[newbie] Re: ls120, almost success

[Penndragon]

Hi Guys

A slight update that might be of use to some. The stability issue seems to
have been resolved by repacing all insmods's with modpobe's in
/etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Hope that helps.
James

- Original Message -
From: Penndragon
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:55 AM
Subject: ls120, almost success


Hi Guys

Seems I'm close to succeeding with the ls-120 (parport model) on Mandrake
Linux 7.2

What's happenning is that the system boots and regognises it, I can then
mount it and list the files. But when I use a prog like xmms to play the
mp3's on it, it just hangs the entire system to the point I physically have
to push the reset button. I've had to modify 3 files to get it this far, as
follows

/etc/fstab

/mnt/ls-120 /mnt/ls-120 supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/pf0 0 0

/etc/modules.conf

pre-install supermount modprobe paride
pre-install supermount modprobe epat
pre-install supermount modprobe pf


and lastly
/rc.d/rc.local


/sbin/insmod paride
/sbin/insmod epat
/sbin/insmod pf


Anyone got ideas as to where I've gone wrong here?

James

[newbie] stop cron job

[Jon Dowd]

How do I stop slocate from launching every time I boot my computer.
There is a slocate.cron in /etc/cron.daily/ , but I don't know what file to 
edit to remove it (or comment it out).
Thank you, Jon Dowd

Re: [newbie] Modem Quits Working when I bring up eth0

[David Nelson]

On Sunday 07 January 2001 07:33 pm, David Nelson wrote:

I was able to solve my IRQ conflict and get my modem, Ethernet, and even my 
sound card, all working at the same time by simply moving my Ethernet card to 
a different slot. I don't know if it was necessary or not but after moving 
the Ethernet card I booted into Win98 and let Windows "discover" the card and 
reload its drivers. After that was taken care of I booted into Linux and 
enabled eth0, then tried my modem and sound. Both work! Yeah!!!

Seems that this is how things changed:
Device  Old IRQ  New IRQ
Modem  11  11
Ethernet 11  09
SoundCard 09  05


> Hello All,
>
> Well I got my modem to work and moved on to getting my Ethernet card to
> work. Unfortunately, after I enable eth0 using Linux Config I am no longer
> able to dial up my ISP using Kppp. It tells me the modem is busy.
> Interestingly, if I enable eth0 while I am connected to the net via the
> modem the modem connection continues to work, however once I disconnect, I
> get the modem busy error as soon as I try to reconnect. Also, I am not able
> to ping a machine on the local Ethernet network until I close the PPP
> connection. Once the ppp connection is closed the Ethernet card seems to
> work fine.
>
> Any ideas on getting both of these devices fully functional at the same
> time?
>
> :)
>
> System Info:
> 650MHz AMD Athlon
> Jabil (Kadoka) AMD Motherboard  /w AMD 750 Chipset, 128 MB of RAM
> Running Linux-Mandrake 7.2 download version
> More info including the full output of "lspci -bv" & "setserial -g
> /dev/ttyS?" are online here: 
>
> Hardware Info:
> PCI Modem: USR/3COM 56K FAX Modem Model:5610, FCC reg. num:
> 4X2USA-32034-M5-E, P/N: 3CP2977-OEM
>
> Info as reported by: lspci -bv
> 00:0f.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev
> 01) (prog-if 02 [16550])
> Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com USR 56k Internal FAX Modem (Model 2977)
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
> I/O ports at ffa8
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
> PCI Ethernet adapter: LinkSys LNE100TX (ver. 4.1) supported by a driver
> called "tulip"

[newbie] regret adding the Application Launcher

[Jon Dowd]

I have a 14" monitor and I regret adding the Application Launcher to my 
Panel. 
I can't figure out how to remove it. I have tried to right click on it 
and I have tried to configure the panel menu.
What happened to (or how can I use) the KDE 1.x feature of pressing F2 and 
seeing a command line box?
Thanks, Jon Dowd

Re: [newbie] Sound recorder?

[David E. Fox]

On Monday 08 January 2001 05:11, you wrote:

> krecord is the only one I know about, do a search on freshmeat for it.

It's not exactly for KDE but you might have some luck with 'mxv'. It 
records/plays & lets you do a variety of edits on it.


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Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 from ISO image

[bascule]

as error messages goes this is amongst the more helpful types:-)
did you check the md5sum of the iso file before burning?

did you verify the cd after burning
at whatc point in the install does the error message appear? - straight away, 
when you specify the cd drive?
if you press alt f3 or alt f4 (also f5) are there any messages onscreen that 
refer to cd drives or devices e.g. /dev/hdd or similar

do you have more than one cd drive?

bascule



On Tuesday 09 January 2001  1:25 am, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 . I have downloaded the file
> mandrake72-inst.iso  and burned it onto a cd. I have also crated a floppy
> boot disc to start the installation.
> When I restart my computer, Linux loads from the floppy,  and then I get
> the following error message:
>
> ' cd rom device does not seem to contain a Linux Mandrake cd'.
>
> Obviously, I'm not doing something right. Can someone lend me a clue?

Re: [newbie] Tip: Mailfilter

[mark]

On Sun, 07 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> And one would find these, er...um...programs, how? What are they called?
> 

I don't remember the names.  I think they were in the
network daemon section.  I do have an email somewhere that
lists them, but can't remember what database it's in...
gotta look


k
> 
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> 
>   Linus Torvalds
> 
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 mark spake passionately saying:
> 
> > On Sun, 07 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > > > Kmail in the latest KDE 2.1 Beta has IMAP support, BTW
> > > >
> > > > And one does not want to bounce junk mail back to its originator--you set
> > > > up that situation and someone will send you a message from you  This
> > > > used to be a very illegal way of crushing someone's mailbox--send him so
> > > > many messages with his own return address that the mailbox would overflow,
> > > > but as he deleted them, the server would be sending him bounced mail
> > > > notices, and notices of inability to deliver bounced mail notices and
> > > > You get the idea.
> > > >
> > > > Civileme
> > >
> > On freshmeat.net somewhere, there is at least two programs
> > that allow you to somehow poison a spammer's database... if
> > you're into retaliation for spam.
> >

Re: [newbie] Hard drive light always lit

[Miark]

I don't think memory is the problem--I have 384 MB!

Any other insights?

Miark


- Original Message -
From: "Irwan Hadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> At 11:57 PM 1/5/01 -0700, Miark wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I dual-boot to Windoze and Mandrake 7.2. In Windoze, the
> >hard drive light on my case acts as you'd expect, but in
> >Linux, it _never_ turns off. Does that mean that my drive
is
> >always running, or that the hardware mechanism that
controls
> >the light just loses its mind while running Linux?
>
> Probably you need more memory, because perhaps you have
too many services
> run at boot which consume the memory.
> to control the services, do ntsysv as a root.
>
>

Re: [newbie] Eth0 probs

[Kris]

check your IRQ's - you may have a conflict - just a thought!

[newbie] Audio CD Error

[Joel West]

When i try to play an audio CD I get the error: CDROMPLAYTRKIND: No such
file or directory .

This is a stock Mandrake 7.2 install.

How do I remedy it?

Regards

Joel West
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[newbie] what rpm do i need ... ?

[Andri Genio]

Hi

What rpm do i need to upgrade 2.4.0 kernel ?
and how ?

thanks 

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Re: [newbie] LILO

[Kris]

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

sharp eyes!

You deserve an "attaboy" award!
> 
> Jakelook real closely at the last character of the first 
> line in the floppy stanza.  You've got the letter 'o' instead 
> of the numeral '0'.  this is likely causing a fatal error and 
> preventing the writing of the info to the mbr.
> 

Re: [newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.2 from hard disk...

[Anthony]

Does 'linux7.2' have a subdirectory called 'i586'? If you do, try typing
in the full path to that level. If you renamed the 'i586' directory
'linux7.2', you need to change it back again, as this is the folder name
that the installer is looking for. The 'i586' directory has 8
subdirectories: boot, doc, dosutils, images, lnx4win, Mandrake, misc and
tutorial, as well as 11 other miscellaneous files.

Good luck!

Anthony

Kat wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.2 from the hard disk. I have
> downloaded the entire package from the net and it is stored in my hard
> disk (in the linux partition).
> 
> I created a boot floppy by using the command:
> 
> dd if=hd.img of=/dev/fd0
> 
> Then, when I boot from this floppy, it asks me for the location of
> the Mandrake directory. When I give the path to where it is located (in
> my case, it's in /linux7.2 directory), it gives me an error like this:
> 
> Error reading second stage ram disk
> 
> The system hangs at this point and I am not able to proceed further.
> 
> Any help regarding this pblm would be highly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> Kat.

