Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Error

2004-03-22 Thread Fajar Priyanto
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On Monday 22 March 2004 08:57 am, Greg Meyer wrote:
 On Sunday 21 March 2004 08:32 pm, Tomy Alarie wrote:
  Hi, i just want to know on mandrake 7, why when i try to make a boot disk
  or install lilo it tells me : couldn't find kernel file ? thanks

 Well, there is probably about 20 reasons, including your lilo.conf entries
 are pointing to the wrong place or your /boot partition is not mounted, so
 more info is necessary.

 The $100,000 question everyone wants answered though is why on earth are
 you still using 7.0?

LOL, very interesting indeed.
Even my first encounter with mdk was 8.0.
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Error

2004-03-22 Thread frankieh
Fajar Priyanto wrote:

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On Monday 22 March 2004 08:57 am, Greg Meyer wrote:

On Sunday 21 March 2004 08:32 pm, Tomy Alarie wrote:

Hi, i just want to know on mandrake 7, why when i try to make a boot disk
or install lilo it tells me : couldn't find kernel file ? thanks
Well, there is probably about 20 reasons, including your lilo.conf entries
are pointing to the wrong place or your /boot partition is not mounted, so
more info is necessary.
The $100,000 question everyone wants answered though is why on earth are
you still using 7.0?


LOL, very interesting indeed.
Even my first encounter with mdk was 8.0.
Wasn't mdk 7.0 one of the last ones that would run on a 486???
That might be the reason certainly..
I don't know that I'd risk it nowdays though.. at least not on anything 
connected to the internet.

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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Error

2004-03-21 Thread Tomy Alarie
Hi, i just want to know on mandrake 7, why when i try to make a boot disk or 
install lilo it tells me : couldn't find kernel file ? thanks

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Error

2004-03-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 21 March 2004 08:32 pm, Tomy Alarie wrote:
 Hi, i just want to know on mandrake 7, why when i try to make a boot disk
 or install lilo it tells me : couldn't find kernel file ? thanks

Well, there is probably about 20 reasons, including your lilo.conf entries are 
pointing to the wrong place or your /boot partition is not mounted, so more 
info is necessary.  

The $100,000 question everyone wants answered though is why on earth are you 
still using 7.0?
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2003-07-16 Thread Anne Wilson
I've just come across a disk containing Mdk 7.0.  Wasn't someone 
recently asking for this?

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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines?

2002-07-27 Thread Alastair Scott

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There've been various remarks from civileme and others suggesting (as I 
remember) that you have to go back to Mandrake 5.3 to get a version that'll 
run on 486s.

But I note that, in the /Mandrake-iso/i586 directory of mirrors, there's a

mandrake70-2.i486.iso (661,743,616 bytes).

Is this Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines? (If so, whoopee! - although the ISO'll 
take ages to download I have a 486, in extremis and with DOS 6.22 and Windows 
3.11 on it I believe, lying in the cellar which could be doing something :)

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines?

2002-07-27 Thread Erylon Hines

Yes, it is.  I've used it on P75 and P90 machines, too.  It has worked really 
well for me on the old Pentiums.

e.

On Saturday 27 July 2002 10:52, Alastair Scott wrote:
 There've been various remarks from civileme and others suggesting (as I
 remember) that you have to go back to Mandrake 5.3 to get a version that'll
 run on 486s.

 But I note that, in the /Mandrake-iso/i586 directory of mirrors, there's a

 mandrake70-2.i486.iso (661,743,616 bytes).

 Is this Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines? (If so, whoopee! - although the
 ISO'll take ages to download I have a 486, in extremis and with DOS 6.22
 and Windows 3.11 on it I believe, lying in the cellar which could be doing
 something :)

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines?

2002-07-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker

Alastair Scott wrote:
 There've been various remarks from civileme and others
 suggesting (as I remember) that you have to go back to
 Mandrake 5.3 to get a version that'll run on 486s.

 But I note that, in the /Mandrake-iso/i586 directory of
 mirrors, there's a

 mandrake70-2.i486.iso (661,743,616 bytes).

 Is this Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines? (If so, whoopee! -
 although the ISO'll take ages to download I have a 486, in
 extremis and with DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 on it I
 believe, lying in the cellar which could be doing something
 :)

 Alastair

Alastairthe last time I checked www.cheapbytes.com had 
the mandrake 7.0-2 i486 version available on cd for a couple 
of bucks.
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines?

2002-07-27 Thread civileme

Alan Shoemaker wrote:

Alastair Scott wrote:

There've been various remarks from civileme and others
suggesting (as I remember) that you have to go back to
Mandrake 5.3 to get a version that'll run on 486s.

But I note that, in the /Mandrake-iso/i586 directory of
mirrors, there's a

mandrake70-2.i486.iso (661,743,616 bytes).

Is this Mandrake 7.0 for 486 machines? (If so, whoopee! -
although the ISO'll take ages to download I have a 486, in
extremis and with DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 on it I
believe, lying in the cellar which could be doing something
:)

Alastair


Alastairthe last time I checked www.cheapbytes.com had 
the mandrake 7.0-2 i486 version available on cd for a couple 
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Alastair, my remarks included both 5.3 and the 7.0 Beta for 486...

5.3 is much less memory hungry and therefore probably suitable for many 
older machines (Priced SIMM memory lately?).  7.0 was a rather buggy 
distro whereas 7.1 was very very solid except for a logrotate script 
error that created subsubsub  directories and could be resolved by 
removing one '*' from the logrotate script.  

So if you get the 486 version of 7.0, you would likely be much happier 
to add the srpms for 7.1 and compile them on your 7.0 and upgrade piecemeal.

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RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-05 Thread Tom Harris

What do you mean by the 486 optimized version?

Tom.

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 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erylon Hines
 Sent: 01 March 2002 21:51
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0
 
 
 I've run the 7.0 486 optimized version on a P90 (packard hell) 
 and it worked just fine.  The only item built in was a 1M CL 
 video card.  So, the answer is probably, depending on what 
 hardware you have plugged into your Olivetti. If your hardware is 
 pretty standard stuff I'd say give it a try, if you have non-ide 
 drives you might want to use another distro for easier setup.  If 
 you have the 486 optimized version I think you should use that 
 one instead of the Pentium version--in my experience it works 
 better with the sloow Pentiums.  It'll be a learning 
 experience because you're going to have to do a lot of work 
 setting up your hardware.  
 
 BTW, I have a working P75 with the 486-7.0 sitting in my garage, 
 so it works on even slower machines.
 
 e. 
 
 On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:24:01 -
 Tom Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Does anyone know if Mandrake 7.0 would work on an Ollivetti Echo P90s?
  
  Please reply,
  
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RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-05 Thread Paul Rodríguez

The different versions of Mandrake (and most RPM programs) are compiled
for certain processors  This means that the human-readable source code
in which the program is written is translated into computer-readable
bits and bytes in the language specific to each type of computer chip

Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote a great explanation of this back in August that
I still refer to 

(found here:
http://wwwmail-archivecom/newbie%40linux-mandrakecom/msg75668html )

He wrote:


i386 = intel 80386 and compatible
i486 = intel 80486 and compatible
i586 = anything built on intel Pentium technology, including Pentium
MMX
i686 = anything built on intel Pentium Pro technology, including Pentium
II/III and Celeron

The Pentium 4 is an entirely new chip, and for the moment has no
specific 
compilers Since x86 chips are backwards-compatible, you can use i686 
packages

AMD Athlons and Durons have their own architecture (and even their own 
compilation options in gcc), but are also compatible with i686 The AMD
K6 series is Pentium-class, and so is 1586 compatible

 Does this mean that my current distro doesn't use the full capacity of
 my cpu? Would the system run faster/better with the i686 edition?

Usually the speed boost isn't large enough to make a real difference
That doesn't stop me from compiling all my packages for i686, though :-)
==

To which i would add, that if you run across an rpm which says PPC, it
is compiled for PowerPC processors (Macintosh), and if it says src, it
is actually not compiled, but contains the instructions to compile it
yourself, so would work on any type of chip

Let me know if this makes any sense


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On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 11:28, Tom Harris wrote:
 What do you mean by the 486 optimized version?
 
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RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-05 Thread Tom Harris

What is meant by optimized though?

Tom.

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 Sent: 05 March 2002 16:50
 To: newbie
 Subject: RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0


 The different versions of Mandrake (and most RPM programs) are compiled
 for certain processors.  This means that the human-readable source code
 in which the program is written is translated into computer-readable
 bits and bytes in the language specific to each type of computer chip.

 Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote a great explanation of this back in August that
 I still refer to.

 (found here:
 http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/msg75668.html )

 He wrote:

 
 i386 = intel 80386 and compatible.
 i486 = intel 80486 and compatible.
 i586 = anything built on intel Pentium technology, including Pentium
 MMX.
 i686 = anything built on intel Pentium Pro technology, including Pentium
 II/III and Celeron.

 The Pentium 4 is an entirely new chip, and for the moment has no
 specific
 compilers. Since x86 chips are backwards-compatible, you can use i686
 packages.

 AMD Athlons and Durons have their own architecture (and even their own
 compilation options in gcc), but are also compatible with i686. The AMD
 K6 series is Pentium-class, and so is 1586 compatible.

  Does this mean that my current distro doesn't use the full capacity of
  my cpu? Would the system run faster/better with the i686 edition?

 Usually the speed boost isn't large enough to make a real difference.
 That doesn't stop me from compiling all my packages for i686, though :-)
 ==

 To which i would add, that if you run across an rpm which says PPC, it
 is compiled for PowerPC processors (Macintosh), and if it says src, it
 is actually not compiled, but contains the instructions to compile it
 yourself, so would work on any type of chip.

 Let me know if this makes any sense.


 - Paul Rodriguez

 On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 11:28, Tom Harris wrote:
  What do you mean by the 486 optimized version?
 
  Tom.


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RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-04 Thread Tom Harris

Where can I download the 7.0 486 optimized version?  I can't find it on the
mandrake website.

Tom.

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 Sent: 01 March 2002 21:51
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0


 I've run the 7.0 486 optimized version on a P90 (packard hell)
 and it worked just fine.  The only item built in was a 1M CL
 video card.  So, the answer is probably, depending on what
 hardware you have plugged into your Olivetti. If your hardware is
 pretty standard stuff I'd say give it a try, if you have non-ide
 drives you might want to use another distro for easier setup.  If
 you have the 486 optimized version I think you should use that
 one instead of the Pentium version--in my experience it works
 better with the sloow Pentiums.  It'll be a learning
 experience because you're going to have to do a lot of work
 setting up your hardware.

 BTW, I have a working P75 with the 486-7.0 sitting in my garage,
 so it works on even slower machines.

 e.

 On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:24:01 -
 Tom Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Does anyone know if Mandrake 7.0 would work on an Ollivetti Echo P90s?
 
  Please reply,
 
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RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-04 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0







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Where can I download the 7.0 486 optimized version? I can't find it on the
mandrake website.


