Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
Well, you can also install mandrake from the ISO images located on de HDD. Just make those boot disks, than install on text mode. Then you choose install from hdd, and write the path where the images are located. (ie: (i dont remember, but something like that) /dev/hda/linux/mandrake/) Almost everytime, i install from the images on HDD. Milasch Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:06:27 -0300 João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Well, you can also install mandrake from the ISO images located on de HDD. Just make those boot disks, than install on text mode. Then you choose install from hdd, and write the path where the images are located. (ie: (i dont remember, but something like that) /dev/hda/linux/mandrake/) Almost everytime, i install from the images on HDD. Oh sure, make the rest of us look like idiots... :))) Good idea, man, I bet that'll do it for him, well done! -- + Joe Hill + Registered Linux user #282046 + Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net + People say Linux is ugly. How does that make you feel? + Torvalds: They'll be the first against the wall when the revolution + comes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Bad Installation Cd
Ok, i'm completely new to linux, but i'm so sick of windows that i NEED something new and always have plenty of time to kill learning something new, so i decided to try my hand at linux. i'm currently set up with an Asus K7V-RM, AMD 950, 20GB WD hard drive(waiting on a WD 100GB drive to add to system), 320MB ram (waiting on a 512mb stick to bump up to 768mb), soundblaster 16PCI, can't remember my vid card, and philllips CDRW drive. now onto the problem.. i have downloaded CD1 of mandrake 9.1 3 different times (which takes me 3 hours on cable, i'm getting sick of downloading it) and every time i go to install, when it starts reading off the CD it tells me i don't have an installation disk. i had to make a boot floppy disk, even though i went into the bios and set the computer to boot off the CD first, it still won't. anyway...what's wrong with my CD? i don't want to download this thing again to have the same result. any help appreciated so i can move on and then have to ask MORE questions :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:30:46 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: i have downloaded CD1 of mandrake 9.1 3 different times (which takes me 3 hours on cable, i'm getting sick of downloading it) and every time i go to install, when it starts reading off the CD it tells me i don't have an installation disk. i had to make a boot floppy disk, even though i went into the bios and set the computer to boot off the CD first, it still won't. anyway...what's wrong with my CD? I had the same problem with an older machine. Couple of things you can try: Burn the CD at a lower speed. I have been told that CDs burned at higher speeds can be unreadable under certain circumstances. If you cannot get it to recognize the CD after that, you can do what I did, and yes it will take awhile, but create a boot floppy for a network install, and install the whole shebang off the net. Bravo on trying the boot floppy though, did you get that from the Mandrake site? -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 13:03:22 up 13:43, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd
On 15 Jun 2003 at 13:07, JoeHill wrote: I had the same problem with an older machine. Couple of things you can try: Burn the CD at a lower speed. I have been told that CDs burned at higher speeds can be unreadable under certain circumstances. I burned the CD at 4x, and i think my only other option is to burn it at 2x on my burner. i can try that though and see if it works. If you cannot get it to recognize the CD after that, you can do what I did, and yes it will take awhile, but create a boot floppy for a network install, and install the whole shebang off the net. Ok, i'll be getting back to you on that if i can't get the CD to do it. Bravo on trying the boot floppy though, did you get that from the Mandrake site? Nope, read the Installation file on the CD and followed the instructions. there's a program in there to make a boot floppy while in windows. Thanks for the help. i'll try to re-write the Cd again. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who were born with ubergeek in them... -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 14:43:44 up 15:23, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.04, 0.01 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now
On 15 Jun 2003 at 14:45, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who were born with ubergeek in them... -- well, it's just one of those things where the solution to the problem is so simple, you just sit there and ask yourself...why did i miss that?! everyone does it! i attached my problem solver to the wall and took care of everything...(the piece of paper with a circle in the middle..has instructions in the circle that say place on firm surface, bang head here) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:58:36 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: i attached my problem solver to the wall and took care of everything...(the piece of paper with a circle in the middle..has instructions in the circle that say place on firm surface, bang head here) ROFLMAO! That's a keeper... -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 15:07:29 up 15:47, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
ok, i did download an ISO image for all 3 CDs. i also made sure i burned the CD in ISO, yet it STILL tells me i don't have an install disc. then i get a message that says which driver should i try to gain SCSI access? nothing on my computer is SCSI, it's all EIDE. i'm so lost, i'm so confused, i'm almost ready to give up. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:16:12 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: which driver should i try to gain SCSI access? If I am not mistaken, Linux sees all cdrw as SCSI, nothing to worry about there. I wonder if it is just not recognizing your Philips drive...have you checked the Hardware Compatibility List? Does it give you a list of drivers to choose from? If so, look for yours, if you don't see it there may be a generic driver that will at least get you going. Don't give up, it's too late for that, we won't let you. If all else fails, there's the network install, then we get the system up and running and make sure your cdrw will work with Linux. Don't be afraid of the network install, it takes a lot longer, but hey, what's the rush on a lazy Sunday afternoon? -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 15:28:59 up 16:08, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 20:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok, i did download an ISO image for all 3 CDs. i also made sure i burned the CD in ISO, yet it STILL tells me i don't have an install disc. then i get a message that says which driver should i try to gain SCSI access? nothing on my computer is SCSI, it's all EIDE. i'm so lost, i'm so confused, i'm almost ready to give up. __ Hi, did you burn a data CD from the ISO image? i.e. does your CD have one file on it or many? If it has one file you need to record a new CD by Click on 'New', then select 'Create CD from Iso CD Image File', choose your ISO file and click 'Open'. Paul M. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