Re: [newbie]cups & StarOffice 5.2

[Mark Weaver]

I've tried this very same thing on many occassions and always the same
thing happens. I see the test page appear in the Q as (stdin) and then it
disappears and never makes it to the printer. what the heck is up with
that? it just evaporates without ever printing.

-- 
Mark

"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."

Linus Torvalds
>>REPLY BELOW<<<

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 marcia spake passionately saying:

> Dear All, Thank you for your help. I finally got my printer working in
> Star Office 5.2. I had to do things a little differently to make it
> work. I had to leave StarOffice running then su to root and setup
> spadmin. That did it. For some reason that is the only way it would
> work. Thanks for your help. I am pleased now. Sincerely, Marcia
>

RE: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 from ISO image

[Charles A Edwards]

Sounds like you made a mirror of the image file rather than a CD from image
file.
What program did you use to burn the CD?

   Charles  (-:

Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Iovannisci
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 from ISO image


Hello,

I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 . I have downloaded the file
mandrake72-inst.iso  and burned it onto a cd. I have also crated a floppy
boot disc to start the installation.
When I restart my computer, Linux loads from the floppy,  and then I get
the following error message:

' cd rom device does not seem to contain a Linux Mandrake cd'.

Obviously, I'm not doing something right. Can someone lend me a clue?

Re: [newbie] Mandrax 7.2 Raid installation

[D.M. Mattix]

On Monday 08 January 2001 05:23, you wrote:
> On Monday 08 January 2001 09:07, you wrote:
> > All,
> >
> >  I have just bought Mandrake version 7.2, but I have run into a problem.
> > I have a Pentium II  with 2x 30 Gigabyte IDE disk drive ( RAID 1 ). The
> > first problem is related to the LBA issue, e.g. the two disk drives has
> > different geometry, which I now understand makes no difference under
> > Linux. The other is to actually install Mandrake on the two devices (
> > Raid 1 ), or just install on hda and then to run mkraid to create the md
> > devices.
> >
> > Do I need to get another distribution, such as Red Hat ( which supports
> > Raid 1 during installations ).
> >
> > I would greatly appreciate it if someone could give me the bullet points
> > for how to implement RAID 1 for Mandrake, for a first time installation
> > from the CD-ROM.
> >
> > I have been successfully running Slackware ( for years ) on another
> > Celeron based system, which is going to be replaced by the above system.
> >
> > Thx,
> > Hans E.
>
> If you have the Promise controller, you can do RAID 1 under any linux, with
> recompilation of the drivers, however, be advised that IDE Raid is not
> hardware.   It is a BIOS/firmware kludge that emulates real hardware RAID.
> If you do not have the promise controller, no linux will support your RAID
> at install or at any other time because the drivers for windows only are a
> tightly kept secret.
>
> There is another option, forget the RAID installed and use the Linux
> Software RAID implementation(there is a HOWTO at linuxdoc.org), which is at
> least the equal of any of the IDE fake hardware RAIDs though it does take
> up a little more drive space and offers more partitions.  All of the IDE
> RAIDs _reduce_ your drive capacity because they keep information to support
> the RAID on cylinders that are destroked (no longer within drive limits for
> normal operation).
>
> If you are dual-booting windows, you can use the "hardware" RAID on board
> for the windows partition and use linux software RAID for all other
> partitions. (Third possible option).
>
> Civileme

You say that if the controller is not Promise that no Linux will support the 
controller at install or at any other time.  What about the Compaq Smart-2 
controller?   The xconfig gives the option of the Compaq Smart-2 RaidArray 
support.  I have tried it and have had some success (Compaq has a patch out 
for it..) with it.  But I have gotten detoured to other projects


-- 
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Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

[eryl]

> My old machine is a Pent 200 w/64mb ram, and I need to replace it as its so
> slow as to be painful in X windows apps (Netscape 30 sec to 1 min per screen
> change).  The machine is maxxed out CPU wise, and memory could only be
> upgraded by tossing the 64mb, max is 128mb.  

Uh, Dude, I think you may have something else going on/misconfigured.  I
have a couple of P200, one with 64meg and 1 with 96, and both run pretty
darn well (the 64 meg machine is 7.1, the other 7.2).  Not a lot of
difference in speed between them and my PIII 733 with 128 meg.  In fact,
I use the 96 meg machine more than any other (I'm using it now).  A P200
is perfectly adequate for Linux, IMO.  I like Gnome, but have been
running kde2.0 on 7.2 a lot lately, and it's certainly not slow.  So, if
you can't run on a 200/64 I would refer to my first sentence.

Oh yeah, Netscape loads slow for me too--even with the 733, the nature
of the beast, but once it loads it runs pretty fast (at least as fast as
my crummy rural lines will let it).

Re: [newbie] Re: Recruitment Notice

[Mark Weaver]

Dude! Win4Lin sucks big time!

On 8 Jan 2001 19:00:08 EST, C.T.K. said:

> By any chance, will LM 7.X or 8 contain Netraverse or Win4Lin enhancements?
>  
>  
>  Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1
>  
>  

-- 
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Re: [newbie] Just a simple question

[David E. Fox]

On Sunday 07 January 2001 05:23, you wrote:
> What games work on Linux Mandrake.  I know Ultima Online does and Quake,
> but what others.  If you can give me any it would be greatly appreciated.

Well, there's always xboard, KDE and Gnome's Mahjongg, xpat, that sort of 
thing :)

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Re: [newbie] fontastic rpm and corel photopaint 9

[A V Flinsch]

On Monday 08 January 2001 17:13, you wrote:
> howdy.  a while back Alex answered a question for someone else, and i
> have the same problem.  their corel photopaint 9 would not run as the
> fonttastic font server was not installed.  Alex said to simply install
> the rpm as it should be with the corel files.  well, i went to do this
> (i do have the rpm) but i get the following output:
>
> file /etc/init.d from install of fonttastic
> conflicts with file from package initscripts-5.27-37mdk
>
> what exactly is this init.d file?

It is a directory, and it should already exist. You are getting the 
conflict because the rpm is trying to create it.

> i find that "ls init.d" gives a whole list of files for an output.
>
> what are my options to get around this?
> if i simply force the install is something going to crash and burn?
>

use the force option, you should not crash and burn... At least I didn't..


-- 
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Re: [newbie] MP# encoder?

[David E. Fox]

On Monday 08 January 2001 06:56, you wrote:
> MusicMatch has a linux beta out for Jukebox.  I tried it out yesterday and
> it worked great as far as ripping and playing.  However, i think it uses
> wine so the windowing is a bit lacking.

Hmm. Last time I tried that one it was hard coded to use a different glibc 
than the one I had. I was running Redhat 6.0 (more or less) at that time. I 
will give it another try with Mandrake 7.2.
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RE: [newbie] Lost NT Partition

[Charles A Edwards]

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Edward Stow
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lost NT Partition


Dennis wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > I have unsuccessfully tried to install Mandrake 7.2. onto my
> > machine that had NT4 installed on a NTFS formated primary
> > partition.
> >
> > Problems:
> > * Mandrake 7.2 installed GRUB but does not give me any option to
> > boot to NT.
> > * Selecting the Linux option in GRUB -  Linux hangs during bootup.
> > * (Also during installation I tried but could not create a
> > bootdisk.)
> >
> > Question:
> > How can I boot into my NT partition?  I don't care if the
> > Mandrake installation is lost.
> >
> > Edward Stow
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> you should be able to get the NT boot back by using fdisk. stick the NT
boot
> disk in which should take you to a selection window with the a:> type
"fdisk
> /mbr " without the quotes and then reboot. You should get the NT bootup
back.
> However, as I am not totally familiar with NT, do not do this until
someone
> on the list, who is familiar with the NT process, confirms what I just
told
> you :} .Goood Luck,

WinNT does not have a bootable floppy.  The best you can do is to use
the NT emergency repair disks, that prove (in my experience) to be
pretty difficult to use.

> --
>   Dennis M.
>   Registered Linux user #180842
>



   You can use a Win98 boot disk.
At the prompt enter fdisk/MBR. This will restore your NT bootloader if it
was not damaged.

   If this does not work your only option is to use use your NT installation
disk and try Rescue mode. This can work if you have only 1 NT partition and
if it is NTFS. If you have multiple partitions or installed as FAT32 you
will get an error/warning message.