Tom.


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Hi, you can find it here
ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/Mandrake-iso/i586/
 





Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-04 Thread Erylon

I don't know about the download, but I think Cheapbytes (www.cheapbytes.com) 
has them, still.

e.


 Where can I download the 7.0 486 optimized version?  I can't find it on the
 mandrake website.

 Tom.

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  Sent: 01 March 2002 21:51
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

 Hi, you can find it here
 ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/Mandrake-iso/i586/


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Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-04 Thread Brendan

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I don't know about the download, but I think Cheapbytes (www.cheapbytes.com)
has them, still.

e.

 
  Where can I download the 7.0 486 optimized version?  I can't find it on the
  mandrake website.
 
  Tom.
 
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   Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0
 
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[newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-01 Thread Tom Harris

Does anyone know if Mandrake 7.0 would work on an Ollivetti Echo P90s?

Please reply,

Tom.

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Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2002-03-01 Thread Erylon Hines

I've run the 7.0 486 optimized version on a P90 (packard hell) and it worked just 
fine.  The only item built in was a 1M CL video card.  So, the answer is probably, 
depending on what hardware you have plugged into your Olivetti. If your hardware is 
pretty standard stuff I'd say give it a try, if you have non-ide drives you might want 
to use another distro for easier setup.  If you have the 486 optimized version I think 
you should use that one instead of the Pentium version--in my experience it works 
better with the sloow Pentiums.  It'll be a learning experience because you're 
going to have to do a lot of work setting up your hardware.  

BTW, I have a working P75 with the 486-7.0 sitting in my garage, so it works on even 
slower machines.

e. 

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0: can't install rpm files

2002-02-01 Thread Lyvim Xaphir

On Monday 28 January 2002 03:17, you wrote:

From your description it sounds like something has become knackered in the 
Mandrake 7.0 configuration.  You should not be encountering architecture 
issues.

If you're inclined, the first thing I would try is backing up all pertinent 
data on the Mandrake partition that you need to keep, then reinstalling from 
scratch.  That may solve your problem without upgrading.

However, if it was me, I would get Mandrake 8.1 if I was going to reinstall.  
This is without a doubt the best Linux distro I've tried yet.

 Hi all,

 here are some specs.
 *Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz-133
 *Intel 845E Chipset
 *512 MB RAM
 *80GB IDE HardDrive
 *TNT2 – M64 32mb Video Card

 *Linux Mandrake 7.0
 *Linux-kernel 2.2.14

 *I recently purchased a new PC and installed linux
 Mandrake 7.0 using DrakeX.  The PC has been
 partitioned as follows.
 Win98 partition 5Gbytes
 /boot
 / 17Gytes
 swap 1024Mbytes
 /home about 50Gbytes (the rest)


 Description of Problem

 When I try and install any additional packages within
 linux using any one of the rpm package manages (i.e.
 kpackage, drakerpm etc) I get an error reading:
 ‘package name’ is for a different architecture.

 I’ve tried many packages that came within the CDs
 (including i586 rpm files).  The same error was given
 following each attempt.  In addition I uninstalled
 several packages already installed during the DrakeX
 installation and attempted to reinstalled them.  I got
 the same problem.

 I need to install additional packages in order to run
 a research software package.

 I don’t understand why I’m getting this architecture
 incompatibility problem.  Is the Intel 845E chipset
 incompatible with mandrake 7.0?   Do I need to upgrade
 to Linux Mandrake 8.1?

 I eagerly look forward to a reply.
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0: can't install rpm files

2002-01-28 Thread Manny Baveas

Hi all,

here are some specs.
*Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz-133
*Intel 845E Chipset
*512 MB RAM
*80GB IDE HardDrive
*TNT2 – M64 32mb Video Card

*Linux Mandrake 7.0
*Linux-kernel 2.2.14

*I recently purchased a new PC and installed linux
Mandrake 7.0 using DrakeX.  The PC has been
partitioned as follows. 
Win98 partition 5Gbytes
/boot
/ 17Gytes
swap 1024Mbytes
/home about 50Gbytes (the rest)


Description of Problem

When I try and install any additional packages within
linux using any one of the rpm package manages (i.e.
kpackage, drakerpm etc) I get an error reading:  
‘package name’ is for a different architecture.

I’ve tried many packages that came within the CDs
(including i586 rpm files).  The same error was given
following each attempt.  In addition I uninstalled
several packages already installed during the DrakeX
installation and attempted to reinstalled them.  I got
the same problem.

I need to install additional packages in order to run
a research software package.

I don’t understand why I’m getting this architecture
incompatibility problem.  Is the Intel 845E chipset
incompatible with mandrake 7.0?   Do I need to upgrade
to Linux Mandrake 8.1? 

I eagerly look forward to a reply.
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 root login problems

2000-08-09 Thread John Stevens

Hi Everyone


I'm having difficulty trying to login as root with my current Mandrake 7.0 
installation. I recently purchased a magazine which had Mandrake 7.0 on it's 
cover CD and I follwed instructions to install it on my free hard drive. 
DrakX constantly stalled during the installation setup so I used the text 
install instead with txt_boot.img.

Having gone through the setup I was ready to login as root but Linux kept on 
telling me that the password was invalid. This is not true as I typed in the 
password correctly over and over again. I re-installed Mandrake 7.0 4 or 5 
more times and it still continued giving me the error message of invalid 
root password.

Has anyone else experienced similar problems with Mandrake 7.0? Why is it 
not accepting correct root passwords? It accepts user passwords but not the 
root one. Is there a bug in Mandrake 7.0? Please can someone help me? 
Thanks.


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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 'root' login problems

2000-08-09 Thread John Stevens

Hi Everyone


I recently purchased a magazine with Linux Madrake 7.0 on it's cover CD. I 
was very excited about it because of the reviews I had read about Mandrake 
and I couldn't wait to install it on a free hard drive of mine.

The first problem I had was using cdrom.img which allowed installation with 
DrakX. The system stalled when setup tried to analyse the type of cdrom 
being used; i.e. when it came to the CD ISO part of the startup procedure. 
That didn't bother me too much as I then switched to text install using 
txt_boot.img.

Having done that I went through the normal installation procedure and was 
ready to login. At the login prompt I tried to login as 'root' but it didn't 
accept my password. The fact is that I entered the password correctly but it 
still didn't accept the password. I thought that maybe the installation was 
corrupt so I then re-installed Mandrake 4 to 5 more times but again it was 
still giving me the same message of entering an invalid password.

Has anyone else had the same problem of root login? Has anyone else been 
given an error message saying that the password is invalid for the root user 
even though the password is entered correctly? Please can anyone help me as 
I really am very desperate to using Mandrake 7.0. Thanks.


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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 startup problem

2000-06-23 Thread Tom Brinkman

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote:
 Somebody help me please,
 
 After installtion of my MandRake 7.0 is doesn't boot/startupB.
 When I boot it with my Floppy created bootdisk during installation it
 start/boot.
 
 How do I configure my new Linux Box to startup from hardisk?
 
 thank you!

   We need to know if your using lilo or grub. Then you should post
the appropriate conf file.  either '/etc/lilo.conf' for lilo, or
'/boot/grub/menu.lst' for grub.  Also post '/etc/fstab' and the
ouput of 'fdisk -l'  (you can copy and paste from Konsole)

   If you review these files yourself and are sure they're correct
for your system, then running (as root) '/sbin/lilo' or '/sbin/grub'
should allow you to boot from HDD.  Problem is if they aren't
correct, you'll prob'ly make things worse :(

   An easier and faster solution would be to boot from the Mandrake
installation CD and choose 'upgrade'.  Might fix it, might not. 
I suspect this would only work if you chose not to install a
bootloader (eg, lilo) during your initial install.

 -- 
~~   Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 startup problem

2000-06-23 Thread Paul

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Linux Neophite wrote:


Somebody help me please,

After installtion of my MandRake 7.0 is doesn't boot/startupB.
When I boot it with my Floppy created bootdisk during installation it
start/boot.

How do I configure my new Linux Box to startup from hardisk?

thank you!

Did you create a small boot partition at the beginning of your harddisk
for LILO to be at? MD 7.0 needs that. Lilo cannot boot from anywhere
beyond cylinder 1024 in that release. MDK 7.1 seems to have fixed that
problem, I do not know yet, since I still have to get that one.

Paul

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If you lose (the) honour, you lose a lot.
If you lose your courage, you've lost everything.
But if you lose friendship, then you've lost the world!

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 startup problem

2000-06-23 Thread Mark Weaver

Paul wrote:
 
 On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Linux Neophite wrote:
 
 
 Somebody help me please,
 
 After installtion of my MandRake 7.0 is doesn't boot/startupB.
 When I boot it with my Floppy created bootdisk during installation it
 start/boot.
 
 How do I configure my new Linux Box to startup from hardisk?
 
 thank you!
 
 Did you create a small boot partition at the beginning of your harddisk
 for LILO to be at? MD 7.0 needs that. Lilo cannot boot from anywhere
 beyond cylinder 1024 in that release. MDK 7.1 seems to have fixed that
 problem, I do not know yet, since I still have to get that one.
 
 Paul
 
 --
 If you lose money, you lose nothing.
 If you lose (the) honour, you lose a lot.
 If you lose your courage, you've lost everything.
 But if you lose friendship, then you've lost the world!
 
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 http://nlpagan.net -  ICQ 147208
 Registered  Linux  User   174403

I believe that is the case, however it's still very benificial to create
a /boot partition for the boot files to reside in/on. That way at boot
time there is much less to be initialized at the git-go and Linux loads
much faster.
-- 
Mark

I love my Linux box...
  REASON #1 -- ...it isn't Windows!
Registered Linux user #1299563




[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 http install problem -- can't locate second stage ramdisk

2000-06-21 Thread Peter Yellman

I hope I'm not repeating myself, some help would be much appreciated.

I thought I had put this behind me with a couple of network/http
installs of redhat, turbolinux, etc., but am having problems w/doing so
on Mandrake 7.0. I'm trying to install from a local network http
server.  I have created a virtual directory named mandrake so that the
following directory structure is displayed when you visit
http://192.168.0.3/mandrake/

-- base
-- instimage
-- mdkinst
-- RPMS

However, when I attempt the install, I get the mesage: Unable to
retrieve the second stage ramdisk: File not found on server.

In the Web site name field, I have entered 192.168.0.3, and tried
including the http://, trailing slashes, etc., just for fun.  I have
also tried every variant to specify the directory that I can think of,
such as:
/mandrake
/mandrake/
/mandrake/base
/mandrake/base/
and others.

I've tried installing with both the graphical (DrakX) and text-based
network install images, with no success.

I installed RH 6.1 over the network, from the same webserver, on to this
very same machine just a few months ago, and it's been running on the
network fine since, so I'm pretty sure it's not the NIC.

I sure hope someone out there has a quick answer to this silly problem.

Oh yeah -- no CD-ROM on this machine.