On 15 Jun 2003 at 15:34, JoeHill wrote: If I am not mistaken, Linux sees all cdrw as SCSI, nothing to worry about there. I wonder if it is just not recognizing your Philips drive...have you checked the Hardware Compatibility List? Does it give you a list of drivers to choose from? If so, look for yours, if you don't see it there may be a generic driver that will at least get you going. Don't give up, it's too late for that, we won't let you. If all else fails, there's the network install, then we get the system up and running and make sure your cdrw will work with Linux. Don't be afraid of the network install, it takes a lot longer, but hey, what's the rush on a lazy Sunday afternoon? i'm going to check the list, although i'm not sure of the model number of my drive...and since i'm having so many problems with the CDs, can someone start walking me through doing a network install please? i'm on cable, so yeah, it'll take longer than a CD install, but won't take absolutely FOREVER. if anyone else has a clue as to what i'm doing wrong burning these CDs, please help! thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:46:16 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: can someone start walking me through doing a network install please? i'm on cable, so yeah, it'll take longer than a CD install, but won't take absolutely FOREVER. Just go to the Mandrake site and in the installation intructions there are some floppy images you can download. One is for network install. Write the floppy image in windows (instructions are on the site). Just boot from the floppy, the rest should take care of itself. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 16:06:25 up 16:46, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL
On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 8:34 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:16:12 -0400 Don't give up, it's too late for that, we won't let you. Resistance is futile Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 04:45, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who were born with ubergeek in them... I've done more stupid things in the past 25 years than anyone can imagine...(God, this month marks 25 frigging years of geeking for me! Shite! And I'm only 40!!!) Yowzah. -- Mon Jun 16 07:50:00 EST 2003 07:50:00 up 2 days, 15:04, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.07, 0.07 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * No pig should go sky diving during monsoon For this isn't really the norm. But should a fat swine try to soar like a loon, So what? Any pork in a storm. No pig should go sky diving during monsoon, It's risky enough when the weather is fine. But to have a pig soar when the monsoon doth roar Cast even more perils before swine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now
On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 7:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, i found the problem. i'm not burning the Cd as an ISO image, and i just found in my CD burn program that i can select to burn data in ISO. one quick question do all 3 CDs need to be ISO? i would think they do, but want to check before i re-burn them. also, about dual booting...right from the getgo will i have the option to boot into either win98 or mandrake? thanks! Yep. But defrag your Windows partitions before you start. Unless you have a spare partition to put Mandrake on it will have to resize your existing Windows partition. If you have files scattered all over the disc the installer will not be able to find enough space to put the partition in. Mandrake can resize NTFS partions OK, but cannot write to them (reliably) so if there is any data you want to share between Windows and Mandrake, then put it on a FAT32 partition. The Mandrake installer can make partitions for you. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd
On Sunday 15 June 2003 11:28 am, JoeHill wrote: That's the prob. You need to download an ISO and burn it to CD, then it should boot and install fine. But as noted, definitely grab all three CDs, or at least the first 2. On the Mandrake site you will see specific download locations for ISO images. Also, you should do a checksum on the iso file that's downloaded, and the cd after it's burnt, to make sure it worked ok. Here you can get a program to do that checking in windows: http://www.etree.org/md5com.html The directions are pretty good, but ask if you have trouble. Or, others have said they liked http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/true/882/SDHash.htm but i never used it... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now
On Sunday 15 June 2003 04:54 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 04:45, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who were born with ubergeek in them... I've done more stupid things in the past 25 years than anyone can imagine...(God, this month marks 25 frigging years of geeking for me! Shite! And I'm only 40!!!) Yowzah. Yeah right, that's what Methuselah told everyone, I'm only 40 Ha! -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now
On 16 Jun 2003 07:54:13 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I've done more stupid things in the past 25 years than anyone can imagine...(God, this month marks 25 frigging years of geeking for me! Shite! And I'm only 40!!!) Yowzah. My sweet lord, you've only got 4 years on me. What have I done with my life. Sniff. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 23:07:38 up 23:47, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