   Charles

Re: [newbie] rpm failure

[Jesse C. Chang]

cyberclay wrote:

> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error: gnomp3-0.1.6-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

I got the same message with quite a few rpm packages.  I tried to install
a newer version of kpackage, but I'm having trouble installing the last
lib file.  What kind of trouble?  I need a newer version of kpackage to
install it!  Looks like I'll have to find the *.tar.gz version, if such a
thing exists.


Jesse

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Re: [newbie] Network solution

[Adam Edward Willcox]

Every time I get a message from Don through this list it asks me to send
a receipt that I received this message.  Isn't there a question of bad
etiquette in there somewhere?  Could be just me...

Adam


Donald Munson wrote:
> 
> Please forgive the simplicity but I think its relevant.
> 
> I purchased Mandrake 7.2 just before Christmas.  I have been struggling to
> get the internet/networking on my new Linux box but did not give up in
> frustration.  After many uninstall - wipe disk - reinstall to try and get a
> "clean" system I finally did something that turned the corner.  I reset the
> parameters on my firewall (ZoneAlarm Pro) back to their defaults.  Wonder of
> wonders the internet came up immediately and all is well so far.
> 
> Please take this away from my trials: it is usually the easy and overlooked
> things that hold the answer.
> 
> Don

Re: [newbie] Lost NT Partition

[Edward Stow]

Dan said:

> Get your hands on a Windows 98/95 boot floppy disk. Boot from the floppy
> disk. At the "A:\" prompt, type the following exactly as shown;
> 
> fdisk /mbr
> 
> Make sure there's a space between "fdisk" and the forward slash "/" !
> 
> Reboot your system. NT will fire up no problem.

I have read some reports from other newsgroups that this can cause 
problems with WinNT.  

Anybody able to verify that using a Win98 book floppy, and fdisk /mbr 
will work.

Actually, I disappointed that the Mandrake install did not give me 
the option to include NT in the GRUB.  Or at least some very strong 
warnings in the setup programs or warnings in the documentation about 
setting up dual boot systems with NT in the primary partition.

> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Edward Stow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 5:15 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Lost NT Partition
> 
> 
> > I have unsuccessfully tried to install Mandrake 7.2. onto my
> > machine that had NT4 installed on a NTFS formated primary
> > partition.
> >
> > Problems:
> > * Mandrake 7.2 installed GRUB but does not give me any option to
> > boot to NT.
> > * Selecting the Linux option in GRUB -  Linux hangs during bootup.
> > * (Also during installation I tried but could not create a
> > bootdisk.)
> >
> > Question:
> > How can I boot into my NT partition?  I don't care if the
> > Mandrake installation is lost.
> >
> > Edward Stow
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> 
> 


Edward Stowemail [EMAIL PROTECTED]   
Charles Sturt University   phone 02 6933 2387 
Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678  fax   02 6933 2733 
Australia

Re: [newbie] Lost NT Partition

[Edward Stow]

Dennis wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > I have unsuccessfully tried to install Mandrake 7.2. onto my
> > machine that had NT4 installed on a NTFS formated primary
> > partition.
> >
> > Problems:
> > * Mandrake 7.2 installed GRUB but does not give me any option to
> > boot to NT.
> > * Selecting the Linux option in GRUB -  Linux hangs during bootup.
> > * (Also during installation I tried but could not create a
> > bootdisk.)
> >
> > Question:
> > How can I boot into my NT partition?  I don't care if the
> > Mandrake installation is lost.
> >
> > Edward Stow
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> you should be able to get the NT boot back by using fdisk. stick the NT boot 
> disk in which should take you to a selection window with the a:> type "fdisk 
> /mbr " without the quotes and then reboot. You should get the NT bootup back. 
> However, as I am not totally familiar with NT, do not do this until someone 
> on the list, who is familiar with the NT process, confirms what I just told 
> you :} .Goood Luck,

WinNT does not have a bootable floppy.  The best you can do is to use 
the NT emergency repair disks, that prove (in my experience) to be 
pretty difficult to use. 

> -- 
>   Dennis M.
>   Registered Linux user #180842
> 


Edward Stowemail [EMAIL PROTECTED]   
Charles Sturt University   phone 02 6933 2387 
Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678  fax   02 6933 2733 
Australia

[newbie] Printing problems

[Walter López]

Hello someone helpme

I have running Mandrake 7.2, works fine, but i cant print  anything in my 
Staroofice 5.1, my printer is epson lq 850, works good under other apps like 
kword, abiword, netscape, etc. only with starOffice i have problems.

Please helpme,
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Re: [newbie] Lost NT Partition

[Michael O'Henly]

I hate to tell you this but you may be out of luck unless you made an 
emergency repair disk for NT. NT insists on owning the Master Boot Record 
which is GRUB is installed by default. (This is why most people recommend 
installing Linux before NT -- it is apparently less of an issue with other 
flavours of Win9x.) 

I believe there are ways around this. For instance, most Linux boot loaders 
may also be placed on the first sector of the /boot partition (I think I've 
got that right). And tools like Boot Magic may be installed -- with 
difficulty -- after NT and Linux to allow you to choose which to boot into. 
(I'm sorry I don't remember the details, but I was in your situation once and 
did manage to get Boot Magic shoehorned in place. It was one of the 
experiences that convinced me that life without Microsoft products was worth 
considering.)

Good luck.

M.

On Monday 08 January 2001 14:15, you wrote:
> I have unsuccessfully tried to install Mandrake 7.2. onto my
> machine that had NT4 installed on a NTFS formated primary
> partition.
>
> Problems:
> * Mandrake 7.2 installed GRUB but does not give me any option to
> boot to NT.
> * Selecting the Linux option in GRUB -  Linux hangs during bootup.
> * (Also during installation I tried but could not create a
> bootdisk.)
>
> Question:
> How can I boot into my NT partition?  I don't care if the
> Mandrake installation is lost.
>
> Edward Stow
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

-- 
Michael O'Henly
TENZO Design

[newbie] rpm failure

[cyberclay]

Hey,
  Every time I attempt to install an RPM (with rpm-3.0.3-43mdk)
I get the following error:

only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
error: gnomp3-0.1.6-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

Regards,
  cyberclay
---
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http://www.hsien.net

Re: [newbie] scsi emulation to use CD reader with X CD Roast

[Bob Paddock]

Took me for ever to find it too.

NAME=CDRW Tutorial Fix
URL=http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/

NAME= Linux-Mandrake Tutorial: CD Burner  

URL=http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/pages/cdBurner14.php3

NAME=Linux-Mandrake 7.2 - Fixes for installation problems 
URL=http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/72last.php3

Hope it helps.

[newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 from ISO image

[Andrew Iovannisci]

Hello,

I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 . I have downloaded the file 
mandrake72-inst.iso  and burned it onto a cd. I have also crated a floppy 
boot disc to start the installation.
When I restart my computer, Linux loads from the floppy,  and then I get 
the following error message:

' cd rom device does not seem to contain a Linux Mandrake cd'.

Obviously, I'm not doing something right. Can someone lend me a clue?

Re: [newbie] segmentation fault

[Kevin Taylor]

> rm -r ~/.netscape -f
Doing this for every user didn't fix the problem.  FYI, I ended up
uninstalling netscape and netscape-comm, deleting every ?netscape file and
dir, and reinstalling the RPMs.  This fixed the problem.

Thanks to all.

