Re: [newbie] LM installation

[mtnguy]

I also use a second drive, just for Linux ... a 3.2.  I have a 23 meg
startup partition, 129 meg swap file partition, and the rest is for all the
Linux programs and various files.  I used Partition Magic to create these
partitions.  After creating the partitions I merely booted the Mandrake CD
and when I got to disk druid made the appropriate selections.  On my system
my '/boot' partition is 'hdb5', my swapfile partition is 'hdb6', and my '/'
partition is 'hdb7'.  After you've done it once you'll be thinking how easy
it really was to do.

mtnguy


 When i get th the section ofstallation that requires me to use fdisk or
disk
 druid, i dont know how to use either. i want to install mandrake on my
second
 hard drive, but i am clueless on how to set it up in disk druid. i always
get
 error messages telling me i have to make more partitions before i can
 continue the installation.
 thank you in advince.

 jerrud

Re: [newbie] X Video Problems

[mtnguy]

Get  a decent video card and sound card!  I had a motherboard with the SiS
M530 and ProSound built in.  Although I had 8 megs of video memory it would
only let me run in 1024x768x8bit or 800x600x16bit modes and the sound just
wouldn't work right.  I 'stole' my son's old Opti chipset motherboard with
Matrox Mystic 4Meg video and SBAwe32 sound and I have sound and run
1024x768x32M !

jimmyv

- Original Message -
From: W. Sanford May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Newbie Linux Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 2:28 PM
Subject: [newbie] X Video Problems


 I'm trying to get X running on my home-brewed AMDK6-2 system.  Motherboard
 is a SiS M598 with built-in 8MB AGP 2D/3D accelerator and built-in audio.

 Linux Mandrake 6.0 installs fine.  I tried using one of the SiS video
 adapter types and just a got a mess in X.  Switched to SVGA server,
 configured for 1024x768, and I'm getting an X display but it's "squished"
 (for lack of a better word).  It seems like the resolution switch after
 startx is causing problems with the monitor.  It's an old Apple Multiple
 Scan multi-sync monitor with a PC-style cable adapter.  I believe it's the
 1705 (Shadow Mask tube, definitely not the Trinitron that was in the
 Multiple Scan 17).

 Anyway, the Apple Spec database lists 1024x768 as a supported Macintosh
 resolution, but only lists 800x600 as max resolution for EVGA.  Could this
 be the problem?  Should I configure for 800x600 only?  However, 1024x768
 works just find in Windows 98.

 Also, is there an X server that directly supports the video chipset on the
 SiS M598 motherboard?  Lastly, should I expect the built-in audio on the
 board to work, or is it a lost cause?

 Any help would be appreciated.

 sanford