? Sheesh. I realize I sound like a babe in the woods here. Bear with me. Thank goodness this list is labeled "newbie"! Thanks, Kathleen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] You honor, Vacerra, the ancients alone and never praise poets, unless dead and gone your pardon I beg, if ungracious I seem but 'tis not worth dying to gain your esteem --- Martial
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues]]
Well in my way of thinking...the BIOS assigns Drive letters weather there is a filesystem on it or not...changing the Windows C: installed drive to somewhere else in the chain, will still produce the file not found errors because the drive is now assigned Drive D or more, and the installed drive was previously C:, depending on the chain PM IDE=C --- of course drive letters will change with mulitple. PS IDE=D partitions per drive SM IDE=E SS IDE=F Now with modern BIOS's you can set to boot from A or C or D or CD-ROM or SCSI, etc...using that may help the process... But once Windows is installed to a drive...the Regisrty uses that as the path to where the files are located. HTH Jaguar Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, if you were to run to separate drives, and the first drive had no dos partitions on it, Windows wouldn't even recognize it. It would still call the second drive 'C' (because non-dos partitions don't get a drive letter). At least that makes sense in my head, well that's another story. I've played with different configurations and it's hard to remember sometimes what works and what doesn't. Lilo has given me the warning in the past that the /boot partition has to be before the 1024th cylinder, but I say 'ok' and it works anyway. Right now I'm using the BeOS boot manager (uninstalled the OS because at that time it didn't support my vid card, but left the boot manager cause it works good) and it doesn't care where your OS is installed. At one time, I had 4 different OS's booting off of my primary drive; 1. WinNT 4, 2. Win98, 3. Mandrake, 4. BeOS 4.5. This worked just fine with the BeOS boot manager booting all of them. Jaguar wrote: Not true...the installed to Drive of ALL the software is set to C Drive, ie: path to files installed C:\office\word\blabla.exe That is much more time consuming to change all the installed DIR's locations in Windows than setting up the LILO boot. HTH Jaguar Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about switching your drives? If you make Linux /dev/hda and Windows /dev/hdb (make Linux your primary master and put windows on your primary slave). You shouldn't have to change too much, just the jumpers on your Windows drive. I would like to say that I have two drives. On the first (20GB) I've got WinNT, Win98 and finally, Mandrake Linux. On the second (13GB), I have extra storage space for FAT32 and Linux. This works great for me, I've never lost any data. Mike The Russells wrote: Yup, I tried it. I ran "lilo" at the command prompt after I saved it and it told me /dev/hdb is not a regular file. Maybe this is a good excuse to get a whole new and different box?! Any excuse, any at all... An iMac, eh? Cool. Mine is grape and is quite neglected since this Linux thing came around. Thanks, Kathleen -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, "The Russells" wrote: . . You don't have a bios on Apple computers? (No, seriously, you don't?) Nope. I suppose the most similar thing to BIOS in a Mac would be the extension manager, but it's certainly not the same thing. In a way a person has less control while using a Mac. But a perosn can allocate programs more or less memory, which is cool. And resetting the PRAM--now that's fun! The BIOS is on the mother board itself and is coded on to the BIOS chip. Without it Intel systems don't run since it loads the initial boot up program from the MBR. Win/DOS also has a software "BIOS" as well, one of a pair of hidden system files that DOS (and OS/2, Win9* and NT 3*) requires. The NT versions used to be the MS OS/2 versions. I don't know whether that has changed or not. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] You honor, Vacerra, the ancients alone and never praise poets, unless dead and gone your pardon I beg, if ungracious I seem but 'tis not worth dying to gain your esteem --- Martial
Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues
Kathleen, If your Rockwell is a "Winmodem" it isn't supported by Linux. Basically, any free standing modem is more likely to be safe than an internal modem. If the modem was really inexpensive (e.g. $20-$30) it is probably a WinModem and expects to use Win services to fill in for its own inadequacies. The card is mostly an interface and the "modem" is implemented in software on WinModems. My own is a 3COM USR Voice Fax Modem, but its an exspenvie one. The other possibility is that your software is looking in the wrong place. When you first run your dial-up setup - I use KPPP - you need to tell the system that the modem is on /dev/ttyS1 (if indeed it is on com2). If your setup points to /dev/modem, then run ls -al /dev/modem to find what it is linked to. /dev/modem is symbolic link and needs to point to the correct device. .. Second, I thought my modem was configured properly during the Mandrake install. Whenever I try to use it in Linux, it says the modem is busy. It's definitely not. I bought the confounded modem expressly because I was under the impression that it was supported by Linux. It is a Rockwell ACF II 56k data fax modem, on COM port 2 (in windows language). Today I read something somewhere that suggested Rockwells aren't usually supported by Linux. Was I misled? Can anyone point me in the direction of a Linux-modem webpage? Sheesh. I realize I sound like a babe in the woods here. Bear with me. Thank goodness this list is labeled "newbie"! Thanks, Kathleen John Dougherty -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] You honor, Vacerra, the ancients alone and never praise poets, unless dead and gone your pardon I beg, if ungracious I seem but 'tis not worth dying to gain your esteem --- Martial
Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues
I do have the Boot Magic provided on disk 3 of Mandrake 7. Maybe I will try that first, and then just do an upgrade rather than a full install. Really, what else is it for but to tinker around with. It's not like I have much Stuff Of Importance on either hard drive yet, since the PC is a grand total of about 3 weeks old. Thanks to you all! What a terrific group of folks to have available! Kathleen
Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(
Claus Atzenbeck wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, J D wrote: did you partition your hdd? or do you have an empty hdd? are you running any other os's? if you can, provide a little more info, and we'll see what we can think of. Thanks for you mail, also to Eric! Yes, there were no partitions available. I had good luck to have also SuSE here in order to format my hard drive. How would I be able to format my hard drive without any tool except Mandrake CD-ROM? The graphical installer provides partitioning hard drives befor installing, not so the text installer... :-( Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de 'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw I utilise the TEXT installation of mandrake (redhat) to do anything. In this mode you can partition your HD with FDISK and DISKDRUID : first : FDISK to do the partition; primary and extended. second: DISKDRUID making mount-points. After this go to the next menu who ask what mount-point you'll format; the first time ALL of course. Create at least following partitions and mount-points: /boot (must be primary partition.About 32M, to preserve several kernels, starting under the 1024st cylinder ) /( my case also a primary, +- 600-800M) 1 extended for the rest of your HD divided in: /usr(the big one, my case 3G) /usr/local (needed to preserve own data and programs; no reformat when a reinstallation has to be done) /home (not to be reformat when a reinstallation has to be done, so you preserve your locally work) /reserve (to allocate space for later use) So, this what I had done. Good luck. Eric
Re: [newbie] (newbie) Start-up Screen
Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I think the start-up screens for Corel Linux and Storm Linux are great, where you get to choose your OS, rather than the cruddy text boot manager. Is there any way to make your own (other than using BootMagic)? Thanks, Evan You are right about Corel, very great choice ! To Mandrake for setup a similar start-up screen. Eric
Re: [newbie] (newbie] Yet Another Programming Question
Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I'm a newbie to Linux, and I know that this might sound like a silly question, but I was wondering about Visual Basic for Linux. Now I know that VB is a Microsoft product so VB for Linux would be an oxymoron, but still, I'm a college student and would rather run it in Linux rather than Win98. So are there any rumours of development (third-parties)? Running it on Wine will be a chore for another day :-) Thanks in advance. Evan There is no need about a similar item like VB. Do it in 'C/C++'. There is many..many... good stuff for easy programming. Take a look at the 'C/C++ users journal'. Eric
[newbie] Linux mandrake 6.0
hey, ive successfully installed and configured the OS, but how the hell do i get to the GUI interface from the b w prompt shell? im pretty new at linux - what syntax do i need to know? thanx, paul
[expert] OT - Partition magic
This is OT so I will take it OLcould anyone here who has partition magic v5 contact me off list please. Thanks, Wayne
[expert] Diamond Stealth ll S220
Has anyone else had any trouble setting up X with a Stealth ll ? every time X tries to start itself it locks the system up tigher than a drum. Anyone got any ideas?? -- Joe Gardner Handi Krafts www.handi-krafts.com Linux is like a wigwam, No windows, no gates, and Apache inside Registered linux user #1696600 ICQ # 68118000
[newbie] SAMBA Problem
Hello Folks.. When I type "smbclient -L localhost" from a prompt I get this message: added interface ip=205.130.228.201 bcast=205.130.228.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 session request to LOCALHOST failed (Not listening for calling name) session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Not listening for calling name) Any idea what I need to do to fix my machine or more specifically, whats wrong? Thanks, Nick Horton
Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS
John wrote: The BIOS is on the mother board itself and is coded on to the BIOS chip. Without it Intel systems don't run since it loads the initial boot up program from the MBR. Win/DOS also has a software "BIOS" as well, one of a pair of hidden system files that DOS (and OS/2, Win9* and NT 3*) requires. The NT versions used to be the MS OS/2 versions. I don't know whether that has changed or not. Disclaimer: i was pretty much joking about the BIOS thing. I actually really like my BIOS (ambios). A friend of mine has a really cruddy BIOS, but the computer is a machine is a Hewlett Packard, so it is a cruddy system in general. I suppose a person would have to buy a whole new motherboard to get a different kind of BIOS. Can a person upgrade using the same motherboard, but maybe a different version or something? Thanks, Kathleen
Re: [newbie] hmmm, fat32