Thanks,
Peter Yellman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 http install problem -- can't locate second stage ramdisk

2000-06-21 Thread Mark Weaver

Are you certain the port is open, and that the server is set to start
automatically when the system boots?

RedHat does this by default, but I've found that Mandrake does not.

-- 
Mark

I love my Linux Box!

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Peter Yellman wrote:

I hope I'm not repeating myself, some help would be much appreciated.

I thought I had put this behind me with a couple of network/http
installs of redhat, turbolinux, etc., but am having problems w/doing so
on Mandrake 7.0. I'm trying to install from a local network http
server.  I have created a virtual directory named mandrake so that the
following directory structure is displayed when you visit
http://192.168.0.3/mandrake/

-- base
-- instimage
-- mdkinst
-- RPMS

However, when I attempt the install, I get the mesage: Unable to
retrieve the second stage ramdisk: File not found on server.

In the Web site name field, I have entered 192.168.0.3, and tried
including the http://, trailing slashes, etc., just for fun.  I have
also tried every variant to specify the directory that I can think of,
such as:
/mandrake
/mandrake/
/mandrake/base
/mandrake/base/
and others.

I've tried installing with both the graphical (DrakX) and text-based
network install images, with no success.

I installed RH 6.1 over the network, from the same webserver, on to this
very same machine just a few months ago, and it's been running on the
network fine since, so I'm pretty sure it's not the NIC.

I sure hope someone out there has a quick answer to this silly problem.

Oh yeah -- no CD-ROM on this machine.

Thanks,
Peter Yellman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]





Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Install problems ThinkPad 760EL

2000-06-18 Thread R. D. McCallion


Hi all,

Just wanted to send a quick thank you to everyone that helped out, and to
finish the thread for the benefit of those searching the archives.

As with most problems the solution was simple enough, it was simply a
matter of running a different install batch file:

cd:\dosutils\autoboot\mdkinst\cdrom.bat
instead of 
cd:\dosutils\autoboot\autoboot.bat
(which would hang part way through the install process).

I probably should have been able to find it on my own, but well, I didn't.

Cheers,
Ryan



===
Hi Ryan,

The steps you went thru' looked familiar to me.  Try the steps I took :
presume your cdrom drive is D:\
D: cd dosutils
cd autoboot
cd mdkinst
cdrom.bat  press [ENTER] on keyboard
the install process runs, if you are "asked" to insert floppy disk, press
[ENTER] on the keyboard. You might also see error message "Error loading
Ramdisk" use your mouse pointer to press [OK] button below the message.
The install process should continue normally.





[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Install problems ThinkPad 760EL

2000-06-17 Thread R. D. McCallion


Hi all,

I've been trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my ThinkPad 760EL. The
CD and floppy drives are swappable and can not both be installed at the
same time. As a result I am unable to perform the standard CD install
using a boot floppy. I have tried several other methods, without any
success:

1. HDD install
- After partioning and xcopying all the files to the HDD, the 
installer gives 'Error reading second stage RAM disk' and hangs.

2. Running the autoboot.bat from DOS
- Installer gets to 'Initializing CDROM', then hangs.

I have tried variations on the above using different disk images for a HDD
install (pcmcia.img and text_boot.img), in both cases the same Error
occurred.

The system is a P133 with 48 megs of RAM, a 2.1 GB IDE HDD, video 
is a Trident TG9660 with 1 meg of memory.

I'd sure love to get this OS up and running, any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
Ryan





Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Install problems ThinkPad 760EL

2000-06-15 Thread ~-=Mark=-~

Ryan,

Try this. If you've got a Windows 95 CDROM setup disk lying around copy
the entire contents to the HDD including the hidden system files. It won't
work without them. The CDROM setup floppy has CDROM drivers on it that
will load when the files are accessed and the machine boots. This will
allow your machine to boot. You may have to edit the autoexec.bat file a
bit, but I feel certain you can handle this.

Load your install disk into the CDROM drive and boot your machine. If
you've prepared correctly the machine will boot, load the CDROM drivers,
which it will promprt you for the specific kind you want to load, and
you're on your way.

If you don't have this disk you can e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I
will send you the files you need to make a CDROM setup floppy. There are a
few older laptops we have at work and that's how we have to do them to
reload them on occassion.

Mark

Never wish for anything bigger than you can carry home in your pocket.
Disappointment is almost always guarrenteed. Especially if your pants 
don't have any pockets in them.

On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, R. D. McCallion wrote:

 
 Hi all,
 
 I've been trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my ThinkPad 760EL. The
 CD and floppy drives are swappable and can not both be installed at the
 same time. As a result I am unable to perform the standard CD install
 using a boot floppy. I have tried several other methods, without any
 success:
 
 1. HDD install
   - After partioning and xcopying all the files to the HDD, the 
 installer gives 'Error reading second stage RAM disk' and hangs.
 
 2. Running the autoboot.bat from DOS
   - Installer gets to 'Initializing CDROM', then hangs.
 
 I have tried variations on the above using different disk images for a HDD
 install (pcmcia.img and text_boot.img), in both cases the same Error
 occurred.
 
 The system is a P133 with 48 megs of RAM, a 2.1 GB IDE HDD, video 
 is a Trident TG9660 with 1 meg of memory.
 
 I'd sure love to get this OS up and running, any help would be greatly
 appreciated.
 
 Thanks,
 Ryan
 
 
 




[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Install problems ThinkPad 760EL

2000-06-14 Thread R. D. McCallion


Hi all,

I've been trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my ThinkPad 760EL. The
CD and floppy drives are swappable and can not both be installed at the
same time. As a result I am unable to perform the standard CD install
using a boot floppy. I have tried several other methods, without any
success:

1. HDD install
- After partioning and xcopying all the files to the HDD, the 
installer gives 'Error reading second stage RAM disk' and hangs.

2. Running the autoboot.bat from DOS
- Installer gets to 'Initializing CDROM', then hangs.

I have tried variations on the above using different disk images for a HDD
install (pcmcia.img and text_boot.img), in both cases the same Error
occurred.

The system is a P133 with 48 megs of RAM, a 2.1 GB IDE HDD, video 
is a Trident TG9660 with 1 meg of memory.

I'd sure love to get this OS up and running, any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
Ryan






[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Resintallation Cross Link Errors Problem Corrected

2000-05-19 Thread Romanator

Hi,

I was able to correct the sector overlapping errors by deleting the
partition, and specifying my own size for the D partition without
Partition Magic. 
The original D partition size was 2047 MB.

Original Installation
Mandrake 7.0's Auto allocation assigns the following to my D partition:

/boot =  15 MB
/ = 925 MB
/swap = 188 MB
/home = 925 MB  

The total is 2043 MB.

A message followed up: 
"sector #8385993 (61498 MB) and sector #6506388 (3702 MB) are
overlapping!"

I clicked on the OK and Done buttons. The installation ran okay, and
Linux
worked work for two or three days.
The third day, when I was in Linux KDE, I selected logout, shutdown and
restart. 
My intentions were go to WinNT4 - to access Netscape. During the start
up, 
the screen went totally black and did not change.

I corrected this by reinstalling as shown:

Second Installation
I ran the installation CD - to setup of file systems. Before deleting, I
clicked on each sector, and wrote down the size of each sector.
Next, I deleted the D partition, sector by sector, and resized each
sector, as shown below:

/boot =  15 MB
/ = 854 MB
/swap = 321 MB
/home = 854 MB  

The total is 2044 MB. 

Note: For '/swap', I have 128 MB. of RAM and multiplied the values times
2.5. 
The value comes to 320 but Mandrake forces it to 321 MB. No problem.

I reran the installation, with no sector errors. 


Roman




[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 and Netscape 4.7

2000-05-09 Thread Ray Winbush

Folks,

I just got online with Linux Mandrake 7.0 and am using the Netscape 4.7 that
comes with it for my browser.  Questions:

1.  I can't change the color scheme of the Netscape from the gray that's on
the mail reader.   Usually the "N" in the upper right hand color is blue,
but instead its black.

2.  Is this the latest version of Netscape that can run on LM 7.0?

Thanks,

Ray





Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 and Netscape 4.7

2000-05-09 Thread Ray Winbush

I answered my own question...I had the wrong screen resolution

Ray Winbush wrote:

 Folks,

 I just got online with Linux Mandrake 7.0 and am using the Netscape 4.7 that
 comes with it for my browser.  Questions:

 1.  I can't change the color scheme of the Netscape from the gray that's on
 the mail reader.   Usually the "N" in the upper right hand color is blue,
 but instead its black.

 2.  Is this the latest version of Netscape that can run on LM 7.0?

 Thanks,

 Ray




[newbie] mandrake 7.0

2000-05-08 Thread joey

anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-)




Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2000-05-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker

joeyorder a GPL CD from one of these places, they charge
between $.99 and $6.99 plus shipping.

http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart
http://www.linuxcentral.com/
http://www.LLand.com/
http://www.LinuxMall.com/
http://www.lsl.com/

Alan


joey wrote:
 
 anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-)

http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart
http://www.linuxcentral.com/
http://www.LLand.com/
http://www.LinuxMall.com/
http://www.lsl.com/




Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2000-05-08 Thread y u r i

Hello joey,

Tuesday, May 09, 2000, 3:56:43 PM, you wrote:

j anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-)


looks like you could get it at cheapbytes for ~$5.00 WITH SHIPPING
CHARGES.

Or go to your local newsstand and steal "Maximum Linux" mag ;-)
It's bundled with Mandrake 7 and Storm distro.

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Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2000-05-08 Thread Nathan Hopper

Why? It's free and you can DL it from a few dozen places. Check
www.mandrake.com and look for the download link?

Nathan
- Original Message -
From: "joey" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: [newbie] mandrake 7.0


 anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-)






Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2000-05-08 Thread john

you can download an image of the CD for multiple verisons from
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 . Burn it with Easy CD Creator
(others may work)

j

joey wrote:

 anyone here want to send me a copy of the linux-mandrake 7.0:-)




[newbie] mandrake 7.0-2 iso

2000-04-24 Thread freeman

I just downloaded the iso version from the net and installed
it. I was just wondering why my default Xsession is set to
some weird text based GUI.  And is there a way to change it 
to say Gnome or Kde.



MF





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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 PCMCIA Modem Problem

2000-04-23 Thread Sedat Ozkanli

Hello

I own a Compaq Armada 1590DT laptop and an Apache V90 PCMCIA modem.  The 
modem works on COM2 on DOS and Windows, and is supposed to work on ttyS1 on 
Mandrake Linux 7.0, but for some odd reason kppp gives me an error claiming 
that it is busy.

In kppp, when I setup the modem on ttyS2, I get a modem ready response, but 
when I query it, I get absolutely no feedback.  On ttyS1 it refuses to work 
altogether, and gives me that odd "Sorry, modem is busy" error.

Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?

Thank you,
Sedat Ozkanli

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 PCMCIA Modem Problem

2000-04-23 Thread WSJ



Sadet, I have exactly the same problem If I 
find a solution, will let you know.