- Original Message -
From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] segmentation fault


> On Monday 01 January 2001 21:06, you wrote:
> > Yea, I tried running it from both the KDE app launcher, the desktop icon
> > and also using /usr/bin/netscape from the terminal.  Same result.
> >
> > TIA for any help.  Someone else suggested deleting all netscape dirs and
> > reinstalling.  Is that the best solution?
> >
> > --Kevin
> >
> Log in as each user
>
> rm -r ~/.netscape -f
>
> Leave the nsmail file alone if you are using it for email
>
> Civileme
>
>
> > - Original Message -
> > From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 3:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] segmentation fault
> >
> > > On Sunday 31 December 2000 21:33, you wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I was running netscape 4.76.0x on my LM 7.1 system and netscape
> > > > crashed. Now when trying to run netscape I get a "segementation
fault
> > > > (core
> >
> > dumped)
> >
> > > > message.
> > > >
> > > > I uninstalled the netscape RPMs and installed the 4.76.3x version
from
> > > > rpmfind.net in the LM dir.  Both common and communicator RPMs
installed
> > > > fine, but I _still_ get the segmentation fault when trying to start
> > > > netscape.
> > > >
> > > > Any advice on what a segmentation fault is and how I can fix it? Or
do
> > > > I need to reinstall linux?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > --Kevin
> > >
> > > Ummm, no, you need to clean netscape.  Reinstalling linux is not
> >
> > necessary;
> >
> > > the base system is stable.
> > >
> > > A segmentation fault means that the segment registers in the processor
> > > are pointing at the wrong area of memory.  Most likely the problem
lies
> > > with
> >
> > the
> >
> > > WM you are running.
> > >
> > > If
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/netscape
> > >
> > > brings up netscape from a terminal, it is almost certainly the
launcher
> > > of the WM.
> > >
> > > If that is the problem, there are fixes.  Try that and report what
> > > happens
> > >
> > > Civileme
>
>

Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.1 to 4.0.2

[Tom Brinkman]

On Monday 08 January 2001 04:24 pm, Adrian Smith wrote:
> i followed Toms post from 22 Dec in which he describes how to upgrade
> X401 to X402. ok, downloaded all the files Tom listed (and one more
> which i needed to satisfy dependencys) put them all together in a dir
> executed "rpm -Uvh *"> no errors, seemed to go ok.
> however, when i check my version of X is still reports 4.0.1
> i was hoping this would clear up my display problems, but hasn't done
> a thing.  i am using the SiS640 and have heard it works better under
> the 4.0.2 version. > also XF86config and "XFree86 -configure" both 
result in a white 
> screen with a black X for the mouse curser, then lock up my system. 
> had to power down to get out.  the XF86cfg however does work.  i used 
> that to set up X.   still got the same bad video, still reports 
> version 4.0.1.  > is there something else that i must yet do??

   Well, I was gonna say you need to restart the X server,  was 
that a normal power (shut down) down or did you just kill power and 
then need to fsck?   That might've corrupted the system.  I really 
don't know what could be your problem (I'll spare you my opinion about 
anything SiS).  Try 'rpm --rebuilddb', then you might try 'rpm -Uvh 
--allfiles *' on the XF rpms if that doesn't work.  I believe that 
replaces the rpm files whether they need it or not.  Then 'X -version' 
should say "XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System . i686"  You do 
have a i686 proccessor, right ?  Those were 686 rpms.   What does 
'rpm -qa | grep XFree' say?
-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay

Re: [newbie] scsi emulation to use CD reader with X CD Roast

[Michael O'Henly]

It took me a long time to figure out how to burn CDs with Red Hat so I was 
pleasantly surprised to find that Linux-Mandrake detected my CD-burner and 
configured it as part of the install.

Here's an article that made everything crystal clear for me.

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue57/stoddard.html

Cheers.

M.


On Monday 08 January 2001 14:17, you wrote:
> a while back i was asking about how i could set up my IDE CD reader to work
> with X CD Roast -- how to enable scsi emulation.
>
> Paul told me that it was done (i use GRUB) by appending hdc=ide-scsi
> such as this line:
> kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi
>
> so i tried this out, but all that happened is that my CD drive became
> unusable by everything.  i couldn't even mount it or get in to it (such as
> "cd /mnt/cdrom")
>
> i used the command "cat /proc/ide" to confirm that this is hdc.
> what am i missing here?
> also, Paul said this information was on mandrakeuser.org, yet for the life
> of me i can't find it there.  anyone know the actual page where it's at?
>
> thanks yet again
>
>
>
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

-- 
Michael O'Henly
TENZO Design

Re: [newbie] Lost NT Partition

[Paul]

> Problems:
> * Mandrake 7.2 installed GRUB but does not give me any option to
> boot to NT.
> * Selecting the Linux option in GRUB -  Linux hangs during bootup.
> * (Also during installation I tried but could not create a
> bootdisk.)
> 
> Question:
> How can I boot into my NT partition?  I don't care if the
> Mandrake installation is lost.

Get online and find bootpart. It is a small DOS program. Read the instructions, it will
help you to recreate the bootloader for NT. That way you have that thing back.
Then, when installing Mandrake, make sure you do NOT let the installer write the 
Grub/lilo
loader to /dev/hda1. Create a separate /boot partition and make it write the loader 
there,
or in the / (root) partition.
After that, you reboot into NT. Run bootpart without parameters to get a listing of
partitions, and note the partition number that you had the linux loader installed on. 
Then
run bootpart  c:\linux.bin and this will create a 512 byte file
linux.bin.
Edit Boot.ini so it will allow you to run linux, and make that point to c:\linux.bin. 
That
way you first load NTloader, from there Grub/lilo, and from there you go into linux.
Take it from someone who's been there. ;)
Good luck.
Paul

[newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.2 from hard disk...

[Kat]

Hi,

I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.2 from the hard disk. I have 
downloaded the entire package from the net and it is stored in my hard 
disk (in the linux partition).
 
I created a boot floppy by using the command:
 
dd if=hd.img of=/dev/fd0
 
Then, when I boot from this floppy, it asks me for the location of 
the Mandrake directory. When I give the path to where it is located (in 
my case, it's in /linux7.2 directory), it gives me an error like this:
 
Error reading second stage ram disk
 
The system hangs at this point and I am not able to proceed further.
 
Any help regarding this pblm would be highly appreciated.
 
Thanks
Kat.

Re: [newbie] scsi emulation to use CD reader with X CD Roast

[Paul]

> i used the command "cat /proc/ide" to confirm that this is hdc.
> what am i missing here?
> also, Paul said this information was on mandrakeuser.org, yet for the life
> of me i can't find it there.  anyone know the actual page where it's at?

Hi, Adrian.
http://mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hremov3.html
And look at the section 

CD-R(W)
A very popular topic ;-). IDE CD-R(W) drives (i.e. CD burners) are not handled like 
simple
CD-ROM drives, but as SCSI devices.

Paul

Re: [newbie] fontastic rpm and corel photopaint 9

[KompuKit]

I need to know this same thing...someone answer...

Adrian Smith wrote:
> 
> howdy.  a while back Alex answered a question for someone else, and i have the same 
>problem.  their corel photopaint 9 would not run as the fonttastic font server was 
>not installed.  Alex said to simply install the rpm as it should be with the corel 
>files.  well, i went to do this (i do have the rpm) but i get the following output:
> 
> file /etc/init.d from install of fonttastic
> conflicts with file from package initscripts-5.27-37mdk
> 
> what exactly is this init.d file?
> i find that "ls init.d" gives a whole list of files for an output.
> 
> what are my options to get around this?
> if i simply force the install is something going to crash and burn?
> 
> thanks much
> 
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: [newbie] Sound recorder?

[Roger Sherman]

I believe theres also grecord...


peace,

Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #19071

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Jon Doe wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > I can see some players and mixers in KDE, but no recorder?
> > Is there a way to use microphone to record to a .wav file?
> > Program name?
>
> krecord is the only one I know about, do a search on freshmeat for it.
>
>

[newbie] Cups and Printing nonstop garbage

[Dennis Myers]

I am of the opinion that cups printing really sucks.  I have an epson stylus 
800 esc2  black and white that is not listed so I set it up using the 24 pin 
selection.  However, today when I switched on it started printing pages of o 
u t ( etc and won't stop. If I shut off the printer it starts again when I 
turn it back on so I know it's coming from the computer and cups.  Does 
anyone know how to get this garbage not ready for prime time printing system 
off of the computer and go back to the old printpro or what was it in 7.1? 
Thanks for any help, I'm venting
-- 
  Dennis M.
  Registered Linux user #180842

[newbie] Re: Recruitment Notice

[C.T.K.]

By any chance, will LM 7.X or 8 contain Netraverse or Win4Lin enhancements?


Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1

[newbie] setenv / env ?