Yes, most distributions come preconfigured to read and write to FAT32. Linux calls it vfat. Mike Vic wrote: Just out of curiosity, I wonder if Linux (any version) can read a fat32 partition. No rush, just curious. -- Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues]]
I could be wrong, but I don't believe your bios cares what letter is on any given drive. You do however, need to tell it where your MBR resides. That's why you can boot from a floppy disk or a zip drive. It doesn't need to know which comes first (c,d,e,f,etc), it just needs the path from itself to the ide channel (master or slave) to the place where the boot files live. Is that making any sense? To the best of my knowledge, c,d,e,f etc. is just Bill's creation. Since most people use windows, the bios just uses the language more people are familiar with when it asks you what drive letter you want to boot from. Once Windows gets booted, if it doesn't see any M$ compatible partitions behind it, it will see it self as "c" drive. You can try this experiment (if you have the software laying around). Load partition magic and resize your Windows partition to leave about 50megs empty at the FRONT of your drive. Install a copy of Dos 6 and Windows 3 or equivalent and use lilo to boot everything. You should have something like this: /dev/hda1 = dos /dev/hda2 = windows /dev/hda3 = linux If you don't have lilo installed on that computer, you can use your windows rescue disk and fdisk to set the active partition. Now if you boot into Win3, you shouldn't see the Win98 partition because win3 uses FAT16 and therefore wouldn't understand the file table. If you boot Win98, Win3 will just look like a simple dos partition and therefore be given the drive letter 'd' and your root partition or 'c' will be the Win98 system. Neither one will see Linux, but Linux will know right where each of them are (/dev/hda1, etc.) I guess all that was just to say that drive letters are not set in stone on your hard ware. Windows will always see itself as the main OS and therefore no matter where you put it, it will always see itself as 'c'. Tell me if that makes sense, eh? I'm starting to get cross-eyed! Mike Jaguar wrote: Well in my way of thinking...the BIOS assigns Drive letters weather there is a filesystem on it or not...changing the Windows C: installed drive to somewhere else in the chain, will still produce the file not found errors because the drive is now assigned Drive D or more, and the installed drive was previously C:, depending on the chain PM IDE=C --- of course drive letters will change with mulitple. PS IDE=D partitions per drive SM IDE=E SS IDE=F Now with modern BIOS's you can set to boot from A or C or D or CD-ROM or SCSI, etc...using that may help the process... But once Windows is installed to a drive...the Regisrty uses that as the path to where the files are located. HTH Jaguar -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] running windows in linux
rich - hi i have one way modem service as well. i dial in using the phone an old ISA modem. the downstream signal comes through the cable and the cable modem. i have it running absolutely fine in linux. remember, anything windows can do, linux can do even better. it just may be a little harder to implement. if you would like some help getting one way cable to work, let me know and i will try to help. - dave From: "Jason R. Lucier" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] running windows in linux Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:27:54 -0400 Try a program you can find it at www.vmware.com - Original Message - From: "Rich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 6:35 PM Subject: [newbie] running windows in linux Hi, I saw a screenshot on the mandrake site that had the linux operating system running with a window open running windows. I need this because I have one of the only cable modems in the dang country that you have to force to dial (it sends through phone, receives through cable). It works fine if I boot to windows and force it to dial, then restart in linux while it is still connected. If I could open windows while in linux I could make it dial that way. Can someone help me? I also downloaded and installed mozilla 15 today... Is there any way to start it without typing the command in the console? It keeps the console open that way... Thanks a lot, Rich Foreman Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Netscape Fonts
Hi Folks! Last week I saw a post regarding a place where we might get extra Mozilla fonts for Linux. Would anyone have that address . . . I've got the instructions to install but am unable to find the file! Thanks for your help! Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux mandrake 6.0
type 'startx' from the prompt (without quotes) Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey, ive successfully installed and configured the OS, but how the hell do i get to the GUI interface from the b w prompt shell? im pretty new at linux - what syntax do i need to know? thanx, paul -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS
"Kathleen Russell, fone.net tech support" wrote: Disclaimer: i was pretty much joking about the BIOS thing. I actually really like my BIOS (ambios). A friend of mine has a really cruddy BIOS, but the computer is a machine is a Hewlett Packard, so it is a cruddy system in general. I suppose a person would have to buy a whole new motherboard to get a different kind of BIOS. Can a person upgrade using the same motherboard, but maybe a different version or something? Thanks, Kathleen No, in general, you need the bios that was written for board you're using. It's specific to the parts that are soldered onto your motherboard. Mike -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] whats running?