Sparks

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Sedat 
  Ozkanli 
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 4:04 
PM
  Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 PCMCIA 
  Modem Problem
  HelloI own a Compaq Armada 1590DT laptop and an Apache 
  V90 PCMCIA modem. The modem works on COM2 on DOS and Windows, and is 
  supposed to work on ttyS1 on Mandrake Linux 7.0, but for some odd reason 
  kppp gives me an error claiming that it is busy.In kppp, when I 
  setup the modem on ttyS2, I get a modem ready response, but when I query 
  it, I get absolutely no feedback. On ttyS1 it refuses to work 
  altogether, and gives me that odd "Sorry, modem is busy" 
  error.Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?Thank 
  you,Sedat 
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 PCMCIA Modem Problem

2000-04-23 Thread Civileme

Sedat Ozkanli wrote:
 
 Hello
 
 I own a Compaq Armada 1590DT laptop and an Apache V90 PCMCIA modem.  The
 modem works on COM2 on DOS and Windows, and is supposed to work on ttyS1 on
 Mandrake Linux 7.0, but for some odd reason kppp gives me an error claiming
 that it is busy.
 
 In kppp, when I setup the modem on ttyS2, I get a modem ready response, but
 when I query it, I get absolutely no feedback.  On ttyS1 it refuses to work
 altogether, and gives me that odd "Sorry, modem is busy" error.
 
 Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?
 
 Thank you,
 Sedat Ozkanli
 
 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com


Yep

Use setserial to force the configuration.

For details open a console and type

man setserial

Most likely the modem is on that port with a non-standard
interrupt
/dev/ttys1 is on IRQ 3 and I think you will find it instead on
IRQ 10

setserial -a /dev/cua1 should give you a status.

Civileme




[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 kde themes

2000-04-10 Thread Mike Julien

Does any one know why when logged in as a user (kde) in Mandrake 7.0
that the themes
do not work right (the theme colors don't fill in) and why under
"styles" it is stuck
as "Windows Style". Everything seems to work fine when logged in as
root. (permissions 
maybe ?)

TIA

Mike Julien




[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 standard install, Windows filesystem probs

2000-04-05 Thread David Hugh-Jones

Dear all,

I recently installed Mandrake 7.0 in a dual-boot setup with Windows.
All worked fine, but my MS-DOS filesystem seeems to be messed up. File names
have
been replaced with nonsense, and the partition table is in a mess.

cfdisk gives:
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 0: Partition ends before sector 0

fdisk -l /dev/hda1 gives:
--
Disk /dev/hda1: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1048 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

Device BootStart   EndBlocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1p1   ?120513235786 925929529+  68  Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(288, 101, 46) should be (288, 254, 63)
/dev/hda1p2   ? 82801116350 269488144   79  Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(0, 13, 10) should be (0, 254, 63)
/dev/hda1p3   ? 33551120595 699181456   53  OnTrack DM6 Aux3
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(324, 77, 19) should be (324, 254, 63)
/dev/hda1p4   ? 86812 86813 10668+  49  Unknown
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(335, 78, 2) should be (335, 254, 63)
--

I assume (hope) that my partition table is corrupt, rather than my entire
msdos
system! I have a rescue disk to get into windows; if I 'format /mbr' from
there,
can I later reformat to get into linux or will i have to reinstall?
Alternatively,
can I use fdisk to reformat without destroying my windows partition?

all help gratefully received

Dave
davidhjatmaildotcom

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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 NOT ready for Prime time

2000-04-05 Thread Lawrence Koga

Hi All,  I had a problem with my CD-ROM access using Mandrake 7.0.  I 
received some sage advice from many of you out there.  They did not seem to 
work.  I was obviously doing something wrong.  I am sure I am not familiar 
with Linux is the major problem..

I reformatted the HD and reinstalled Red Hat 6.1.  All of my Mandrake 
problems disappeared.  CD works, etc.

I will continue to use Red Hat.  I like many of the Mandrake features.  I 
will try to use rpm and install features of Mandrake I like.

Thanks to all,


Please contact me if you wish to discuss this further.

Thank you,

Lawrence M. Koga
WEB Hosting Consultant
VERIO WEB Hosting
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Napa, CA 94558
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 NOT ready for Prime time

2000-04-05 Thread Lawrence Koga

Hi All,  I had a problem with my CD-ROM access using Mandrake 7.0.  I 
received some sage advice from many of you out there.  They did not seem to 
work.  I was obviously doing something wrong.  I am sure I am not familiar 
with Linux is the major problem..

I reformatted the HD and reinstalled Red Hat 6.1.  All of my Mandrake 
problems disappeared.  CD works, etc.

I will continue to use Red Hat.  I like many of the Mandrake features.  I 
will try to use rpm and install features of Mandrake I like.

Thanks to all,

Please contact me if you wish to discuss this further.

Thank you,

Lawrence M. Koga
WEB Hosting Consultant
VERIO WEB Hosting
560 Gateway Dr.
Napa, CA 94558
USA

Toll Free USA:  800-226-7996 ext. 5176
Canada  800-340-3269 ext. 5176
International:  707-256-1990 ext. 5176
Direct: 707-251-5176
FAX:707-256-2942 Attn.: Lawrence M. Koga

If you order on-line please include "176 Lawrence" in the service rep field.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT: email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call them at
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 NIC install

2000-04-05 Thread Huelskamp, VT

During installation of 7.0, the setup routine bound eth0 to my 3c509 card with dhcp.  
Upon boot the lo port is okay, but eth0 fails.  under ifconfig, it only lists the lo 
port.  how do i set up the eth0 port?

VT
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[newbie] mandrake 7.0 and sshd question

2000-04-03 Thread Charles Bennett

Hi all, I pulled down the ssl and ssh packages from the mandrake crypto
link.
The configure, compile and install happens withour complaint but
starting
sshd always gives me this error.

error: Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key: Success
1: Since the daemon didn't start what does "Success" mean?
2: ssh_host_key does exist in that directory.  I generated it using

ssh-keygen -f ssh_host_key, I also set the permissions to 600.

I'm guessing that I generated the key improperly, but this is my first
time trying to use ssh so I'm not sure how to approach the problem.

The online ssh.org etc.. seems to just assume that sshd will start :-) 
not much help in the faq ot troubleshooting areas.

Thanks

chuck



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Re: AW: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

2000-03-29 Thread Denis Havlik

Probably it is just a "default" install. It does not install networking.
Same for "make" and co. - they are not installed on default.

This will improve in 7.1 - kernel-sources will REQUIRE make, tcl/tk,
gcc... Am I lazy, or am i lazy?.-))

cu
Denis
-
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Drazenko Djuricic wrote:

:~It would be helpful if you told us what kind
:~of Ethernet card you use. I myself have four
:~networked PC's running with Mandrake,
:~each of them has a different network card,
:~so maybe I could help you if you told us more
:~about your card and it's settings.
:~
:~DJ.
:~
:~
:~
:~ -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
:~ Von: Ivan Stout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
:~ Gesendet am: Freitag, 24. März 2000 05:46
:~ An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~ Betreff: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card
:~
:~   Has anyone been able to install Mandrake 7.0 and
:~ have it recongize their ethernet card!? I've installed
:~ on two completely different systems with only the
:~ ethernet card failing to be installed on both.
:~ However, the Drakeconfig software was able to
:~ recognize all the hardware.
:~   I have yet to meet someone who has been able to
:~ install their ethernet card using Mandrake 7.0. I've
:~ also been unable to run kernel reconfiguring software
:~ like "make config", "make menuconfig", or "make
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 KDE Slow on Cyrix MII-300

2000-03-28 Thread Richard Smart (Real Time Technology Group) 0171 542 5212 2 Fl / Maple House

Mandrake 7.0 KDE runs slow on the following PC config: 

 Processor: Cyrix MII - 300 - 128Mb
 Video: SIS 5597/5598 (Uses 4Mb of main memory) using SVGA server
 Swap file: 250Mb

Have run many (text/GUI) installs, each of which produced same performance
problem after starting KDE. Installs options ranged from default settings to
disabling all selectable start-up services.

Running the GUI process monitor showed a high CPU usage. However, running 'top'
in a KDE terminal window showed no high CPU (top was highest) but memory used
was at 64Mb with a 40Mb cache. Therefore the problem appears to be related to
apps running from the KDE desktop.

When KDE was started from the command line, the monitor quickly went from
standard X Windows grey colour to blue and remained in that state for a few
seconds. The monitor then quickly went blank (black) and back to blue again for
a further 30ish seconds before displaying the KDE desktop. When loaded, the
desktop menu was very responsive but it took ages to run anything from it. Here
are some examples:

   20 seconds for KprocessMonitor;
   10 seconds for a terminal window

Have also done KDE installs using default settings on slower Pentium Pro 200
and IBM 300 - both were OK. Apart from the processor, my PC differs from these
by having a TV tuner card (not used), a motherboard soundcard (which only works
after running sndconfig) and a Rockwell compatible modem card (not setup) on
COM3.

Has anyone experience similar issues running Mandrake 7 KDE on a Cyrix PC?

Cheers

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Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card]

2000-03-25 Thread mike

Ivan Stout wrote:
 
 Maybe so . . . but I've yet confirmed someone running
 Mandrake 7.0 on any other card and the other machine
 that I installed on had the same problem (and didn't
 have a Realtek card). So, until I can confirm that
 this is card specific, I'm not going to bother to get
 a new card. Besides, it looks like the right module
 wasn't loaded. I should be able to figure out by this
 weekend.
 
 --- Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I think much of the problem is the Realtek card is a
  cheap piece of crap.
  Spend a few more $$ and
 
 
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I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on two machines.
On the 1st, it recognised my 3C509B ISA NIC No probs.
On the 2nd computer with the same NIC it initialised it fine,
connected to the encryption site ok..then when I completed the
installation and re-started my computer it couldn't initialise 
it on boot.
I did an expert upgrade and re-defined my NIC excactly the 
same as I had defined it before without changeing 
anything else and Walla!, when I re-started once again
all was well :-)

Strange eh!!

Cheers:


Mike.




Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card]]

2000-03-25 Thread Jaguar

I have 2 NIC's in this one box ( with a cable modem)...both 3Com's 503/509B,
both work, yet only the 509B shows up in DrakX...figure that one out. BTW...I
am sending thiss fomr the NIC that doesn't exist as far as DrakX is
concerned.

mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Ivan Stout wrote:
  
  Maybe so . . . but I've yet confirmed someone running
  Mandrake 7.0 on any other card and the other machine
  that I installed on had the same problem (and didn't
  have a Realtek card). So, until I can confirm that
  this is card specific, I'm not going to bother to get
  a new card. Besides, it looks like the right module
  wasn't loaded. I should be able to figure out by this
  weekend.
  
