Re: [newbie] Quick question
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: nonfb translates into booting without using the frame buffer. Basicly, writing to the screen like DOS does, instead of directly into video memory. (Simplifed explination.) This does not affect the GUI mode, only the command line mode. Using the frame buffer, you can do interesting things like have a background image with your CLI. (Distracting when running VMS-Empire!) I have just installed 10.1 on a client's Celeron with P4 motherboard machine and the installation automatically installed the frame buffer inclusive kernel as a default (linux). I found that I could not get a higher graphical resolution than 800x600 at 16 bits. When I changed the default kernel to "linux-nonfb", I found that I could see the graphics card properly and was able to set the screen resolution to 1024x768 at 32 bits. (I can't remember what graphics chip it was using, off hand). I also had to specify "noapic" as a boot parameter. On my own server, when it was still running Mandrake 9.1, I used to have to use the non-fb option for it to work properly. Now I am using the default fb 2.6.10 (cooker) kernel on a fairly standard 10.1 installation and I can use the frame-buffer. All I can say is that the frame-buffer version is not always the best option. cheers Duncan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
Thanks. To all those who replied to this thread. Sometimes Mandrake amazes me. I never imagined it had support for hyperthreading. I thought that it was going to treat my processor as a single processor as in the recent past. If I just could solve the Internet problem I would migrate to Mandrake right away. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
Teilhard Knight wrote: When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these? That's it, thanks. Teilhard smp is for more then one processor, or a P4 with hyper threading turned on. nonfb translates into booting without using the frame buffer. Basicly, writing to the screen like DOS does, instead of directly into video memory. (Simplifed explination.) This does not affect the GUI mode, only the command line mode. Using the frame buffer, you can do interesting things like have a background image with your CLI. (Distracting when running VMS-Empire!) Linux is single processor, using the frame buffer. This is the route I would go if it works on your machine, and you are not running a P4 with hyper threading. Mikkel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
On February 26, 2005 12:17 am, Roland Hughes wrote: > I believe the "linux-nonfb" means no frame buffer loaded in case you > are having video problem. > Roly > Sounds logical captain, hope i never need to use it :-) Thanks Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Feb 26 01:05:29 EST 2005 01:05:29 up 9:36, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.06, 0.00 There is no such thing as a perfect plan -- Murphy's Military Laws n°96 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
I believe the "linux-nonfb" means no frame buffer loaded in case you are having video problem. Roly On Friday 25 February 2005 07:25 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: > "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between > these? > > That's it, thanks. > > > Teilhard -- "MicroSoft - The company that made the internet unsafe! Linux Counter #241069 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
Dan Gordon wrote: On February 25, 2005 10:25 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these? I'm going to guess that you have an Intel hyperthread processor, This is what i have and so some operating systems like linux see this as a dual processor machine. So that is what the smp kernel is for, the one labeled just linux would be a single processor. I am using the smp kernel and it works very well, but you should experiment and see what you like. As for linux-nonfb hopefully some one else can explain that to us as i have never tried that myself. Regards, Dan Gordon I don't really know, but I would guess that linux-nonfb is 'non-frame-buffer,' which in my understanding is a Kernel interface to the graphics system. Not using the frame-buffer, therefore, would give apps direct access to the graphics system, which is needed if something goes wrong with the frame-buffer method. Personally, I delete everything but the 'Linux' entry to clean things up and hope for the best ;-). Cheerio, SigmaX -- Registered Linux Freak #: 366,862 "If you think of MS-DOS as mono, and Windows as stereo, then Linux is Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound with Bass Boost and all the music is free." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
On February 25, 2005 10:25 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: > "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference > between these? > I'm going to guess that you have an Intel hyperthread processor, This is what i have and so some operating systems like linux see this as a dual processor machine. So that is what the smp kernel is for, the one labeled just linux would be a single processor. I am using the smp kernel and it works very well, but you should experiment and see what you like. As for linux-nonfb hopefully some one else can explain that to us as i have never tried that myself. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Feb 25 23:46:38 EST 2005 23:46:38 up 8:17, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.00 A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without breathing. -- Kirk, "The Menagerie", stardate 3012.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Quick question
When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: "linux-smp", "linux", and "linux-nonfb". What is the difference between these? That's it, thanks. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] quick question........