Is there anyway to see whats running in Mandrake Linux 7.0? Like mailer daemons, web servers? Something comparable to Task Manager In Windows NT. Bill
Re: [newbie] hmmm, fat32
Oh wow, someone told me that fat32 was not vfat, whups. Thankx for the update. :) On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, you wrote: Yes, most distributions come preconfigured to read and write to FAT32. Linux calls it vfat. Mike Vic wrote: Just out of curiosity, I wonder if Linux (any version) can read a fat32 partition. No rush, just curious. -- Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
[newbie] DOS naming vs Linux recognition
I have a question regarding the DOS convention of naming files with spaces, such as C:\Program Files. When I use a program like Wine, Linux can't follow a path that includes spaces, so I'm wondering if there is a way to write the file names so Linux can recognize them, or do I have to copy the programs to folders and give them names that don't include spaces? Thanks! Don J. -- My dual-boot system Works better than my Z, and isn't as greasey. Do good stuff!
Re: [newbie] display blinking
I had this problem when I tried installing Corel Linux, I found this in their FAQ. And it worked for me. I'm not sure if it's the same problem - but; on my machine, the only time the keyboard was active (you could type) was when the screen was visible (get you timing right). At the prompt (when it appears) type "killall kdm" (without the quotes). Once you've accomplished this (it took me a little while). Go to directory "/usr/X11R6/bin", and run "XF86Setup" (without the quotes). The directory and application names are case sensitive. Now these is the directory and application in Corel Linux. I'm not sure if there the same in MD. I didn't have any (well not much) problems with my video in MD as with CL. Hope this helps Bruce :-) - Original Message - From: alex.avellaneda To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 4:53 AM Subject: [newbie] display blinking I just installed mandrake but as it loads, the screen is blinking every 4-5 sec.; I guess it's got to do with the refreshing rate or something (my display: LCD, TFT, I haven't got any doc for its config).Could you help?Thank you. to reply remove the REMOVEME from the address
Re: [newbie] hmmm, fat32
Yeah, when I first started with Linux (not that long ago)I assigned my windows partitions the dos file system and I couldn't figure out why all my file names were getting chopped up (dos only allows 8 char for file names and 3 for extensions). I switched to vfat and have lived happily ever after! =) Mike Vic wrote: Oh wow, someone told me that fat32 was not vfat, whups. Thankx for the update. :) On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, you wrote: Yes, most distributions come preconfigured to read and write to FAT32. Linux calls it vfat. Mike Vic wrote: Just out of curiosity, I wonder if Linux (any version) can read a fat32 partition. No rush, just curious. -- Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to make some extra pocket change listening to your realplayer while you surf? http://www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kittypuss Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FW: [Re: [Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues]]
Does this mean that I could then just delete a partition with linux on it and not have any problems in windows even if that was the default boot drive? (i.e. Windows on C drive, Linux on D drive (automatically boots into Linux), can I just delete D if I wanted to go back to windows and try a new distribution of linux later? Or do I have to edit the BIOS? -Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Holt Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 4:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] LILO and modem issues]] I could be wrong, but I don't believe your bios cares what letter is on any given drive. You do however, need to tell it where your MBR resides. That's why you can boot from a floppy disk or a zip drive. It doesn't need to know which comes first (c,d,e,f,etc), it just needs the path from itself to the ide channel (master or slave) to the place where the boot files live. Is that making any sense? To the best of my knowledge, c,d,e,f etc. is just Bill's creation. Since most people use windows, the bios just uses the language more people are familiar with when it asks you what drive letter you want to boot from. Once Windows gets booted, if it doesn't see any M$ compatible partitions behind it, it will see it self as "c" drive. You can try this experiment (if you have the software laying around). Load