  --- Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   I think much of the problem is the Realtek card is a
   cheap piece of crap.
   Spend a few more $$ and
  
  
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 I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on two machines.
 On the 1st, it recognised my 3C509B ISA NIC No probs.
 On the 2nd computer with the same NIC it initialised it fine,
 connected to the encryption site ok..then when I completed the
 installation and re-started my computer it couldn't initialise 
 it on boot.
 I did an expert upgrade and re-defined my NIC excactly the 
 same as I had defined it before without changeing 
 anything else and Walla!, when I re-started once again
 all was well :-)
 
 Strange eh!!
 
 Cheers:
 
 
 Mike.



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Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card]]

2000-03-25 Thread mike

Interestingly enough, on both of my systems Drak doesnt show any NIC!
But the NIC's are now working fine.3Com 3C509B's...

What is one to think?
Bug City could it be?

Cheers:

Mike.

PS... do you think that the powers that be take heed of
our problems or do we have to actively file a bug report.
Powers that be are invited to respond!

Jaguar wrote:
 
 I have 2 NIC's in this one box ( with a cable modem)...both 3Com's 503/509B,
 both work, yet only the 509B shows up in DrakX...figure that one out. BTW...I
 am sending thiss fomr the NIC that doesn't exist as far as DrakX is
 concerned.
 
 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Ivan Stout wrote:
  
   Maybe so . . . but I've yet confirmed someone running
   Mandrake 7.0 on any other card and the other machine
   that I installed on had the same problem (and didn't
   have a Realtek card). So, until I can confirm that
   this is card specific, I'm not going to bother to get
   a new card. Besides, it looks like the right module
   wasn't loaded. I should be able to figure out by this
   weekend.
  
   --- Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think much of the problem is the Realtek card is a
cheap piece of crap.
Spend a few more $$ and
   
  
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  I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on two machines.
  On the 1st, it recognised my 3C509B ISA NIC No probs.
  On the 2nd computer with the same NIC it initialised it fine,
  connected to the encryption site ok..then when I completed the
  installation and re-started my computer it couldn't initialise
  it on boot.
  I did an expert upgrade and re-defined my NIC excactly the
  same as I had defined it before without changeing
  anything else and Walla!, when I re-started once again
  all was well :-)
 
  Strange eh!!
 
  Cheers:
 
 
  Mike.
 
 
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Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card]]

2000-03-25 Thread JOHN H MUNRO

I keep getting endless amounts of e-mail from newbe linux
how do i unsubcribe?
- Original Message -
From: mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 1:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet
card]]


 Interestingly enough, on both of my systems Drak doesnt show any NIC!
 But the NIC's are now working fine.3Com 3C509B's...

 What is one to think?
 Bug City could it be?

 Cheers:

 Mike.

 PS... do you think that the powers that be take heed of
 our problems or do we have to actively file a bug report.
 Powers that be are invited to respond!

 Jaguar wrote:
 
  I have 2 NIC's in this one box ( with a cable modem)...both 3Com's
503/509B,
  both work, yet only the 509B shows up in DrakX...figure that one out.
BTW...I
  am sending thiss fomr the NIC that doesn't exist as far as DrakX is
  concerned.
 
  mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Ivan Stout wrote:
   
Maybe so . . . but I've yet confirmed someone running
Mandrake 7.0 on any other card and the other machine
that I installed on had the same problem (and didn't
have a Realtek card). So, until I can confirm that
this is card specific, I'm not going to bother to get
a new card. Besides, it looks like the right module
wasn't loaded. I should be able to figure out by this
weekend.
   
--- Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I think much of the problem is the Realtek card is a
 cheap piece of crap.
 Spend a few more $$ and

   
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   I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on two machines.
   On the 1st, it recognised my 3C509B ISA NIC No probs.
   On the 2nd computer with the same NIC it initialised it fine,
   connected to the encryption site ok..then when I completed the
   installation and re-started my computer it couldn't initialise
   it on boot.
   I did an expert upgrade and re-defined my NIC excactly the
   same as I had defined it before without changeing
   anything else and Walla!, when I re-started once again
   all was well :-)
  
   Strange eh!!
  
   Cheers:
  
  
   Mike.
 
  
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

2000-03-24 Thread Ivan Stout

  The card at home is a Realtek Semiconductor Co, Ltd.
8029 model PCI card (Drakconf on 7.0 found this
information fine. . .). I also checked that the
correct driver was being used, which it was, but I am
starting to think that what Drakconf thinks doesn't
really influence the rest of the system (i.e. the
kernel is not loading the proper module). Before this
system was running on Mandrake 6.1, and I had
absolutely no trouble setting it up (that happened to
be before Drakconf). It recognized everything
automatically. 
  The other system is at my school and has the exact
same problem. I don't know what card it is using, but
they are most likely different (the hardware function
doesn't even show up on that system's Drakconf). The
only reason I brought it up was because I that it
would support the notion that there might be a bug
preventing the card from being recognized (perhaps in
Drakconf?). 
  Also, I might be mistaken but I should get important
programs running when typing, "make config, xconfig,
menuconfig" but nothing happens (the system complains
a target wasn't set . . .). So perhaps these programs
are not included in 7.0. If so, is there any other
program I can use to reconfigure the kernel? 

Thanks, 

Ivan Stout

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Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

2000-03-24 Thread Ivan Stout

Well, if it is the same problem then maybe something
is wrong with their driver. I checked the Realtek
website but it appears to be under construction
(assumed it was www.realtek.com . . .). However, this
same problem came up with a different card, as well.
6.1 didn't have this problem. Is there anyway to get
rid of the Drakconf software or disable it? I have a
feeling that it is what is causing all our grief . . .
A bug was submitted (#712) at the website, but I
couldn't find any fixes for it. I've yet confirmed
anyone running Mandrake 7.0 Propack with an installed
ethernet card . . . 


--- "Alexander S." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hello Ivan,
 
 Friday, March 24, 2000, 5:42:26 PM, you wrote:
 
 IS   The card at home is a Realtek Semiconductor
 Co, Ltd.
 IS 8029 model PCI card (Drakconf on 7.0 found this
 IS information fine. . .). I also checked that the
 
 Yeah, i have same card and same trouble.
 Card detected as NE2K-PCI (its ok i think, when i
 use slackware - all
 be fine), but when mandrake loading eth0 [FAILED] :(
 
 no idea how fix this
 
 
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

2000-03-24 Thread Ed Tharp

I have had the same problem, my Ethernet card is a realtec rtl8139. it gets
noticed by Luther, but can not be configured for the same i/o and irq that
windows see it at, and does not activate at boot.   eth0=[FAILED]  . I also
have not been able to get my awe64 gold sound card to configure properly
either.
- Original Message -
From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card


 Ivan Stout wrote:

Has anyone been able to install Mandrake 7.0 and
  have it recongize their ethernet card!? I've installed
  on two completely different systems with only the
  ethernet card failing to be installed on both.
  However, the Drakeconfig software was able to
  recognize all the hardware.
I have yet to meet someone who has been able to
  install their ethernet card using Mandrake 7.0. I've
  also been unable to run kernel reconfiguring software
  like "make config", "make menuconfig", or "make
  xconfig."
 
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 What is the make and model of your ethernet card???


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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

2000-03-24 Thread Joseph S. Gardner

Ed Tharp wrote:

 I have had the same problem, my Ethernet card is a realtec rtl8139. it gets
 noticed by Luther, but can not be configured for the same i/o and irq that
 windows see it at, and does not activate at boot.   eth0=[FAILED]  . I also
 have not been able to get my awe64 gold sound card to configure properly
 either.
 - Original Message -
 From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 9:03 AM
 Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

  Ivan Stout wrote:
 
 Has anyone been able to install Mandrake 7.0 and
   have it recongize their ethernet card!? I've installed
   on two completely different systems with only the
   ethernet card failing to be installed on both.
   However, the Drakeconfig software was able to
   recognize all the hardware.
 I have yet to meet someone who has been able to
   install their ethernet card using Mandrake 7.0. I've
   also been unable to run kernel reconfiguring software
   like "make config", "make menuconfig", or "make
   xconfig."

How about just for grins try swapping the two cards in box?  Something about
type1 PCI slots keep's gnawing at the back of my mind.

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

2000-03-24 Thread Ivan Stout

This is a bit terse (they must be busy), but I asked
for clarification.

Hi there,

type lsmod to verify the modules and then dmesg |less.

you should install the kernel-source and
kernel-headers packages.

sincerely,
-- 
Florin Grad
(Technical Support Team)

Ok, here's my interpretation of this advice. You type
lsmod to see what modules are loaded. Ok, not modules
for my card, that must be it! The dmesg | less gives
you something that I think looks like the boot log, or
something. I actually see something that looks like my
card. H . . . OK, so the kernel-source and
kernel-headers packages were not installed during the
regular installation. When I look at their site it
looks like the kernel source should be on the 2 CD.
How about the kernel-header. Is that why I couldn't
run "make menuconfig." I message said "no target" so
maybe it just couldn't find the source to reconfigure
and compile the new kernel. 

Anyone thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks!

Ivan 

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Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card]

2000-03-24 Thread Jaguar

I think much of the problem is the Realtek card is a cheap piece of crap. 
Spend a few more $$ and 



Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card]]

2000-03-24 Thread Jaguar

Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I think much of the problem is the Realtek card is a



Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card]

2000-03-24 Thread Ivan Stout

Maybe so . . . but I've yet confirmed someone running
Mandrake 7.0 on any other card and the other machine
that I installed on had the same problem (and didn't
have a Realtek card). So, until I can confirm that
this is card specific, I'm not going to bother to get
a new card. Besides, it looks like the right module
wasn't loaded. I should be able to figure out by this
weekend. 


--- Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I think much of the problem is the Realtek card is a
 cheap piece of crap. 
 Spend a few more $$ and 
 

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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 unable to install ethernet card

2000-03-23 Thread Ivan Stout

  Has anyone been able to install Mandrake 7.0 and
have it recongize their ethernet card!? I've installed
on two completely different systems with only the
ethernet card failing to be installed on both.
However, the Drakeconfig software was able to
recognize all the hardware.
  I have yet to meet someone who has been able to
install their ethernet card using Mandrake 7.0. I've
also been unable to run kernel reconfiguring software
like "make config", "make menuconfig", or "make
xconfig."   

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough space in partition /

2000-03-20 Thread Jim Del Cañamo

You must format this partition.

From: kiriakos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough
space in partition/"
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 03:22:34 +0200

Hello all,

I just got a Mandrake 7.0 distribution from a computer magazine. It all
goes well up to the point that it asks me for the packages I want to
install.

I had the disk auto-allocated, which gives me around 1409 Megs for the /
partition. I chose "expert" installation (I'm not an expert, just a
freak, hehe) and development type. After that point, the installation
gives me an error saying more or less that the packages I chose are 1180
Megs in size and there's no space for all of them (like 1180  1409?)
but I could go on anyway, just I won't get all packages installed. I OK
this, to go on, and then I get a menu of package choices (Server,
Development, Games, etc.) I choose the absolute minimum, which is 1180
Megs, and when I OK this too, I get an error that the .rpms could not be
installed because of no space in / partition.