[Jose Ricardo Sabino]

I installed the Mesa Opengl package and in the README file is proposed the 
lib path  $TOP/lib become the enviroment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Well, when 
I try the following:

# setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TOP/lib

I got:

bash: setenv: command not found 

otherwise, I run the following:

# env LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TOP/lib
I got:

env: LD_LIBRARY_PATH: No such file or directory

My question is:

 How to set the enviroment var. LD_LIBRARY_PATH?

thanks very much any help!

ze

Re: [newbie] Of Erratic Mice and Men

[Dennis Myers]

On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> I have a problem with erratic mouse behavior with my freshly installed
> version of Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2. During the installation portion of
>snip<
xFree86 versions 3.3.6, 4.0.0 and 4.0.1 with any success. I've also tried
> using different mouse(s) to correct the problem; two button, three button,
> and two button with scroll wheel still without any success.
>
> This PC is a dual OS with Windows ME The mouse(s) work proper with Windows
> ME.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions or have encountered this problem also?
> I will appreciate any feedback concerning this problems.
>
>
> PC Specs:
>
> ABIT A7 Motherboard
> ATI All In Wonder 128 (Rage 128) Video Card
> Maxtor 40.9 Gig HDD
> 256 MB Ram
> Soundblaster 16 PCI
> Zoom ISA Modem
> Athlon 750

The problem is indicative of a IRQ conflict. Check your IRQs and see if 
someone isn't sharing the mouse IRQ, normally 12.  If that is the case you 
will have to change one of the settings and I would not change the mouse from 
IRQ it's on. So that leaves the other function trying to use the IRQ.  Don't 
know what else it would be if not that.  Somebody jump in here and tell us 
both how to switch IRQs in linux even if I am wrong above.  Good Luck
-- 
  Dennis M.
  Registered Linux user #180842

Re: [newbie] fontastic rpm and corel photopaint 9

[KompuKit]

hey...where is this RPM...found...I can't find it

Adrian Smith wrote:
> 
> howdy.  a while back Alex answered a question for someone else, and i have the same 
>problem.  their corel photopaint 9 would not run as the fonttastic font server was 
>not installed.  Alex said to simply install the rpm as it should be with the corel 
>files.  well, i went to do this (i do have the rpm) but i get the following output:
> 
> file /etc/init.d from install of fonttastic
> conflicts with file from package initscripts-5.27-37mdk
> 
> what exactly is this init.d file?
> i find that "ls init.d" gives a whole list of files for an output.
> 
> what are my options to get around this?
> if i simply force the install is something going to crash and burn?
> 
> thanks much
> 
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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[newbie] Network solution

[Donald Munson]

Please forgive the simplicity but I think its relevant.

I purchased Mandrake 7.2 just before Christmas.  I have been struggling to
get the internet/networking on my new Linux box but did not give up in
frustration.  After many uninstall - wipe disk - reinstall to try and get a
"clean" system I finally did something that turned the corner.  I reset the
parameters on my firewall (ZoneAlarm Pro) back to their defaults.  Wonder of
wonders the internet came up immediately and all is well so far.

Please take this away from my trials: it is usually the easy and overlooked
things that hold the answer.

Don

Re: [newbie] Lost NT Partition

[Adrian Smith]

Edward -- now i have not done linux/nt4 -- but considered it once, so i read up on it. 
 there is a great artical at linuxnewbie.com about triple booting linux/nt4/win98.  
but on to your problem.  my understanding is that the NT bootloader has to be "the 
man".  thus, you must install linux first, then NT.

my experience with NT is limited, so i can't tell you from experience how to get your 
NT boot loader back (which is what it sounds like you need to do).

i hope this leads you in the right direction.

ps -- i notced your email address.  is that the CSU in fort collins?  if so, we are 
neighbors.  =)


Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


>>> "Edward Stow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:15:30 PM 1/8/01 >>>
I have unsuccessfully tried to install Mandrake 7.2. onto my
machine that had NT4 installed on a NTFS formated primary
partition.

Problems:
* Mandrake 7.2 installed GRUB but does not give me any option to
boot to NT.
* Selecting the Linux option in GRUB -  Linux hangs during bootup.
* (Also during installation I tried but could not create a
bootdisk.)

Question:
How can I boot into my NT partition?  I don't care if the
Mandrake installation is lost.

Edward Stow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

[newbie] XFree 4.0.1 to 4.0.2

[Adrian Smith]

Tom -- and the rest of you folks --

i followed Toms post from 22 Dec in which he describes how to upgrade X401 to X402.
ok, downloaded all the files Tom listed (and one more which i needed to satisfy 
dependencys)
put them all together in a dir
executed "rpm -Uvh *"

no errors, seemed to go ok.
however, when i check my version of X is still reports 4.0.1
i was hoping this would clear up my display problems, but hasn't done a thing.  i am 
using the SiS640 and have heard it works better under the 4.0.2 version.

also XF86config and "XFree86 -configure" both result in a white screen with a black X 
for the mouse curser, then lock up my system.  had to power down to get out.  the 
XF86cfg however does work.  i used that to set up X.   still got the same bad video, 
still reports version 4.0.1.

is there something else that i must yet do??

help
once again thanks & more thanks



Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.2 trouble

[Penndragon]

Hi Jelle
 
It would appear that those items simply hadn't 
installed. It's possible the install option you chose left them out. You might 
need to go for a custom install and manually choose them.
 
James

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Jelle Twerda 
  
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 10:05 
  PM
  Subject: [newbie] mandrake 7.2 
  trouble
  
  Hi,I have a some problems with linux mandrake 7.2. For example 
  when I click on drakconf onthe desktop nothing happens. Or when I try to 
  run Pingus, mandrakeupdate, rpmdrake,usbview, mixer and so on I have 
  tried several types of installations. From recommencedto expert from small 
  install to biggest install, always the same programs that don’t workWhat I 
  also get with every type of install is during bootup a lot of command not 
  foundmessages like this:/etc/aurora/rc: grep: command not 
  foundbooting aurora.../etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not 
  foundStarting cups:/etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not 
  foundStarting sound:/etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not 
  foundStarting usb:/etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not 
  foundStarting inet:And a lot of things like this. I think all 
  things that I choose to boot at startup Butmost get a green V But one gets 
  a red X. And when linux is quiting I get another 3 red X.Also I 
  get  this everytime at bootup/etc/rc.sysinit: grep: Command not 
  foundChecking root filesystem/dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted check 
  forcedThis takes about 1 minute and I don’t think this is supposed to 
  happen.My system is:Asus CUSL2 (Intel 815E chipset)Intel 
  Pentium 3 Coppermine 800 MHz (not overclocked) (100 x 8 )128 SDRAM 
  PC100Geforce 32 SDRSB Live! Player 10243com 3C905B-TX 
  PCILogitech Mouseman wheel USBLexmark 3200 printerLogitech 
  internet keyboard4x/4x/32x Philips CD-RW3,5inch floppy drive300W 
  powersupplyMaxtor 52049H4: 20 GB, 7200RPM, U100- 10 GB Windows- 5 
  GB extra for windows- 4,xx Linux native- 141 Linux swapI don’t 
  know what wrong and I CAN boot linux and it works accept some programs and I 
  likeit and I want it to completly work. I hope you can help me.Email: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ: 
  81660554Thanks!Jelle 
  Twerda

RE: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

[Bob Currey]

Well, I should also be visiting that valley, tonight.  I don't know how you
are setup, and my Linux knowledge is quite limited (2 months), but I'm
usually pretty good at making things work.

My old machine is a dual boot with Win/95, as that's what I used to figure
out what hardware settings to give Linux.  It would have been many moons to
figure it out without the Win/95 system resource usage screen info.  It
wasn't easy, even given that to get rolling due to the number of devices
(all IRQ's in use).

My old machine is a Pent 200 w/64mb ram, and I need to replace it as its so
slow as to be painful in X windows apps (Netscape 30 sec to 1 min per screen
change).  The machine is maxxed out CPU wise, and memory could only be
upgraded by tossing the 64mb, max is 128mb.  I guess I'll do that if I have
to, and just use the Linux in text mode as a server, and reload the new box
under Win/2000 as a desktop on my Linux served home LAN if I can't get the
new machine to run.  Until reading Tom's message below, I hadn't considered
the possibility of needing to do so.  I worry about the technical skill
level needed for a Linux newbie to survive, but there isn't anything that
can be done, as we keep buying bigger, faster, trickier machines, which are
inherently more difficult to get running.