partition magic and resize your Windows partition to leave about 50megs empty at the FRONT of your drive. Install a copy of Dos 6 and Windows 3 or equivalent and use lilo to boot everything. You should have something like this: /dev/hda1 = dos /dev/hda2 = windows /dev/hda3 = linux If you don't have lilo installed on that computer, you can use your windows rescue disk and fdisk to set the active partition. Now if you boot into Win3, you shouldn't see the Win98 partition because win3 uses FAT16 and therefore wouldn't understand the file table. If you boot Win98, Win3 will just look like a simple dos partition and therefore be given the drive letter 'd' and your root partition or 'c' will be the Win98 system. Neither one will see Linux, but Linux will know right where each of them are (/dev/hda1, etc.) I guess all that was just to say that drive letters are not set in stone on your hard ware. Windows will always see itself as the main OS and therefore no matter where you put it, it will always see itself as 'c'. Tell me if that makes sense, eh? I'm starting to get cross-eyed! Mike Jaguar wrote: Well in my way of thinking...the BIOS assigns Drive letters weather there is a filesystem on it or not...changing the Windows C: installed drive to somewhere else in the chain, will still produce the file not found errors because the drive is now assigned Drive D or more, and the installed drive was previously C:, depending on the chain PM IDE=C --- of course drive letters will change with mulitple. PS IDE=D partitions per drive SM IDE=E SS IDE=F Now with modern BIOS's you can set to boot from A or C or D or CD-ROM or SCSI, etc...using that may help the process... But once Windows is installed to a drive...the Regisrty uses that as the path to where the files are located. HTH Jaguar -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Is digest available?
same page you asked to join this list... is one for digest Zoltan Siposs wrote: Hi All! Is there available to get newbie-letters in a digest? If can, please tell how to order it... Bye, Zolix -- ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) ===KompuKit===
Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS
you can definately upgrade a bios. one that i have seen raves about is mrbios (www.mrbios.com). their bios' are supposed to be awesome, i want to upgrade my AMIBIOS CPOR bios, but, I havent saved the money yet... From: "Kathleen Russell, fone.net tech support" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:19:26 -0600 John wrote: The BIOS is on the mother board itself and is coded on to the BIOS chip. Without it Intel systems don't run since it loads the initial boot up program from the MBR. Win/DOS also has a software "BIOS" as well, one of a pair of hidden system files that DOS (and OS/2, Win9* and NT 3*) requires. The NT versions used to be the MS OS/2 versions. I don't know whether that has changed or not. Disclaimer: i was pretty much joking about the BIOS thing. I actually really like my BIOS (ambios). A friend of mine has a really cruddy BIOS, but the computer is a machine is a Hewlett Packard, so it is a cruddy system in general. I suppose a person would have to buy a whole new motherboard to get a different kind of BIOS. Can a person upgrade using the same motherboard, but maybe a different version or something? Thanks, Kathleen Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape Fonts
Go to www.mandrakeuser.org. You can find instructions on how to download and install Mozilla fonts from there. Hope this helps... -Necro On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Michael A. Kellogg wrote: Hi Folks! Last week I saw a post regarding a place where we might get extra Mozilla fonts for Linux. Would anyone have that address . . . I've got the instructions to install but am unable to find the file! Thanks for your help! Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] DOS naming vs Linux recognition
Surround the path name with quotation marks and use two backslashes. Like this: wine "c:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe". Remember, its case sensitive too... -Necro On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Don W. Jenkins wrote: I have a question regarding the DOS convention of naming files with spaces, such as C:\Program Files. When I use a program like Wine, Linux can't follow a path that includes spaces, so I'm wondering if there is a way to write the file names so Linux can recognize them, or do I have to copy the programs to folders and give them names that don't include spaces? Thanks! Don J. -- My dual-boot system Works better than my Z, and isn't as greasey. Do good stuff!