This is weird cause I restarted after I partitioned, so there shouldn't
be a problem for the installation to see the allocated space.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
GG


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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough space in partition /

2000-03-17 Thread kiriakos

Hello all,

I just got a Mandrake 7.0 distribution from a computer magazine. It all
goes well up to the point that it asks me for the packages I want to
install. 

I had the disk auto-allocated, which gives me around 1409 Megs for the /
partition. I chose "expert" installation (I'm not an expert, just a
freak, hehe) and development type. After that point, the installation
gives me an error saying more or less that the packages I chose are 1180
Megs in size and there's no space for all of them (like 1180  1409?)
but I could go on anyway, just I won't get all packages installed. I OK
this, to go on, and then I get a menu of package choices (Server,
Development, Games, etc.) I choose the absolute minimum, which is 1180
Megs, and when I OK this too, I get an error that the .rpms could not be
installed because of no space in / partition. 

This is weird cause I restarted after I partitioned, so there shouldn't
be a problem for the installation to see the allocated space.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
GG



Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough space in partition /

2000-03-17 Thread root


i got the same error i had to delete the partion adn restart with it listed as
empty and linux installed fine with all the pacages may or may not work but you
can give it a try 





On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, you wrote:

 Hello all,
 
 I just got a Mandrake 7.0 distribution from a computer magazine. It all
 goes well up to the point that it asks me for the packages I want to
 install. 
 
 I had the disk auto-allocated, which gives me around 1409 Megs for the /
 partition. I chose "expert" installation (I'm not an expert, just a
 freak, hehe) and development type. After that point, the installation
 gives me an error saying more or less that the packages I chose are 1180
 Megs in size and there's no space for all of them (like 1180  1409?)
 but I could go on anyway, just I won't get all packages installed. I OK
 this, to go on, and then I get a menu of package choices (Server,
 Development, Games, etc.) I choose the absolute minimum, which is 1180
 Megs, and when I OK this too, I get an error that the .rpms could not be
 installed because of no space in / partition. 
 
 This is weird cause I restarted after I partitioned, so there shouldn't
 be a problem for the installation to see the allocated space.
 
 Any ideas?
 Thanks in advance
 GG



Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough space in partition /

2000-03-17 Thread Tony

is this 7.0 or the fixed up version 7.0-2
"Weave a circle round him thrice,
  And close your eyes with holy dread,
  For he on honeydew hath fed,
  And drunk the milk of paradise."  (The linux user)

- Original Message -
From: "kiriakos" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 9:22 PM
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough
space in partition /"


 Hello all,

 I just got a Mandrake 7.0 distribution from a computer magazine. It all
 goes well up to the point that it asks me for the packages I want to
 install.

 I had the disk auto-allocated, which gives me around 1409 Megs for the /
 partition. I chose "expert" installation (I'm not an expert, just a
 freak, hehe) and development type. After that point, the installation
 gives me an error saying more or less that the packages I chose are 1180
 Megs in size and there's no space for all of them (like 1180  1409?)
 but I could go on anyway, just I won't get all packages installed. I OK
 this, to go on, and then I get a menu of package choices (Server,
 Development, Games, etc.) I choose the absolute minimum, which is 1180
 Megs, and when I OK this too, I get an error that the .rpms could not be
 installed because of no space in / partition.

 This is weird cause I restarted after I partitioned, so there shouldn't
 be a problem for the installation to see the allocated space.

 Any ideas?
 Thanks in advance
 GG



Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error notenough space in partition/

2000-03-17 Thread kiriakos

It is 7.0, but do you know for sure that this bug has been fixed in
7.0-2? Because I would like to have 7.0 running and upgrade it from
there. Or else I'd have to download the update I guess, and I don't know
what I should do in that case. I mean, where do I find and where do I
save the update, since my medium is a CD.

And (attn: guy named root) how do I list a partition empty? I would
think it's already empty, I just created it

GG

Tony wrote:
 
 is this 7.0 or the fixed up version 7.0-2
 "Weave a circle round him thrice,
   And close your eyes with holy dread,
   For he on honeydew hath fed,
   And drunk the milk of paradise."  (The linux user)
 
 - Original Message -
 From: "kiriakos" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 9:22 PM
 Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough
 space in partition /"
 
  Hello all,
 
  I just got a Mandrake 7.0 distribution from a computer magazine. It all
  goes well up to the point that it asks me for the packages I want to
  install.
 
  I had the disk auto-allocated, which gives me around 1409 Megs for the /
  partition. I chose "expert" installation (I'm not an expert, just a
  freak, hehe) and development type. After that point, the installation
  gives me an error saying more or less that the packages I chose are 1180
  Megs in size and there's no space for all of them (like 1180  1409?)
  but I could go on anyway, just I won't get all packages installed. I OK
  this, to go on, and then I get a menu of package choices (Server,
  Development, Games, etc.) I choose the absolute minimum, which is 1180
  Megs, and when I OK this too, I get an error that the .rpms could not be
  installed because of no space in / partition.
 
  This is weird cause I restarted after I partitioned, so there shouldn't
  be a problem for the installation to see the allocated space.
 
  Any ideas?
  Thanks in advance
  GG



Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error notenoughspace inpartition/

2000-03-17 Thread Alan Shoemaker

GGthere is a link on the mandrake website that has all of
the updated .img files from the 7.0-2 release.  If you make a
floppy boot disc from one of these .img files and boot the
system from it instead of from the 7.0 cd itself, then the
install will proceed as if you had used the 7.0-2 cd.

Alan


kiriakos wrote:
 
 It is 7.0, but do you know for sure that this bug has been fixed in
 7.0-2? Because I would like to have 7.0 running and upgrade it from
 there. Or else I'd have to download the update I guess, and I don't know
 what I should do in that case. I mean, where do I find and where do I
 save the update, since my medium is a CD.
 
 And (attn: guy named root) how do I list a partition empty? I would
 think it's already empty, I just created it
 
 GG
 
 Tony wrote:
 
  is this 7.0 or the fixed up version 7.0-2
  "Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of paradise."  (The linux user)
 
  - Original Message -
  From: "kiriakos" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 9:22 PM
  Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 - Installation screams 'error not enough
  space in partition /"
 
   Hello all,
  
   I just got a Mandrake 7.0 distribution from a computer magazine. It all
   goes well up to the point that it asks me for the packages I want to
   install.
  
   I had the disk auto-allocated, which gives me around 1409 Megs for the /
   partition. I chose "expert" installation (I'm not an expert, just a
   freak, hehe) and development type. After that point, the installation
   gives me an error saying more or less that the packages I chose are 1180
   Megs in size and there's no space for all of them (like 1180  1409?)
   but I could go on anyway, just I won't get all packages installed. I OK
   this, to go on, and then I get a menu of package choices (Server,
   Development, Games, etc.) I choose the absolute minimum, which is 1180
   Megs, and when I OK this too, I get an error that the .rpms could not be
   installed because of no space in / partition.
  
   This is weird cause I restarted after I partitioned, so there shouldn't
   be a problem for the installation to see the allocated space.
  
   Any ideas?
   Thanks in advance
   GG



[newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-25 Thread Vernon Narron



Having problem setting up Monitor, I think thats 
why when it promps me to start program it goes thru this long list of things 
then my Monitor light turns amber  nothing else happens. Any help would be 
appreciated. Thanks Dewain Narron 757-866-0301


Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Sound Problem

2000-02-23 Thread John Couturier

Try this, select whatever you want in the dropdown box.  Then close lothar.  As "root" 
edit /etc/conf.modules and look for the line with the incorrect io port and change it 
to the correct port number.  Then not the line that says "alias sound" the last thing 
on that line is the module name.  Save conf.modules and do "modprobe (the name of the 
sound module)" replace (the name of the sound module) with the actual name of the 
module from conf.modules. Or just reboot.

Hope this works for you.

-- Original Message --
From: "jack hess" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:55:32 MST

I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on my IBM Thinkpad 600E.  I ran Lothar to 
configure my sound chipset.  Lothar "sensed" the incorrect chipset, and when 
I selected the correct one, Crystal CS4232, I was given via a drop down 
window the IO PORT addresses 230 through 280.  This chipset uses 0x530 port 
address.  Lothar will not allow me to edit in the correct address.

Can anyone tell me how to get around this issue?

Thanks,

Jack
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Sound Problem

2000-02-22 Thread jack hess

I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on my IBM Thinkpad 600E.  I ran Lothar to 
configure my sound chipset.  Lothar "sensed" the incorrect chipset, and when 
I selected the correct one, Crystal CS4232, I was given via a drop down 
window the IO PORT addresses 230 through 280.  This chipset uses 0x530 port 
address.  Lothar will not allow me to edit in the correct address.

Can anyone tell me how to get around this issue?

Thanks,

Jack
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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread Ponton, Jason
Title: Mandrake 7.0





Has anyone seen the following message while installing mandrake 7.0? Please help if you can! Thank you.


 in second stage install
 _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
 _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
 Fri Feb 18 09:05:23 2000 Gtk_WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 at /usr/bin/perl-
 install/my_gtk.pm line 139.
 install exited abnormally


Jason



Jason Ponton
Semiconductor Group, Texas Instruments Inc.
13536 N. Central Expressway MS947, Dallas, TX 75243.
Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone : 972-995-1903
Fax : 972-995-5165
 





Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread George Houdek-Viskovska
Title: Mandrake 7.0



Hi :-) this is problem with you CD rom 
.
I have same problem and same message .I make 
install on second computer { with CD rom Acer} and now is Mandrake install 
normal. You need CDrom Mulitiread :-) George

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Ponton, Jason 

  To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' 
  Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:40 
  AM
  Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0
  
  Has anyone seen the following message while installing 
  mandrake 7.0? Please help if you can! Thank you. 
   in second stage 
  install  
  _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111  _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: 
  Can't connect: errno = 111  Fri Feb 18 09:05:23 2000 
  Gtk_WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 at /usr/bin/perl-  install/my_gtk.pm line 
  139.  
  install exited abnormally 
  Jason 
   
  Jason Ponton Semiconductor Group, 
  Texas Instruments Inc. 13536 N. Central Expressway 
  MS947, Dallas, TX 75243. Email : 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone : 972-995-1903 Fax : 972-995-5165  



RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-18 Thread Ted Johnston
Title: Mandrake 7.0



I've 
received the same message. Have tried two different PCI video cards (old 
machine) and get the same message. Recommendation from another forum was 
to usin "linux text" at the lilo prompt. Mandrake doesn't like your video 
card. Haven't had time to get back to that machine.