LOL, my new machine is much faster, being a Dual PIII-600 with 512mb sdram
and Dual UW Adaptec SCSI 7895 on board, but as per above, it looks to be
more complicated, with the sharing stuff you have found as well.  I have
serious doubts if I'll be able to overcome this after reading the messages
below and looking at the referenced site, with its nice generalized stuff,
but very little useful for loading a Linux Mandrake 7.2 machine.  I had a
devil of a time just getting Win/98 loaded due to a Ricoh IDE CDRW that
can't boot and an NEC IDE CD Changer that can't boot.  I don't have the
sound board or 2nd NIC in, and I'm already out of IRQ's, and the 1st NIC
(Intel P10) is failing, even under Win/98.  So my only alternative will be
to shut down my Linux server, cannabalize it, get the new one up on Win/98,
and then try to get Mandrake 7.2 loaded and running once I know what
settings will run under Win/98.  Because of the IRQ problem, I can't see how
I'll get the Soundblaster 16 card to work, as well as 2 NIC boards.  Sounds
like a tall order, but its the only way I know.  I'll probably have to go to
a PCI sound card that will share an IRQ, from the looks of it.  I already
have one of those that won't do Linux (Ensoniq with ES1370 chip), but I'll
give it another chance, LOL.

I agree with part of Tom's sequence, that being get hardware issues
resolved, 1st, then the OS.  It certainly can't hurt and will likely help,
the more you read up, but I don't like calling it "user error", that things
are very tricky, and wish things were more doable.  Even for me, its
daunting.  If I figure out the IRQ stuff, I'll let you know what it took, if
not, I guess we can add a techie to the "user error" list and I'll try
Win/2000 on it...

BTW, I hate MS with a passion, but not so much as to be willing to give up
my new dual 600,

BobC

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing


On Sunday 07 January 2001 01:07 pm, Jorge Ramírez Llaca wrote:
> Ok, I read al the relevant info provided there but still I'm not a
> bit closer to the solution.

>So far, I've come to the
> conclusion that the hardware is Ok and the problem must be Linux
> related.
>
> Any thoughts?

Well, I gotta say it.  I've found that I'm best served if I
approach problems as caused by user, hardware, OS.  In that order.
It seems to me, people who have the most problems, tend to try and
approach them in just the opposite order.

 Your best source for getting IRQ's sorted out is your mainboard's
documentation.  Many board manufacturers specify which slots various
cards should be in, depending on the combination of cards used.  You
might have to go as far as d/l'ing the technical docs and studying them.
Next best bet would be to email your board's tech. support and ask them
for assistance.

I suspect your hardware is OK, but it's not configured properly.
Which is a user error, right ?  In any event, after you've become
intimate with your hardware and it's configuration, I believe you'll
get better help on the LM expert list, or from the linux setup and
hardware newsgroups.
--
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> > On Sunday 07 January 2001 04:10 am, Jorge Ramírez Llaca wrote:
> > > I remember having read that linux does not support IRQ sharing.
> >
> >   http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/buses/types/pciInterrupts-c.html
> >
> >First it's advisable to read up a little on IRQ's, and the
> > difference between system and PCI IRQ's.  I believe you'll find
> > that interrupts are a hardware functio

Re: [newbie] Re (newbie) Recruitment notice

[Steve Maytum]

- Original Message -
From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Re (newbie) Recruitment notice


> On Friday 05 January 2001 15:03, you wrote:
> > Many thanks for your e-mail. I would be more than willing to participate
as
> > a tester for next distro. However , I feel I should point out that I am
a
> > genuine newbie. If this does not matter to you , please send more
> > information. This is a task willingly undertaken in view of your
assistance
> > to others on newsgroups I have read in the past. I have a cable access.
My
> > home address is as follows:-
> > Steve Maytum
> >  17 Florence Road
> >   Maidstone
> > Kent
> >  ME16 8EN
> >U.K.
> > Thanks in advance. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thank you.
>
> Yes, first impressions are very important.  We need to know what sounds
> condescending and what sounds like magic.  Obviously, you have the status
of
> a true newbie tester only once because you are likely to learn enough in
this
> testing session to be helping people on the newbie list.
>
> I will be checking into seting up a mailing list server just for testing,
> because we will likely need it.  Also, of course, I am pledging my
personal
> and direct help via email in configuring your system to the final
product--a
> product your contribution will help create.
>
> The teste?  Well you load a little extra software that phones home with
your
> tester number and your complete hardware configuration--nothing else will
be
> read.  You will conduct tests according to a standard protocol which we
are
> finishing up as I write to you, and you can file reports using our
assistant
> program (still in coding but largely complete) or a special website (https
> type)  The source of the test protocols and the destination of data are
the
> same in either case.
>
> Here is a sample test:  This test is not to make a go/nogo decision on the
> software or to correct all the bugs since it doesn't belong exclusively to
> us, but rather to assist the makers in making better software  and to
assist
> the users in deciding how to use it.  This postscript file should be
viewable
> in linux.
>
> Civileme
>
> Sorry i wasn't able to reply earlier , but i work all weekend. I am still
prepared to assist if needed. Let me know when you're ready. Regards ,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] WOW! What a response!

[poogle]

I replied 3 times to civileme, rather than the list but every one 
bounced... don't you want me 

Re: [newbie]cups & StarOffice 5.2

[marcia]

Yes, I believe my printer is set up to use Cups. How would I check on
this for sure? What specific actions must I take to let SO 5.2 know to
use Cups? I am a newbie so when someone says have something point to
something else I really do not understand what they mean or how to do
this exactly. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Marcia

Re: [newbie] Linux cool keyboard???

[Adrian Smith]

i have tons of bad habits   =)
and i forgot to mention, the dust cover is also good if you don't want the cat to add 
to whatever you are writing when you go off to refill your coffee cup.

Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


>>> "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2:25:41 AM 1/6/01 >>>
Adrian Smith wrote:
desktop someplace.  and the dust cover is wonderful for those of us who drink, eat & 
smoke at the computer   =)
> Adrian Smith

Hehehe, and here I thought I was the only one who had "bad" habits like that! 



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Re: [newbie] SBLive working, but no mixer

[Onur Kucuk]

--- "Jesse C. Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Someone suggested I turn off Plug-and-Play in BIOS,
> and that got my sound
> card working - when I test the sound card in
> HardDrake, I can hear Linus's
> test-sound-thing.  However, clicking on Open results
> in the following error
> message:
> 
>   sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': no such
> device
> 
> Then HardDrake plays a test sound, but I don't hear
> it.
>  
> And when I shutdown, I get the following:
> 
>   Saving mixer settings aumix: error opening mixer  
>[FAILED]
> 
> Also, here's what happens when I try to launch some
> sound-related epplets
> in Enlightenment 0.16.5:
> 
>   Emix - Mixer device open failed
> 
>   E-Mixer - Couldn't open mixer device /dev/mixer
> 
>   E-SD - /dev/dsp: No such device
>  Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 
> I never used to get any of the five error messages
> above, and the epplets
> of course all ran fine.  Somewhere in my fiddling
> (just following what the
> linuxnewbie.org and linux-mandrake.com articles say,
> really), I started
> getting these error messages, and they didn't go
> away when I got SBLive
> working.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jesse

 I am not sure, but, do you have your soundcard
working now ? These errors happen when your soundcard
is not working. There are many ways to make it work,
define, other than drakes. ( like /etc/conf.modules,
or was it /etc/modules.conf , you can add a " alias
sound emu10k1)

I believe that your modules are not installed while
you are trying to run these apps. before running a
mixer or so, open a terminal window and type  "lsmod".
This shows you the installed modules. Check if you
have emu10k1 , soundcore, ac97. If they are there and
you still have troubles, then I advice you to go to
opensource.creative.com  and get the latest sblive
driver, and install it on your system. (it is really
easy and there are docs about it, if you want I can
send you some.)

If you dont see those modules I said, with lsmod, try
at the terminal

modprobe soundcore
modprobe emu10k1

if you did not get any error messages, they are
installed correctly, check with lsmod.

if these modprobe stuff corrects your troubles, just
add these modprobe lines to the end of the file

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

so they shall be run automatically at every boot. 

Also, just in case, if there is not one, add

alias sound emu10k1

to the /etc/conf.modules file. (or was it
modules.conf)

--

but, honestly, these are the detail things you can do.
I advice you try to run sndconfig in a terminal
window, before doing these manually, because it will
do these automatically.

ps:  module means sort of driver.

goodluck.

 Onur

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[newbie] logrotate

[Fred Schroeder]

Hi all!
I have a server that is running 7.1, and as of the past week or two I have
been having problems with logrotate.  The crazy thing just keeps going!  I
will come into work and the hard drive will be chugging away, the only way I
can get it to stop is by killing logrotate.  Over the weekend, I will come
in and there will be three logrotates running, ie they never get done before
cron starts the next one.  Any idea what I need to do to fix this?  It is an
old pentium  133, with 32megs ram, but it ran fine for months without a
problem, now all of a sudden this.