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Re: [newbie] Quick question
On Friday 25 June 2004 05:47, Teilhard Knight wrote: > Is the so called parallel port "LPT1" in the Windows world the > parallel port "0" or "1" in Linux? > > Teilhard LPT1 in DOS (Windows) = lp0 in UNIX (Linux). Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
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Is the so called parallel port "LPT1" in the Windows world the parallel port "0" or "1" in Linux? Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
Dnia pią 25. czerwca 2004 05:50, Teilhard Knight napisał: > Is the so called parallel port "LPT1" in the Windows world the parallel > port "0" or "1" in Linux? it's lp0... -- Cezary Morga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GG# 169903 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] quick question
Derek Jennings wrote:
On Monday 20 Oct 2003 12:40 pm, Dale Kosan wrote:
Greg Meyer wrote:
On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote:
I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like
the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and
yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib
directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have
found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there
urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I
have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2
rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support
apt? Thanks in advance
main file://mnt/hdc6/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS {
hdlist: hdlist.main.cz
with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
key-ids: 70771ff3
}
contrib
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/contrib/i5
86 {
hdlist: hdlist.contrib.cz
with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
list: list.contrib
}
I am still trying to find a contrib site that has the hdlist.cz, urpmi
keeps bombing on all. I have searched all the ftp sites and none seem to
have this file, any help?
Well the one quoted in your post has it.
It is called hdlist.cz and is embedded with the rpms so the command to add the
source would be
urpmi.addmedia contrib
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/contrib/i586
with ./hdlist.cz
derek
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That worked, not sure why I was having trouble, thanks a million!
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Re: [newbie] quick question
On Monday 20 Oct 2003 12:40 pm, Dale Kosan wrote:
> Greg Meyer wrote:
> > On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote:
> >>I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like
> >>the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and
> >>yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib
> >>directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have
> >>found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there
> >>urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I
> >>have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2
> >>rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support
> >>apt? Thanks in advance
> >
> > main file://mnt/hdc6/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS {
> > hdlist: hdlist.main.cz
> > with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
> > key-ids: 70771ff3
> > }
> >
> > contrib
> > ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/contrib/i5
> >86 {
> > hdlist: hdlist.contrib.cz
> > with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
> > list: list.contrib
> > }
>
> I am still trying to find a contrib site that has the hdlist.cz, urpmi
> keeps bombing on all. I have searched all the ftp sites and none seem to
> have this file, any help?
Well the one quoted in your post has it.
It is called hdlist.cz and is embedded with the rpms so the command to add the
source would be
urpmi.addmedia contrib
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/contrib/i586
with ./hdlist.cz
derek
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Re: [newbie] quick question
Greg Meyer wrote:
On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote:
I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like
the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and
yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib
directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have
found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there
urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I
have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2
rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support
apt? Thanks in advance
main file://mnt/hdc6/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS {
hdlist: hdlist.main.cz
with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
key-ids: 70771ff3
}
contrib
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/contrib/i586
{
hdlist: hdlist.contrib.cz
with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
list: list.contrib
}
I am still trying to find a contrib site that has the hdlist.cz, urpmi
keeps bombing on all. I have searched all the ftp sites and none seem to
have this file, any help?
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Re: [newbie] quick question
On Friday 17 Oct 2003 1:13 pm, Dale Kosan wrote: > I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not > like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt > and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the > contrib directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to > do. I have found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can > someone post there urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far > Mandrake rules, I have not used it since 7.2 and what a major > change! I am running 9.2 rc2 since the iso's for the final are not > out. Does mandrake support apt? Thanks in advance You may find this helpful http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] quick question
On Friday 17 October 2003 08:48 am, kosan wrote: > Trey Sizemore wrote: > > Dale Kosan wrote: > >> I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like > >> the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and > >> yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib > >> directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have > >> found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there > >> urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I > >> have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2 > >> rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support > >> apt? Thanks in advance > > > > There are a couple contrib sources. You can use cooker (more > > cutting-edge packages - like testing and unstable in Debian) or 'strict' > > 9.2 sources. I have been using Cooker, so at the EasyURPMI page I say > > that at the top and then choose my mirror locations from the drop-down > > menus. In step three, it gives me the exact commands to enter as root > > at a CLI to add these to my conf file. From there I just type: > > 'urpmi.update -a' (without quotes) to update the packages from the > > mirrors. I can then 'urpmi evolution' for example to install the > > package. You can also use Mandrake's graphical interface for this. Just > > go to Configuration -> Packages -> Install software (I think...) to see > > what's available. > > Be very careful installing Cooker packages on a 9.2 box. Those packages are meant to run on a cooker system and could seriously f*** up a system that you want to be stable. Common misperceptions aside, it is much more dangerous to run Cooker than Debian unstable. Cooker is often times broken beyond repair. Last cycle, my cooker box broke two months in and I could not re-install until beta 1 of 9.2 because the installer was broken too. Debain unstable is more like the Mandrake stable distribution. -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] quick question
