[newbie] info on harddrive optimization in mandrake install?
hi list, i am about to install linux mandrake and looking at the demos at linux-mandrake.com and see the option for harddrive optimization i checked mandrakeuser.org and linux mandrake site, and i found stuff that talks about hdparm and how to optimize the HD with it, but that it can also mess up some harddrives to use hdparm is there a list of harddrives that have been tested with it? is there a way to tell without using it myself? how do i find out exactly what kind of harddrive i have? i am using win98se
[newbie] making this list send batches?
what do i send to symba to make this and other lists for linux mandrake send batch files instead of single messages, if its possible?
Re: [newbie] info on harddrive optimization in mandrake install?
Michael Scottaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi list, i am about to install linux mandrake and looking at the demos at linux-mandrake.com and see the option for harddrive optimization i checked mandrakeuser.org and linux mandrake site, and i found stuff that talks about hdparm and how to optimize the HD with it, but that it can also mess up some harddrives to use hdparm is there a list of harddrives that have been tested with it? is there a way to tell without using it myself? how do i find out exactly what kind of harddrive i have? i am using win98se Check your hardware profile in win 98 Mike i checked hardware profiles(if your referring to the tab under system properties), and in the box i have original configuration, and 3 buttons, copy, rename, and delete no option to see what hardware i actually have, i have checked in tab device manager also but no luck
Re: [newbie] winblows files
"Mike %26 Tracy Holt" wrote: I'm curious, how did you do the correct hex editing? I've changed the other files without problem, but the one that changes the boot logo has elluded me. Is it a registry hack to change the picture? Is there a simple way to do that hex change you speak of? I may not understand what hex editing has to do with shutdown and start up screen changes, but i do know how i change my startup, wait, and shutdown screens on windows 95/98. there are 3 files in windows or windows/system directory(might need to use find since some OEMs could put these files in different places): logo.sys(startup), logow.sys(wait screen), and logos.sys(shutdown screen) they are just bitmaps with the .sys eextention, and have to be 320x400 256 color bitmap. if you dont use a program to switch the screens then back up your originals, and replace them with new ones you make or download from net __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] Dont understand mandrake install
first, is there a way to get a digest of this mailing list? second, everywhere i read there is talk about installing mandrake from CD like everybody either buys it or has a burner my problem is that mandrakes installation documentation (which is very good, except for thsi problem) keeps saying that everything is in a folder on the CD, i dont notice anyplace that says how to install from the harddrive. first, exactly what files do i download to install linux from harddrive, then how does installing from harddrive work? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] installation question
i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. and when it says it will automatically resize, do i get to say how much size each partition gets? how does it work? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] I need advice
i have windows on my system and i will be using it mainly after i install linux, i will mostly be using linux as a development environment, and to mess with. (til i get my next computer which will be built with linux in mind) any suggestions on what size i should make my linux partition? i only have a 13 gig HD. the mandrake install guide says it takes up at least 1.1 gigs, but how much past that does the average developer think is best at minimum, i mean is 3 gigs fine or should i have at least 4 to be sure, or something else? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] install question - partitions
i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. and when it says it will automatically resize, do i get to say how much size each partition gets? how does it work? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] install question - partitions
i am reading the installation documentation at mandrake homepage to prepare myself, and a part in Installation with Drakx it says: Now you need to specify in DrakX where the various partitions on the hard disk(s) will be mounted. In Recommended mode, normally you won't have anything to do. If you have only a Windows partition it will be automatically resized and both the Linux partition and swap space will be created and formatted. I will be using recommended, and i only have one partition on this machine so far, with windows on it, but this thing says it will resize the partition and create and format linux partitions, will windows be deleted, or is this a safe partitioning of the disk, because i have heard that even with partition magic partitioning can be a little risky. __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
Re: [newbie] installation question
it wasnt confusing at all, answers are that my entire HD is dedicated to windows, partitioning shouldnt be a problem i think. one of my other questions on this list was about that. i will be getting mandrake 7.1, i havent gotten it yet, am trying to prepare for everything before i download and start installing. about that boot sector at beginning of drive, since 7.1 doesnt need that, there isnt any other reason to put a boot partition at front of drive. I am not sure if my writing adds to your help or your confusion, but: Do you have your entire HD dedicated to Windows at the moment? You will need some space to put Mandrake. I would go for at least 2Gb. If you have that much free (= unpartitioned!) space available, then you should be all fine. Otherwise you will have to make some space free for Mandrake, through either Partition Magic, or the freeware program FIPS that is supplied on the CD. In case you have 7.0: if you don't want to boot from a diskette into Linux, you will have to find a way to make a bit of space (about 10-15 megs) free at the start of the HD, where the /boot partition is. Lilo in mdk 7.0 cannot boot from a spot beyond cylinder 1024. The one that is supplied with 7,1 can do this. __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] mouse problem
i read that mandrake can use almost any mouse, but i have a microsoft intellimouse,can linux also use that mouse? i dont know if they could make it only used on windows, since they also have the winmodem, which unfortunately i also have, and i hear cant be used on anything but windows. __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
[newbie] how do i get this list as batch file?
as the subject says, how do i get a digest of this mailing list? __ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com