TIA,
Fred

Re: [newbie] Interrupt sharing

[Tom Brinkman]

On Sunday 07 January 2001 01:07 pm, Jorge Ramírez Llaca wrote:
> Ok, I read al the relevant info provided there but still I'm not a
> bit closer to the solution.

>So far, I've come to the
> conclusion that the hardware is Ok and the problem must be Linux
> related.
>
> Any thoughts?

Well, I gotta say it.  I've found that I'm best served if I 
approach problems as caused by user, hardware, OS.  In that order.
It seems to me, people who have the most problems, tend to try and 
approach them in just the opposite order.

 Your best source for getting IRQ's sorted out is your mainboard's 
documentation.  Many board manufacturers specify which slots various 
cards should be in, depending on the combination of cards used.  You 
might have to go as far as d/l'ing the technical docs and studying them.
Next best bet would be to email your board's tech. support and ask them 
for assistance.

I suspect your hardware is OK, but it's not configured properly. 
Which is a user error, right ?  In any event, after you've become 
intimate with your hardware and it's configuration, I believe you'll 
get better help on the LM expert list, or from the linux setup and 
hardware newsgroups.  
-- 
Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> > On Sunday 07 January 2001 04:10 am, Jorge Ramírez Llaca wrote:
> > > I remember having read that linux does not support IRQ sharing.
> >
> >   http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/buses/types/pciInterrupts-c.html
> >
> >First it's advisable to read up a little on IRQ's, and the
> > difference between system and PCI IRQ's.  I believe you'll find
> > that interrupts are a hardware function and Linux handles them as
> > well or better than any other OS.
> > --
> > Tom Brinkman   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay

RE: [newbie] MP# encoder?

[Mark Johnson]

MusicMatch has a linux beta out for Jukebox.  I tried it out yesterday and
it worked great as far as ripping and playing.  However, i think it uses
wine so the windowing is a bit lacking.

-Original Message-
From: Dave Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] MP# encoder?


I'm using grip (GUI front-end, built-in .wav ripper) with lame (the 
actual mp3 encoder, can be used as a command-line prog by itself), it 
works very well.

Dave

On Saturday 06 January 2001 14:41, you wrote:
> What is a good mp3 encoder to use?

-- 
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

[newbie] Adaptec AHA-2920 woes

[John Button]

I recently acquired the Mandrake Powerpack Deluxe to install
on 
my old Win95 box. 

The box has been running ok as a win95 box with;

Pentium 120 MHz
64Mb RAM
1 IDE Hitachi CDROM
1 SCSI Yamaha (CDRW4416S)
1 HP SCSI DAT (SureStore Tape 2000)
1 dual 3.5"/5.25" floppy drive
1 3com 3C905C-TX NIC
1 Sound Blaster AWE32 audio card
2 2Gb SCSI hard drives
1 Adaptec 2920 adapter.

I have yet to be able to install linux regardless of how I try.

I can get through the partition and format portionor so it
seems...but when the install process starts looking for packages
or installing them - the install process dies - badlyit all
just hangs!

The consistent error that appears (on the alt-ctrl-F4 console)
complains about the scsi adapter (really being a Future Domain
unit) not having a BIOS.  Then it all locks up, dumps some
stuff
to the screen and then I reach for the reset button.

I would really like to set up a dual boot system so I could still
test web pages under Win95 and older browsers, as well as dive
into the linux world.

Is there something less than wonderful about the Adaptec AHA-2920?

It appears to be one of Adaptec's acquired company's designs rather
than something they designed themselves.

Has anyone else had these problems?  

Is there any cure besides going for a more betterest SCSI adapter?

TIA!!  (::)

Re: [newbie] MP# encoder?

[Dave Sherman]

I'm using grip (GUI front-end, built-in .wav ripper) with lame (the 
actual mp3 encoder, can be used as a command-line prog by itself), it 
works very well.

Dave

On Saturday 06 January 2001 14:41, you wrote:
> What is a good mp3 encoder to use?

-- 
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

[newbie] Getting VPN to work on mandrake

[Mark Johnson]

Has anyone got VPN to work on their machine.  I'm trying to get it setup to
I can VPN from home into work.  At work we are running VPN on W2K servers.
Does anyone know if it will work anyway?  The VPN docs are a little hard for
me to get through...

Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.2 trouble

[civileme]

On Monday 08 January 2001 13:05, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a some problems with linux mandrake 7.2. For example when I click on
> drakconf on the desktop nothing happens. Or when I try to run Pingus,
> mandrakeupdate, rpmdrake, usbview, mixer and so on I have tried several
> types of installations. From recommenced to expert from small install to
> biggest install, always the same programs that don't work What I also get
> with every type of install is during bootup a lot of command not found
> messages like this:
>
> /etc/aurora/rc: grep: command not found
> booting aurora...
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not found
> Starting cups:
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not found
> Starting sound:
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not found
> Starting usb:
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not found
> Starting inet:
>
> And a lot of things like this. I think all things that I choose to boot at
> startup But most get a green V But one gets a red X. And when linux is
> quiting I get another 3 red X.
>
> Also I get  this everytime at bootup
> /etc/rc.sysinit: grep: Command not found
> Checking root filesystem
> /dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted check forced
>
> This takes about 1 minute and I don't think this is supposed to happen.
>
> My system is:
> Asus CUSL2 (Intel 815E chipset)
> Intel Pentium 3 Coppermine 800 MHz (not overclocked) (100 x 8 )
> 128 SDRAM PC100
> Geforce 32 SDR
> SB Live! Player 1024
> 3com 3C905B-TX PCI
> Logitech Mouseman wheel USB
> Lexmark 3200 printer
> Logitech internet keyboard
> 4x/4x/32x Philips CD-RW
> 3,5inch floppy drive
> 300W powersupply
> Maxtor 52049H4: 20 GB, 7200RPM, U100
> - 10 GB Windows
> - 5 GB extra for windows
> - 4,xx Linux native
> - 141 Linux swap
>
> I don't know what wrong and I CAN boot linux and it works accept some
> programs and I like it and I want it to completly work. I hope you can help
> me.
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ: 81660554
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jelle Twerda

I would suggest reinstall and watch the screens given by ctrl-alt-f3, f4 and 
f5  Something is not installing correctly.

Our experience is that not all ATA/100 drives can really do ATA/100, so start 
the install with this

At the splash screen hit F1

type in

linux ide0=noautotune

and try that...  Likely the missing grep simply wasn't installed due to a 
disk write error, and perhaps a few other packages are missing, but a missing 
grep is a show-stopper.

Civileme

Re: [newbie] File transfers..

[Greg Sarsons]

edit /etc/aliases and then run newaliases 

gauin_36 wrote:
> 
> I want to transfer my (root)mail files to my user account files, if this can be
> done, what do I have to do and how do i do it! don't want to have any mail in
> my root mail account.  The books I'm using but are no help are Running LInux by
> o reilly and linux administration A Beginners Guide. If you know these books
> and the information that I seek is in them, please let me know what page to
> search for..
> 
> Sincerly,
> Gavin
> Registered Linux user #199685
> Licq #103989447

-- 
It said use Windows 98 or better so I installed Linux.

Re: [RE: [newbie] how do I change root and user passwords?]

[booo -]

Dear Staff,
 I signed up for a mail subscription at newbie(Mandrake) a few dyas ago, as i
was new to Linux, and had a  few questions, but i was shocked to see yesterday
how my inbox was being flooded by forwarded mails from newbie.
this is utterly timeconsuming and annoying. KINDLY TAKE ME OFF THE MAILING
LIST.
Thank you,
Swaroop.


Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

[newbie] File transfers..

[gauin_36]

I want to transfer my (root)mail files to my user account files, if this can be
done, what do I have to do and how do i do it! don't want to have any mail in
my root mail account.  The books I'm using but are no help are Running LInux by
o reilly and linux administration A Beginners Guide. If you know these books
and the information that I seek is in them, please let me know what page to
search for..