  -Original Message-From: Ponton, Jason 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:40 
  AMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [newbie] 
  Mandrake 7.0
  Has anyone seen the following message while installing 
  mandrake 7.0? Please help if you can! Thank you. 
   in second stage 
  install  
  _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111  _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: 
  Can't connect: errno = 111  Fri Feb 18 09:05:23 2000 
  Gtk_WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 at /usr/bin/perl-  install/my_gtk.pm line 
  139.  
  install exited abnormally 
  Jason 
   
  Jason Ponton Semiconductor Group, 
  Texas Instruments Inc. 13536 N. Central Expressway 
  MS947, Dallas, TX 75243. Email : 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone : 972-995-1903 Fax : 972-995-5165  



Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0

2000-02-17 Thread steve . flynn



Don't use 7.0 myself

You processors are not being detected because you need to use a different
Kernel with SMP support switched on. By default, the installation comes up
with a single processor kernel. Have a look in

/boot

Do you have an kernel in there with -smp- in the title? If so, it's the SMP
version. Link vmlinuz to it and reboot. Ta-da - 2 processors.

I've got a 566 dual celeron set-up at the moment, so I've been down this
road myself.

Steve Flynn
IBM MVS Operations Analyst



"gary williams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/02/2000 15:45:08

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cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM)
Subject:  [newbie] mandrake 7.0




i have two questions about mandrake 7.0
first, why is it if i install mandrake as a server the default GUI is
not KDE?

second why doesn't mandrake recognize both my processors? i have a
netfinity 3500 m10, with dual 500mhz pentium 3 processors. when i
install it only shows one processor on the signon screen.






[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 gnome is slow

2000-02-17 Thread Frank Rocco

Hello,

I just installed kde  gnome and gnome is much slower.
I have to use kde to do any work because of this.

Is this a setup issue?

Thanks
Frank Rocco



[newbie] mandrake 7.0 and athlon computers

2000-02-14 Thread E. Warren

hello,

I am having trouble getting Mandrake 7 to install on my athlon.  I am trying
to install it and it gets to loading the packages from the CD and it locks
the computer.  Is there anything that I need to know about my problem and
what may be causing it?

Thanks
Eli Warren



Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 and athlon computers

2000-02-14 Thread Brent Timmer

It's not your athlon.  Mine installed just great.

- Original Message -
From: "E. Warren" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 and athlon computers


 hello,

 I am having trouble getting Mandrake 7 to install on my athlon.  I am
trying
 to install it and it gets to loading the packages from the CD and it locks
 the computer.  Is there anything that I need to know about my problem and
 what may be causing it?

 Thanks
 Eli Warren




Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0-2 ... Is it really Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk?

2000-02-13 Thread M Thompson

Seve,

Which kernel source version does OSS want you to install?

I would:
1) run "make xconfig" and choose the option to save the configuration to 
disk
2) break the symlink "/usr/src/linux"
3) download the kernel source that you need and uncompress it to a directory 
named /usr/src/linux-version
4) create a symlink from /usr/src/linux/ to /usr/src/linux-version
5) try installing OSS with this new kernel source

BTW - If you need to recompile the kernel, you can load the backup 
configuration from step #1


HTH,
Matt


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0-2 ... Is it really Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk?
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:39:58 -0800

I tried installing OSS (the paid version) won't install and it's telling me 
that my Kernel is 2.2.14-1mdk.  Is Mandrake 7.0-2  using a different kernel 
from what it's claiming?

Seve

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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0-2 ... Is it really Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk?

2000-02-12 Thread Sevatio Octavio




I tried installing OSS (the paid version) won't 
install and it's telling me that my Kernel is 2.2.14-1mdk. Is Mandrake 
7.0-2 using a different kernel from what it's claiming?

Seve


[newbie] mandrake 7.0 install problems

2000-02-09 Thread Kyle Filipski

Hi, me again, the one with the ATI rage fury card problem with 6.1
I just received my new mandrake 7.0 CD, tried to install it (by booting from
the CDRom)
and no-luck...it creates the ramdrive (slowly) then tries to setup the
cdrom...
the blue line on the bottom of the screen goes away and a blinking cursor
appears
at the bottom left corner...the computer isn't locked up...you can type
anything on
the screen but it doesn't do anything
HELP!!!
I hate Windows98Microsoft
I want to use LINUX!

C-Ya Flip



Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 install problems

2000-02-09 Thread rplummer

It seems that Mandrakes graphical installer has its share of 
problems handling different video cards and /or monitors.  You will 
probably have to do the same as I did, use the Text Install.

to do that, you boot from the CD, and when the text screen comes 
up with the different colors of text and has 4 or 5 lines of 
instructions about pressing enter, typing expert and etc. just type 
"linux text" without the quotes and press enter.  You will be able to 
set the parameters for your video card  monitor later and test 
them to get them right.

Ray

On 9 Feb 00, at 13:31, Kyle Filipski wrote:

 Hi, me again, the one with the ATI rage fury card problem with 6.1
 I just received my new mandrake 7.0 CD, tried to install it (by booting from
 the CDRom)
 and no-luck...it creates the ramdrive (slowly) then tries to setup the
 cdrom...
 the blue line on the bottom of the screen goes away and a blinking cursor
 appears
 at the bottom left corner...the computer isn't locked up...you can type
 anything on
 the screen but it doesn't do anything
 HELP!!!
 I hate Windows98Microsoft
 I want to use LINUX!
 
 C-Ya Flip
 
 




Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Harold Hartley

the next time you shop for a modem, it will say on the package if it is a winmodem or 
not...
winmodem's are not really covered under linux yet, but there are some beta code for a 
couple I know of...
I always found the external modems to be better for me..
some like the internals though..
you may want to ask the store clerk or who ever is there that you don't want a 
winmodem...
I have a U.S. Robotics 56k V.90 modem on mine and works great...

Harold


Hex Ru Unholy wrote:

 Hello I recently downloaded mandrake 7.0 and installed it on my previous windows 98 
system and in mandrake when i am trying to install my modem it wont detect it and i 
read from the FAQ's that the problem could be the fact that it is a pci winmodem 
my question to you is is there any way around this problem? if not when i go to 
purchase another modem how can i tell if its not a winmodem??? i am really tired of 
windows in general and would like to fully change over to linux but until i can 
figure this problem i am unable to do what i would like to be doing on linux please 
help me in any way possible... thank you for your time...

 Dario Goddin
 Valued Linux User

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RE: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Carroll Miles

I recently purchased a US Robiotics 56k V.90 Faxmodem PCI (OEM or white box) Model 
2977 from Allstar Microelectronics, Inc (found through CNet.com).  At first I had the 
wrong modem so I called Allstar and asked for a modem which would work with 
Linux...they gave me the above.

And the modem was picked up by Mandrake 7.0 when I installed it.  I can't testify as 
to how the modem works yet because I didn't have the manual when I installed the 
distribution and I didn't set the partitions correctly.  So I am going to have to 
reinstall Mandrake again after I finish studying the manual.


--Original Message--
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Sent: February 5, 2000 10:29:26 PM GMT
Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...


You wrote:


 ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...
 ** Original Sender: Hex Ru Unholy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ** Original Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 16:59:48 EST

 ** Original Message follows... 


 Hello I recently downloaded mandrake 7.0 and installed it on my previous windows 98 
system and in mandrake when i am trying to install my modem it wont detect it and i 
read 
from the FAQ's that the problem could be the fact that it is a pci winmodem my 
question 
to you is is there any way around this problem? if not when i go to purchase another 
modem 
how can i tell if its not a winmodem??? i am really tired of windows in general and 
would like 
to fully change over to linux but until i can figure this problem i am unable to do 
what i would 
like to be doing on linux please help me in any way possible... thank you for your 
time...
 
 Dario Goddin
 Valued Linux User
 
 
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** - End Original Message --- **

 

I had the same problem .. how I solved it was with an
EXTERNAL modem (one that plugs into a com port)

I believe any external model would work (I believe that
WinModems are all internal) .. but I may be wrong, perhaps
someone else has additional info on this

Alan
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RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Foyah Z. Freeman, Jr.

I am a newbie also and face similar modem problem.  I solved my by
purchasing the 56K Internal Call Waiting Modem from Actiontec (I do not
remember the number), it has drivers for linux in there.  This is the actual
instructions I had to write as root to enable my modem:
Step A.  cat /proc/pci
This will produce lines of outcome that begin with 
something like:
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x000.
This may vary on your pc.
.
Medium devsel. Fast back-toback capable.  IRQ 11.
.
.
.
.
.
.
I/O at  0x6400.
I/O at  0x6800   The port and irq might be different on your pc.
I/O at  0x6c00

Step B.   Pay attention to the IRQ, and First I/O address and type in the
following command:
setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0x6400 irq 11  my system required
/dev/ttyS0, you may try that also.

Step C.  In order for Linux to configure the modem at boot-up, head to I had
to head to /etc/rc.d/ directory and usuing a text editor, I edited
 the rc.local file and inserted: setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port
0x6400 irq 11


This worked for my modem on my system.  I don't know how these things work
but if you want to try this, you can first post this info and see if anyone
would know if might help.

Good Luck.

Foyah

-Original Message-
From: Hex Ru Unholy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 4:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

Hello I recently downloaded mandrake 7.0 and installed it on my previous
windows 98 system and in mandrake when i am trying to install my modem it
wont detect it and i read from the FAQ's that the problem could be the fact
that it is a pci winmodem my question to you is is there any way around
this problem? if not when i go to purchase another modem how can i tell if
its not a winmodem??? i am really tired of windows in general and would like
to fully change over to linux but until i can figure this problem i am
unable to do what i would like to be doing on linux please help me in any
way possible... thank you for your time...

Dario Goddin
Valued Linux User


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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...

2000-02-05 Thread Hex Ru Unholy

Hello I recently downloaded mandrake 7.0 and installed it on my previous windows 98 
system and in mandrake when i am trying to install my modem it wont detect it and i 
read from the FAQ's that the problem could be the fact that it is a pci winmodem 
my question to you is is there any way around this problem? if not when i go to 
purchase another modem how can i tell if its not a winmodem??? i am really tired of 
windows in general and would like to fully change over to linux but until i can figure 
this problem i am unable to do what i would like to be doing on linux please help me 
in any way possible... thank you for your time...

Dario Goddin
Valued Linux User


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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 and Apache

2000-02-04 Thread Mike Bergen

I am moving from a Slackware 4.0 distribution to Mandrake 7.0.

In Slackware the apache was pre configured to pass out home pages based on 
the "/home/user"  model. I never had to deal with it. Now That I am using 
mandrake I only get 403(forbidden) errors. I can get the root pages but not 
any of the user pages. I checked the httpd.conf file and it looks ok to me. 



I have read but surely not comprehended all of the included apache docs

Any suggestions
Thank you in advance

Just Confused




[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 questions

2000-02-02 Thread ottffss

I downloaded the Mandrake 7.0 iso and installed it on several
machines.   For the most part it works great, but I've found a few small
problems on all three of the machines I've installed on:

1) when I run

[msh@localhost msh]$ /usr/bin/E-ScreenSave.epplet

I get a desktop icon with several buttons on it, when click on the lock
button I get
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0

shouldn't the screensaver come on?  If so, what do I need to do to fix
things?

