RE: [newbie] ML9.1rc3 Install
Lee wrote: > > Okay, I'm not the brightest lightbulb in the pack, but I > thought I knew the > difference between an install and an upgrade. > > I attempted to upgrade 8.2 to 9.1rc3 (I know, everyone said > don't do it) but > that's just me. Then I booted and stalled on kernel panic. > > Since I had no idea what to do next I rebooted on the CD and > chose install, > thinking I could look forward to a couple of months of > rebuilding all of my > 'stuff'. > > When I rebooted, everything I had done over the past 2 years > was there, but > better. I am totally amazed. > > Question is, "What did I do right"? Why was I not stuck putting mail > addresses and everything else back together again? > > Lee 9.1 defaults to leaving /home alone and formatting the rest, preserving your settings and personal data. Handy, isn't it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 & Windows XP Co-existing
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marshall Lake > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 & Windows XP Co-existing > > > > I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media > Center 873n. > > I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to > co-exist. I > understand it's better to have Windows already installed when > you try to > install Mandrake. Is this correct? > > During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning > time I have > three choices (paraphrasing): > 1. Erase entire disk. > 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. > 3. Custom partitioning. > > Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all > right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. > > >From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe > I should be > installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But > I don't see > that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another > possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying > to install > Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a > freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? > > Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? > > -- > Marshall Lake -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mlake.net > > > The biggest problem here is that you're using an HP-provided disk to "install" XP. HP ships "restore" or "recovery" disks, not install disks with their systems. You aren't actually installing XP with that disk, you're copying a drive image, which is why you don't get any options when running it. Contact HP support and demand a real install disk -- they'll send one if you insist on it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] md5sum nomenclature
You do not need them, you probably do not want them -- CLIC is the cluster version of Mandrake > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of DAVID.W.BEAN > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 4:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] md5sum nomenclature > > > ON THE MANDY 9.1 BETA DL SITE THERE IS 2 OTHER ISO"S > CLIC-PH1-9S NAP DO > I NEED THESE AS WELL ??? AND WOT ARE THAY FOR THANKS ANYONE > - Original Message - > From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NEWBIE 1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 4:02 PM > Subject: [newbie] md5sum nomenclature > > > > > > On, > > > > > ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Man > drake/Mandrake > -iso/i586 > > > > we have, > > > > MandrakeLinux-9.1beta1.i586.iso > > > > and, > > > > md5sums.9.1beta1.asc > > > > I just wondered what ".asc" means ? > > > > John > > > > -- > > John Richard Smith > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] md5sum nomenclature
the .asc I suspect refers to ASCII, it is a text file, after all. CLIC is the cluster version of Mandrake. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson > Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 2:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] md5sum nomenclature > > > On Saturday 11 Jan 2003 4:02 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > On, > > > > > ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Man > drake/Mandrak > >e-iso/i586 > > > > we have, > > > > MandrakeLinux-9.1beta1.i586.iso > > > > and, > > > > md5sums.9.1beta1.asc > > > > I just wondered what ".asc" means ? > > > > John > > and what are those Clic-PH1-9.0-SNAP_DEC2002.iso and md5sum files? > > Anne > -- > Registered Linux User No.293302 > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] FTP/Http Install problems - Mandrake memory hungrymonster
Do you have another machine that could function as an NFS server? That's what I did to get 8.2 installed on a similar laptop (150 mHz, 40mb RAM, 5gb HD). FTP/HTTP simply aren't available for any version I looked at if you have less that 48mb RAM. 8.2 runs ok on the machine, but I'd recommend avoiding KDE and Gnome as they're incredibly slow -- if you need a GUI go with something lighter. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] FTP/Http Install problems - Mandrake memory > hungrymonster > > > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 14:22, Gareth Hastings wrote: > > I have a oldish laptop, its a digital HiNote VP (so yes its old) - > > P133Mhz with 32Mb ram and a 4gb disk. I would like to > install Mandrake > > on it and want to do a http or ftp install but when I try > to I get told > > I need at least 52mb of ram to do either one??? Whats up > with that, is > > there any way around this? Or does this mean I just can't > use mandrake? > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Gareth > > You might want to try an older version of MDK - like 7 or 8.2 > instead of > the latest... > > -- > Sat Jan 11 14:55:01 EST 2003 > 2:55pm up 17:06, 3 users, load average: 0.06, 0.17, 0.26 > -- > |____ | kuhn media australia| > | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | |=| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | > | ;"""/ / | | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | > -- > * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting > -- > > That's no moon... > -- Obi-wan Kenobi > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Re: [newbie] M8.2 with WinXP
Question here -- is your XP install disk OEM or retail? Some of the OEM disks are incompatible with any sort of dual-boot setup due to adding hidden partitions. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 7:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] M8.2 with WinXP > > > Hi Erik, >Ok, i tried what u said. Downloaded AutoClave and ran it. > Did 1 pass since i tot that's enough. Reinstalled xp (NTFS). > Later, resized it using PQMagic, having Fat32 and ext2. > Booted into Mandrake setup.and Got the same > problem!!! I feel it's not the harddisk then. Bios perhaps? >I also downloaded the clean up program from fujitsu(my > harddisk manufacturer). Ran it and did the same thing, got > the same problem. >If this goes on i'm going to sue Toshiba. ;) > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Undelivered mail?
You're getting those because the mailserver handling mandrake's mailing lists is not configured correctly. Those should be going to the administrator for the mailserver, not to you. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Undelivered mail? > > > I'm getting more and more of these 'undelevered mail' messages, > addressed to > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > which turn out to be messages I have posted to the list, and which have > appeared on the list. It's getting to be really annoying. > > Anne > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] (in desperation, I repost) 52MB limit
From: "Jon Dowd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'd like to do a network install. I can mount the CD in another box and make > a network connection to it but I get an error message stating that 52MB RAM > is needed. > Jon -- you'll need to use NFS rather than FTP to do a network install on that machine. There's a good how-to at linuxnewbie.org which can walk you through setting it up. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