Re: [newbie] Boot magic
WayneI noticed your earlier message about this and didn't respond because I really had nothing constructive to say. Actually I still don't. :-) Anyway, I use BootMagic on 4 different machines. It's the version which comes with either version 4 or version 5 of Partition Magic (as far as I can tell there's no difference). One machine boots between dos 6.22 and windows98 on a single ide drive, another boots windowsnt, windows98, and Linux Mandrake 7 on a single ide drive, a third machine boots between windowsnt, windows98, and Linux Mandrake 7 on two ide drives (and there's some unpartitioned space left for an upcoming BeOS 4.5 install), and finally a fourth machine that boots between dos 6.22, windows98 se, Linux Mandrake 7 and Storm Linux 2000 on dual scsi drives. I've never experienced anything like you describe. I wonder if you are using the same version as I use or maybe the one that comes bundled with MacMillan's Mandrake 7 distribution? Just a thought. :-) Alan Wayne Petherick wrote: I have to ask the following question. SO many people use boot magic here and claim its usefulness I feel I should share my horror story. Perhaps someone can tell me how to fix it. I installed BM and run the software to install the boot manager. When it detected my OS's, it found 2 windows partitions (true but only one is bootable) and no linux partitions. I removed the second windows partition from the manager as I didn't want to boot to it (no need) and added my linux partition. When I restarted, and selected linux, it said something to the effect of loading linux but then just hung. It started windows OK, but the only way to get back in to linux was through my boot disk. When I did go back into windows I noticed that the second windows drive I had removed from the boot manager was totally gone! It trashed the partition completely and I lost all of the software I had sitting on that drive. Any suggestions? Wayne
Re: [newbie] (newbie) Start-up Screen
EvanI just installed storm (using the cd that came with MaximumLinux Magazine) and thought the same as you about its version of lilo. It's on my list of things to do to see if I can lift the lilo out of storm and use it in Mandrake. If you beat me to it, let me know how it works out, ok? Alan Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I think the start-up screens for Corel Linux and Storm Linux are great, where you get to choose your OS, rather than the cruddy text boot manager. Is there any way to make your own (other than using BootMagic)? Thanks, Evan
[newbie] more 64Mb
Hello people. (Sorry for my english, i speak spanish) This is my first instalation of Mandrake linux an this not detect mare tha 64Mb od RAM (I have 128Mb). What can i do
[newbie] More 64Mb
Hello people. (Sorry for my english, i speak spanish) This is my first instalation of Mandrake linux an this not detect mare tha 64Mb od RAM (I have 128Mb). What can i do
Re: [newbie] kernel recompile
Do you have a backup boot disk (it asked you to create one during installation)? If you do, just boot off of that, and after you get into Linux, change LILO back so that it points to your old kernel, instead of your new one. Hi, I recompiled the kernel on a Mandrake 6.5 system and forgot to run depmod before rebooting,now it hangs at checking module dependencies.Is there a way to rescue the system without reinstalling? Thanks, Dan -- Anthony Huereca http://m3000.1wh.com Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Re: [Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS]
OK...lets get this straight...to flash the BIOS, you go to your motherboards home page...look up the exact MODEL # you have, with the SAME BIOS mfg. ( in some years due to supply problems, different BIOS mfg's were put on the same model of mobo ) then get your BIOS from them...as far as I know alot of the older BIOS' were _NOT_ flashable. Flashable BIOS has only been in the last 4 - 7 years as a standard. But most/all of them in the last few years have been upgradable. Most of the BIOS' for different mfg's of mobo's are specific to thier chipsets, eg: ABIT PX5 with AWARD BIOS, has a different chipset/buses/etc than an ASUS P5A with an AWARD BIOS So my advice is to get MAKE/MODEL/BIOS MFG. of _YOUR_ mobo, and go get the correct flash file. Also read the directions and understand them.:) HTH Jaguar Rial Juan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uhh, dude... Upgrading a BIOS is free; all you gotta do is download the flash-utillity and the new image from the manufacturer's site. Be warned though, you can not switch from one brand of BIOS to another, AFAIK; you'll have to stay with the same brand, but you'll get a higher version. See my other post on this for more details, or if you already deleted it: too bad, so did I ;-) You can check out http://www.drivershq.com/List/bioslink1.html though. On Apr 21 David Thiessen wrote: you can definately upgrade a bios. one that i have seen raves about is mrbios (www.mrbios.com). their bios' are supposed to be awesome, i want to upgrade my AMIBIOS CPOR bios, but, I havent saved the money yet... -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS
Uh dude... I am not an idiot... I know upgrading the BIOS is free. I can see that I did not make that clear in my post. But lets face it, there are some manufacturors that have downright lousy BIOS'. MRBIOS fills the ticket for those people that want a more robust BIOS. Also nice when you have a MB from a manufacturor thats no longer around and you cant find any updates. On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, you wrote: Uhh, dude... Upgrading a BIOS is free; all you gotta do is download the flash-utillity and the new image from the manufacturer's site. Be warned though, you can not switch from one brand of BIOS to another, AFAIK; you'll have to stay with the same brand, but you'll get a higher version. See my other post on this for more details, or if you already deleted it: too bad, so did I ;-) You can check out http://www.drivershq.com/List/bioslink1.html though. On Apr 21 David Thiessen wrote: you can definately upgrade a bios. one that i have seen raves about is mrbios (www.mrbios.com). their bios' are supposed to be awesome, i want to upgrade my AMIBIOS CPOR bios, but, I havent saved the money yet... -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers -- -- David G. Thiessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: ThiessenDG King George, VAICQ: 55163586 http://webpages.kg.hsanet.net/thiessendg
Re: [newbie] Netscape Fonts
"Michael A. Kellogg" wrote: Hi Folks! Last week I saw a post regarding a place where we might get extra Mozilla fonts for Linux. Would anyone have that address . . . I've got the instructions to install but am unable to find the file! Thanks for your help! Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/xwin/ -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.
Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS
I would be cautious in doing this. Most Motherboard manufacturers will warn you that flashing your bios with an upgrade from there own site can be a risk (i.e. buy an asus board, go to the asus web site two months later and download the newer bios version). Like they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". The reason for this is basically that a fix or a tweak in one are can cause something else to not work correctly. I have flashed my bios because with the last computer that I built, I chose a motherboard that had a shutdown problem with Linux; the maker of the board corrected the issue with a bios update. If you have an older computer (like an old pentium 100) however, you may have nothing to lose and possibly some performance to gain. I would say if you have anything new, like an Athlon or a P3, you don't stand to gain enough (unless you just like tweaking stuff). Mike David Thiessen wrote: you can definately upgrade a bios. one that i have seen raves about is mrbios (www.mrbios.com). their bios' are supposed to be awesome, i want to upgrade my AMIBIOS CPOR bios, but, I havent saved the money yet... From: "Kathleen Russell, fone.net tech support" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT--BIOS Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:19:26 -0600 John wrote: The BIOS is on the mother board itself and is coded on to the BIOS chip. Without it Intel systems don't run since it loads the initial boot up program from the MBR. Win/DOS also has a software "BIOS" as well, one of a pair of hidden system files that DOS (and OS/2, Win9* and NT 3*) requires. The NT versions used to be the MS OS/2 versions. I don't know whether that has changed or not. Disclaimer: i was pretty much joking about the BIOS thing. I actually really like my BIOS (ambios). A friend of mine has a really cruddy BIOS, but the computer is a machine is a Hewlett Packard, so it is a cruddy system in general. I suppose a person would have to buy a whole new motherboard to get a different kind of BIOS. Can a person upgrade using the same motherboard, but maybe a different version or something? Thanks, Kathleen Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Boot magic
Ouch! Thanks for the warning, I for one, will steer clear! Mike Wayne Petherick wrote: I have to ask the following question. SO many people use boot magic here and claim its usefulness I feel I should share my horror story. Perhaps someone can tell me how to fix it. I installed BM and run the software to install the boot manager. When it detected my OS's, it found 2 windows partitions (true but only one is bootable) and no linux partitions. I removed the second windows partition from the manager as I didn't want to boot to it (no need) and added my linux partition. When I restarted, and selected linux, it said something to the effect of loading linux but then just hung. It started windows OK, but the only way to get back in to linux was through my boot disk. When I did go back into windows I noticed that the second windows drive I had removed from the boot manager was totally gone! It trashed the partition completely and I lost all of the software I had sitting on that drive. Any suggestions? Wayne -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux-MD 6.0 Display Probs
On Mandrake 7, you point your mouse to DrakConf - then X configurator. I'm not sure if it's the same in 6.0. If not, use XF86Setup from the command prompt. Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well i thank you all for the answer to my previous question - but i have just one more.. is there a way to reconfigure the display/monitor settings in the Linux GUI interface? I am able to see everything, but it is huge - where do i go to fix that?Thanks,Paul -- The Penguins are coming!!! Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