Sincerly,
Gavin
Registered Linux user #199685
Licq #103989447

[newbie] mandrake 7.2 trouble

[Jelle Twerda]

Hi,I have a some problems with linux mandrake 7.2. For example when 
I click on drakconf onthe desktop nothing happens. Or when I try to run 
Pingus, mandrakeupdate, rpmdrake,usbview, mixer and so on I have tried 
several types of installations. From recommencedto expert from small install 
to biggest install, always the same programs that don’t workWhat I also get 
with every type of install is during bootup a lot of command not 
foundmessages like this:/etc/aurora/rc: grep: command not 
foundbooting aurora.../etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not 
foundStarting cups:/etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not 
foundStarting sound:/etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not 
foundStarting usb:/etc/rc.d/rc: egrep: command not foundStarting 
inet:And a lot of things like this. I think all things that I choose to 
boot at startup Butmost get a green V But one gets a red X. And when linux 
is quiting I get another 3 red X.Also I get  this everytime at 
bootup/etc/rc.sysinit: grep: Command not foundChecking root 
filesystem/dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted check forcedThis takes 
about 1 minute and I don’t think this is supposed to happen.My system 
is:Asus CUSL2 (Intel 815E chipset)Intel Pentium 3 Coppermine 800 MHz 
(not overclocked) (100 x 8 )128 SDRAM PC100Geforce 32 SDRSB Live! 
Player 10243com 3C905B-TX PCILogitech Mouseman wheel USBLexmark 3200 
printerLogitech internet keyboard4x/4x/32x Philips CD-RW3,5inch 
floppy drive300W powersupplyMaxtor 52049H4: 20 GB, 7200RPM, U100-	10 
GB Windows-	5 GB extra for windows-	4,xx Linux native-	141 Linux 
swapI don’t know what wrong and I CAN boot linux and it works accept 
some programs and I likeit and I want it to completly work. I hope you can 
help me.Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ: 
81660554Thanks!Jelle 
Twerda

RE: [newbie] how do I change root and user passwords?

[John Hart]

Login as root, get to a command prompt, then type this in:

passwd

You will be prompted to enter the new one, then enter it again for
verification.

Easy, huh?

John Hart


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Beckycould
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 3:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] how do I change root and user passwords?


I need to change passwords so my ex-partner can't telnet into my linuxbox.
What are the commands?
I tried changing root through Linuxconf but it wouldn't take.
Thanks alot
Becky

[newbie] Sound recorder?

[Jordan]

I can see some players and mixers in KDE, but no recorder? 
Is there a way to use microphone to record to a .wav file? 
Program name?

Re: [newbie] Mandrax 7.2 Raid installation

[civileme]

On Monday 08 January 2001 09:07, you wrote:
> All,
>
>  I have just bought Mandrake version 7.2, but I have run into a problem. I
> have a Pentium II  with 2x 30 Gigabyte IDE disk drive ( RAID 1 ). The first
> problem is related to the LBA issue, e.g. the two disk drives has different
> geometry, which I now understand makes no difference under Linux. The other
> is to actually install Mandrake on the two devices ( Raid 1 ), or just
> install on hda and then to run mkraid to create the md devices.
>
> Do I need to get another distribution, such as Red Hat ( which supports
> Raid 1 during installations ).
>
> I would greatly appreciate it if someone could give me the bullet points
> for how to implement RAID 1 for Mandrake, for a first time installation
> from the CD-ROM.
>
> I have been successfully running Slackware ( for years ) on another Celeron
> based system, which is going to be replaced by the above system.
>
> Thx,
> Hans E.
If you have the Promise controller, you can do RAID 1 under any linux, with 
recompilation of the drivers, however, be advised that IDE Raid is not 
hardware.   It is a BIOS/firmware kludge that emulates real hardware RAID.  
If you do not have the promise controller, no linux will support your RAID at 
install or at any other time because the drivers for windows only are a 
tightly kept secret.

There is another option, forget the RAID installed and use the Linux Software 
RAID implementation(there is a HOWTO at linuxdoc.org), which is at least the 
equal of any of the IDE fake hardware RAIDs though it does take up a little 
more drive space and offers more partitions.  All of the IDE RAIDs _reduce_ 
your drive capacity because they keep information to support the RAID on 
cylinders that are destroked (no longer within drive limits for normal 
operation).  

If you are dual-booting windows, you can use the "hardware" RAID on board for 
the windows partition and use linux software RAID for all other partitions. 
(Third possible option).

Civileme

RE: [newbie] how do I change root and user passwords?

[Kim White]

Hi

You could also login as root and type "passwd username" it will then prompt
you for the new password.

Andronin

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall
Sent: Sunday - 07 January 2001 18:32
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] how do I change root and user passwords?


Beckycould wrote:
>
> I need to change passwords so my ex-partner can't telnet into my linuxbox.
> What are the commands?
> I tried changing root through Linuxconf but it wouldn't take.
> Thanks alot
> Becky

Hi Becky. Hmm, AFAIK, logged in as the user  whose password you want to
change,
just type in:

passwd

It will walk you through the prompts.

Hope this helps.

--

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 Dark>

Re: [newbie] Recruitment Notice

[sobe]

> Well, folks, it is that time of the development cycle where we
traditionally
> (actually this is a brand new tradition) seek a few brave souls to act as
> testers for our next distro.
>
> This time, all you need is bravery and a computer system to try this out
on.
> We are finishing testing protocols which will lead you through the testing
> steps; we have software that phones home with your tester number and your
> hardware configuration, and we are building a web site to post results and
> opinions.
>
> For the first time, we are looking for more than bugs to fix.  We are
looking
> for ratings of functionality that we can share with the community, and
with
> the developers and maintainers of the packages, even those we do not do
> ourselves.
>
> To enroll, just email me.  Tell me whether you have a fast connection and
if
> not, send a postal address.  Oh, and make sure you are able to dedicate a
> little time the month of Valentine's Day.
>
> Well the pay isn't great ($0) but you do get my personal assistance via
email
> to configure your computer to the next release.

I have a ISDN  connection 128k  so i doubt im fast enuf yet .  Maybe in
Febuary  I can  be able to get  cable  localy for my internet  connection .

I am a newbie to mandrake   but  I really enjoy this distribution of
mandrake and would
like to assist the next and further development of your  product

Chris Ferenz
po box 813
Port Hadlock
Wa 98339

Re: [newbie] Star Office

[Sevatio Octavio]

Kenneth,

I just got this email.  Did you find a fix for your S.O. Problem?

The initial install should have been (as root):

so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin /net

Then install it into /usr/local/office52


Now install StarOffice as yourself;

/usr/local/office52/programs/soffice

It will create a folder /home/yourname/office52 with just the necessary 
files and not the whole program.


Seve

>> Original Message <<

On 1/6/01, 10:34:22 PM, "Kenneth Legg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 
regarding [newbie] Star Office:


> I've installed star office but can not get it to run under any account 
other
> than root. I installed it under my own account not the root account but
> still can only run it as root. I've tried adding my self to other groups 
but
> can still not run the application. I also tried to change the permissions
> but without success. I'm running Mandrake 7.2 and Star Office 5.1.

> Kenneth Legg

[newbie] partitions for Mandrake 7.2

[david gentle]

This is my very first post. hope it doesn't violate any of your rules.

When I try and install my 7.2 powerpack deluxe distro I get to the stage of 
repartitioning my hard
disk. The software gives you a choice of three options. The manual says that if you 
choose the
middle option it will automatically repartition your hard disk for Linux use (I don't 
want to get
rid of windows). When I select the middle option (use free space on the windows 
partition) it gives
me this error message:
Partitioning failed: The FAT resizer is unable to handle your partition, the following 
error
occured: Can't locate object method "new" via package "resize_fat::main" at
/usr/bin/perl-install/install-interactive.pm line 108, <> line 6.

Whats up?
If the installation software can't repartition my hard drive then I'll have to do it 
myself.
How many partitions do I need to make with diskdrake and what do I need to set the 
mounting points
as?

David Gentle
Blogdex:   http://www.webtribe.net/d/davidgentle/info.html
icq:92994844

[newbie] Mandrax 7.2 Raid installation

[Hans E. Kristiansen]

All,

 I have just bought Mandrake version 7.2, but I have run into a problem. I
have a Pentium II  with 2x 30 Gigabyte IDE disk drive ( RAID 1 ). The first
problem is related to the LBA issue, e.g. the two disk drives has different
geometry, which I now understand makes no difference under Linux. The other
is to actually install Mandrake on the two devices ( Raid 1 ), or just
install on hda and then to run mkraid to create the md devices.

Do I need to get another distribution, such as Red Hat ( which supports Raid
1 during installations ).

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could give me the bullet points for
how to implement RAID 1 for Mandrake, for a first time installation from the
CD-ROM.

I have been successfully running Slackware ( for years ) on another Celeron
based system, which is going to be replaced by the above system.

Thx,
Hans E.