2) when I login in as root and choose the GNOME option, I see the usual
GNOME panel at the bottom of the screen.  However, logging as a regular
user and chosing GNOME doesn't give a panel at the bottom of the
screen.  Everything else seems to work fine.  In case it helps here is a
list of processes running once in GNOME as a regular user:


[msh@localhost msh]$ ps -ax
  PID TTY  STAT   TIME COMMAND
1 ?S  0:03 init [5]
2 ?SW 0:00 [kflushd]
3 ?SW 0:00 [kupdate]
4 ?SW 0:00 [kpiod]
5 ?SW 0:00 [kswapd]
6 ?SW0:00 [mdrecoveryd]
  250 ?S  0:00 portmap
  265 ?S  0:00 /usr/sbin/apmd -p 10 -w 5 -W -g -s
/etc/sysconfig/apm-scripts/suspend -r /etc/
  329 ?S  0:00 syslogd -m 0
  339 ?S  0:00 klogd
  354 ?S  0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
  369 ?S  0:00 crond
  384 ?S  0:00 inetd
  399 ?S  0:00 lpd
  419 ?SW 0:00 [lockd]
  420 ?SW 0:00 [rpciod]
  430 ?S  0:00 rpc.statd
  450 ?S  0:00 /usr/sbin/amd -a /.automount -l syslog -c
1000 /net /etc/amd.conf
  530 ?S  0:00 /usr/lib/postfix/master
  537 ?S  0:00 pickup -l -t fifo
  539 ?S  0:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u
  553 ?S  0:00 gpm -t ps/2
  571 ?S  0:00 httpd
  582 ?S  0:00 httpd
  583 ?S  0:00 httpd
  584 ?S  0:00 httpd
  585 ?S  0:00 httpd
  586 ?S  0:00 httpd
  587 ?S  0:00 httpd
  588 ?S  0:00 httpd
  589 ?S  0:00 httpd
  590 ?S  0:00 httpd
  591 ?S  0:00 httpd
  612 ?S  0:00 xfs -port -1 -daemon
  666 ?S  0:00 /usr/bin/actived
  667 ?S  0:00 /usr/bin/innd -p4
  700 tty1 S  0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1
  701 tty2 S  0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
  702 tty3 S  0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
  703 tty4 S  0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
  704 tty5 S  0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
  705 tty6 S  0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
  706 ?S  0:00 kdm -nodaemon
  713 ?R  0:33 /etc/X11/X -auth
/etc/X11/xdm/authdir/A:0-E7Lhdp
  714 ?S  0:00 -:0
  727 ?S  0:00 gnome-session
  764 ?S  0:00 gnome-smproxy --sm-client-id default0
  770 ?S  0:05 /usr/bin/enlightenment -clientId default2
 3871 ?S  0:00 xterm
 3885 pts/0S  0:00 bash
 3940 pts/0R  0:00 ps -ax
[msh@localhost msh]$


3) When logged in as root and choosing KDE I am able to open the KDE
control center and the open the styles setup box (which is under
desktop), there are options for icon styles for Panel, File manager and
desktop icons and Other.  I can change the File manager and desktop
icons and Other to Normal (the default is Large).  However, when logged
in as a regular user (using KDE) I can't make the same changes.  The
dialog buttons appear to change, but when I log back in, the settings
have reverted to Large.  Any ideas on how to fix this?




[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 and modules

2000-02-01 Thread Sam Feagins

Hey all!
I've got Mandrake 7.0 installed and my bttv module is loaded upon
bootup, but the problem is that it requires an extra parameter
"vidmem=0x420".  Is there a way to make it take this option on bootup?
I thought I might put it in  /etc/conf.modules, but I'm not sure..

Also I need to get it to load another module automatically
everytime, the tuner module.  Do I just put it in /etc/conf.modules
similiar to the line that is in there for the bttv module??

Thanks,
Sam



[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 install bombs.

2000-01-31 Thread rfrankli



I keep getting this:

an error occured
all:can't open dir /tmp/rhimage/Mandrake/RPMS no such directory

right after the partitions are created and formated.  It is trying to go to
packages to install.

Any Ideas??


I am installing on a Dell duel processor Poweredge SP5166-2 with 256m of ram and
 2 RAID 5 arrays.




RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-31 Thread BryanMoorehead



It is really very similar to how you subscribed to this stupid thing.  You
should know this unless a "friend" signed you up.  Try going to
www.linux-mandrake.com
Look for something on the left side of the screen that says "mailing list"
Click on it.  The rest is self-explanatory.

Bryan




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use rawwrite from within dos and of course use the non
windows version with the cd-image... it works just
keep trying.

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 -Original Message-
 From: Antoniou, Stylianos
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 12:10 PM
 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation


 Hi there,
 I downloaded Mandrake 7.0 iso image file, burnt the
 installation CD but when
 I tried the installation, after the first successful
 step of recognizing my
 hardware, it could not intialize the CD-ROM. After
 the 'Intializing
 CD-ROM...' message it gave me:
 'mount failed. Invalid argument;
 and then
 'Error mounting ramdisk. This shouldn't happen. I am
 rebooting your system
 now'

 I then tired to make a boot floppy with
 rawwritewin.exe. However, when I
 tried to open it (following the orders of
 install.htm) I got the message:
 F:\dosutils\rawwritewin.exe is not a valid Win32
 application' This made me
 suspicious whether the CD was created correctly.
 Does anybody know if it is
 a problem with the new version of Mandrake or with
 the program that I used
 to burn the CD (Easy-CD creator 4.0, which very
 rarely gave problems,
 anyway).
 Thank you in advance
 S. Antoniou



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RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-30 Thread Marc Herms


  CD-ROM...' message it gave me:
  'mount failed. Invalid argument;
  and then
  'Error mounting ramdisk. This shouldn't happen. I am
  rebooting your system

SAME problem here!!! It stucks when its says "reading ramdisk..."

any help please!



Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-30 Thread BryanMoorehead



Maybe the CD has a bad spot on it.  I used the same Adaptec software to burn a
7.0 CD.  It installed fine.
Try another one.

Bryan





"Antoniou, Stylianos" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/27/2000 01:09:47 PM

Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To:   "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings)
Subject:  [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation




Hi there,
I downloaded Mandrake 7.0 iso image file, burnt the installation CD but when
I tried the installation, after the first successful step of recognizing my
hardware, it could not intialize the CD-ROM. After the 'Intializing
CD-ROM...' message it gave me:
'mount failed. Invalid argument;
and then
'Error mounting ramdisk. This shouldn't happen. I am rebooting your system
now'

I then tired to make a boot floppy with rawwritewin.exe. However, when I
tried to open it (following the orders of install.htm) I got the message:
F:\dosutils\rawwritewin.exe is not a valid Win32 application' This made me
suspicious whether the CD was created correctly. Does anybody know if it is
a problem with the new version of Mandrake or with the program that I used
to burn the CD (Easy-CD creator 4.0, which very rarely gave problems,
anyway).
Thank you in advance
S. Antoniou










RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-29 Thread jeff fernandes

use rawwrite from within dos and of course use the non
windows version with the cd-image... it works just
keep trying.

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I don't have the answer but the same thing happend
 to me 
 V delephimne
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Antoniou, Stylianos
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 12:10 PM
 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation
 
 
 Hi there,
 I downloaded Mandrake 7.0 iso image file, burnt the
 installation CD but when
 I tried the installation, after the first successful
 step of recognizing my
 hardware, it could not intialize the CD-ROM. After
 the 'Intializing
 CD-ROM...' message it gave me:
 'mount failed. Invalid argument; 
 and then
 'Error mounting ramdisk. This shouldn't happen. I am
 rebooting your system
 now'
 
 I then tired to make a boot floppy with
 rawwritewin.exe. However, when I
 tried to open it (following the orders of
 install.htm) I got the message:
 F:\dosutils\rawwritewin.exe is not a valid Win32
 application' This made me
 suspicious whether the CD was created correctly.
 Does anybody know if it is
 a problem with the new version of Mandrake or with
 the program that I used
 to burn the CD (Easy-CD creator 4.0, which very
 rarely gave problems,
 anyway).
 Thank you in advance
 S. Antoniou
 
 

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-29 Thread Harvey B. Herman

I had exactly the same problem. When I checked the cd using Windows it
read the directory but not the readme(s) down one or two levels. I then
downloaded the iso file once again from another mirror (can't remember
which one) and burned another cd. This one was readable with Windows and
installed Linux successfully.
Did I need to download again? Who knows, but it is strange that we
independently had the same symptoms. Was it the iso file or a bad burn?
You tell me, all I know that it finally worked.
Harvey




RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-29 Thread Scott Stone

how do i unscubscribe to this stupid thing!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]

-Original Message-
From: jeff fernandes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 10:43 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation


use rawwrite from within dos and of course use the non
windows version with the cd-image... it works just
keep trying.

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I don't have the answer but the same thing happend
 to me 
 V delephimne
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Antoniou, Stylianos
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 12:10 PM
 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation
 
 
 Hi there,
 I downloaded Mandrake 7.0 iso image file, burnt the
 installation CD but when
 I tried the installation, after the first successful
 step of recognizing my
 hardware, it could not intialize the CD-ROM. After
 the 'Intializing
 CD-ROM...' message it gave me:
 'mount failed. Invalid argument; 
 and then
 'Error mounting ramdisk. This shouldn't happen. I am
 rebooting your system
 now'
 
 I then tired to make a boot floppy with
 rawwritewin.exe. However, when I
 tried to open it (following the orders of
 install.htm) I got the message:
 F:\dosutils\rawwritewin.exe is not a valid Win32
 application' This made me
 suspicious whether the CD was created correctly.
 Does anybody know if it is
 a problem with the new version of Mandrake or with
 the program that I used
 to burn the CD (Easy-CD creator 4.0, which very
 rarely gave problems,
 anyway).
 Thank you in advance
 S. Antoniou
 
 

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[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-27 Thread Antoniou, Stylianos

Hi there,
I downloaded Mandrake 7.0 iso image file, burnt the installation CD but when
I tried the installation, after the first successful step of recognizing my
hardware, it could not intialize the CD-ROM. After the 'Intializing
CD-ROM...' message it gave me:
'mount failed. Invalid argument; 
and then
'Error mounting ramdisk. This shouldn't happen. I am rebooting your system
now'

I then tired to make a boot floppy with rawwritewin.exe. However, when I
tried to open it (following the orders of install.htm) I got the message:
F:\dosutils\rawwritewin.exe is not a valid Win32 application' This made me
suspicious whether the CD was created correctly. Does anybody know if it is
a problem with the new version of Mandrake or with the program that I used
to burn the CD (Easy-CD creator 4.0, which very rarely gave problems,
anyway).
Thank you in advance
S. Antoniou




RE: [newbie] Mandrake-7.0 problems

2000-01-25 Thread Andrea Celli


I'm very sorry.
My first question was to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

What happened?
Simply it was late in the night and I read "mgetty"
instead of "mingetty".
Mandrake launched correctly several mingetty processes,
one for each virtual terminal.
Mgetty is a tool for modem-connection.

bye, andrea



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