[newbie] Back again...Booting slow
Hello, I'm back to the list after not knowing why I didn't access to the list a few months?!! I have a new ACER Aspire 1680 notebook since 2 weeks and I installed MDK 10.1 community. Of course I had Win XP installed on the machine and MDK installed lilo to boot the system. Then I decided to remove XP by erasing the HD by instqlling again MDK. Now I have only linux on my toaster. Question: 1. do I still need lilo to start MDK since I don't use another system? If not how do I remove lilo? 2. When my computer starts I get an Acer page to access the BIOS (F2), is it possible to remove that screen or not? 3. When MDK is loading and checking all the parameters it takes a long time (I think it is after firewire control), is it the same for you because MDK 9.1 was faster? 4. When I power down the notebook I have the finish by pressing the button to turn of the machine. I know there is a trick around but I forgot it. Thanks for your help CHristophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Back again...Booting slow
On Saturday 08 Jan 2005 11:55, Rhein Christophe wrote: Hello, I'm back to the list after not knowing why I didn't access to the list a few months?!! I have a new ACER Aspire 1680 notebook since 2 weeks and I installed MDK 10.1 community. Of course I had Win XP installed on the machine and MDK installed lilo to boot the system. Then I decided to remove XP by erasing the HD by instqlling again MDK. Now I have only linux on my toaster. Question: 1.do I still need lilo to start MDK since I don't use another system? If not how do I remove lilo? 2.When my computer starts I get an Acer page to access the BIOS (F2), is it possible to remove that screen or not? Yes. If you can find out who actually made the notebook and the mother board thats in it you can go to their site and download a updated bios if you are lucky. To find out Do a web search for a dos program called ctbios. It fits onto a dos bootable floppy and when run will interigate the bios and mother board and give you lots of usefull info. I have found it most usefull for finding old mother board manuals. 3. When MDK is loading and checking all the parameters it takes a long time (I think it is after firewire control), is it the same for you because MDK 9.1 was faster? 4. When I power down the notebook I have the finish by pressing the button to turn of the machine. I know there is a trick around but I forgot it. Thanks for your help CHristophe -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Back again...Booting slow
On Saturday 08 January 2005 08:40 am, John Bowden wrote: | On Saturday 08 Jan 2005 11:55, Rhein Christophe wrote: | Hello, | I'm back to the list after not knowing why I didn't access to the list a | few months?!! | I have a new ACER Aspire 1680 notebook since 2 weeks and I installed MDK | 10.1 community. | Of course I had Win XP installed on the machine and MDK installed lilo | to boot the system. | Then I decided to remove XP by erasing the HD by instqlling again MDK. | Now I have only linux on my toaster. | Question: | 1. do I still need lilo to start MDK since I don't use another system? | If not how do I remove lilo? No, lilo is the bootloader. You can, however, set the delay time in /etc/lilo.conf to almost nothing (I don't recommend zero--you may need to boot to failsafe some day). Timeout=20 should be fine. Don't forget to run sbin -v lilo after you make the changes. | | 2. When my computer starts I get an Acer page to access the BIOS (F2), | is it possible to remove that screen or not? | | Yes. If you can find out who actually made the notebook and the mother | board thats in it you can go to their site and download a updated bios if | you are lucky. To find out Do a web search for a dos program called ctbios. | It fits onto a dos bootable floppy and when run will interigate the bios | and mother board and give you lots of usefull info. I have found it most | usefull for finding old mother board manuals. | | 3. When MDK is loading and checking all the parameters it takes a long | time (I think it is after firewire control), is it the same for you | because MDK 9.1 was faster? Do you have DHCP enabled? Slow booting is often caused by the machine looking for something on the network and not being able to find it. When that happens to me the first place I go is to the network configuration tools. | | 4. When I power down the notebook I have the finish by pressing the | button to turn of the machine. I know there is a trick around but I | forgot it. | | Thanks for your help | | CHristophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