On Friday 17 October 2003 08:13 am, Dale Kosan wrote:
> I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like
> the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and
> yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib
> directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have
> found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there
> urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I
> have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2
> rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support
> apt? Thanks in advance
main file://mnt/hdc6/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS {
hdlist: hdlist.main.cz
with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
key-ids: 70771ff3
}
contrib
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/contrib/i586
{
hdlist: hdlist.contrib.cz
with_hdlist: hdlist.cz
list: list.contrib
}
--
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a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx
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Re: [newbie] quick question
Trey Sizemore wrote: Dale Kosan wrote: I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2 rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support apt? Thanks in advance There are a couple contrib sources. You can use cooker (more cutting-edge packages - like testing and unstable in Debian) or 'strict' 9.2 sources. I have been using Cooker, so at the EasyURPMI page I say that at the top and then choose my mirror locations from the drop-down menus. In step three, it gives me the exact commands to enter as root at a CLI to add these to my conf file. From there I just type: 'urpmi.update -a' (without quotes) to update the packages from the mirrors. I can then 'urpmi evolution' for example to install the package. You can also use Mandrake's graphical interface for this. Just go to Configuration -> Packages -> Install software (I think...) to see what's available. HTH and good luck. -Trey Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, that was fast, thank you, I am trying your suggestion right now... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] quick question
Dale Kosan wrote: I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2 rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support apt? Thanks in advance There are a couple contrib sources. You can use cooker (more cutting-edge packages - like testing and unstable in Debian) or 'strict' 9.2 sources. I have been using Cooker, so at the EasyURPMI page I say that at the top and then choose my mirror locations from the drop-down menus. In step three, it gives me the exact commands to enter as root at a CLI to add these to my conf file. From there I just type: 'urpmi.update -a' (without quotes) to update the packages from the mirrors. I can then 'urpmi evolution' for example to install the package. You can also use Mandrake's graphical interface for this. Just go to Configuration -> Packages -> Install software (I think...) to see what's available. HTH and good luck. -Trey Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] quick question
I just moved over from Red Hat now that it is Fedora, I did not like the direction they are heading. When I used Red Hat I had apt and yum, now I guess I need to use urpmi? I am trying to add the contrib directory but I have now idea how or what I am supposed to do. I have found the easy urpmi site but need some help. Can someone post there urpmi config file that has contrib in it? So far Mandrake rules, I have not used it since 7.2 and what a major change! I am running 9.2 rc2 since the iso's for the final are not out. Does mandrake support apt? Thanks in advance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Quick Question
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 15:30, Chris Benedict wrote: > I was wondering if there was a way to make it so that I got all the emails > as a daily package instead of having 149 different emails everyday. > Yes. -- Thu Dec 12 16:00:00 EST 2002 4:00pm up 1 day, 8:22, 6 users, load average: 2.45, 2.10, 2.02 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn All the world's a VAX, And all the coders merely butchers; They have their exits and their entrails; And one int in his time plays many widths, His sizeof being _N bytes. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the Regent's arms. And then the whining schoolboy, with his Sun, And shining morning face, creeping like slug Unwillingly to school. -- A Very Annoyed PDP-11 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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I was wondering if there was a way to make it so that I got all the emails as a daily package instead of having 149 different emails everyday. _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question...
On Saturday 21 July 2001 12:58 am, s wrote: > http://mail.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/?S=A > -s > > On Friday 20 July 2001 11:01 pm, you wrote: > > Hey gang, > > > > What was that web address for the small program that checks if the > > NVidia tarball was installed correctly? > > Thanks, > > > > John Thanks s! John -- Free from M$'s evil monopoly and gov't. prying...using Linux and GnuPG Registered Linux user #214117
Re: [newbie] Quick question...
http://mail.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/?S=A -s On Friday 20 July 2001 11:01 pm, you wrote: > > Hey gang, > > What was that web address for the small program that checks if the NVidia > tarball was installed correctly? > Thanks, > > John
Re: [newbie] quick question
Thanks Christopher , I'll give it a try . :-) "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > Hey Scott, > > Here is my instructions for how to edit Grub. > > Open it up with an editor. Open a terminal, su to root, type in: > vi /boot/grub/menu.lst > then type: a > then use the arrow buttons to navigate, backspace to delete something, type > as usual. > then type: Esc > then type: : > then type: wq > > Have fun, > Chris Kelly > --- > Men are from Earth > Women are from Earth > Deal with it... > > > > -Original Message- > From: Scott Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question > > Hi Christopher , > > My Name is Scott , No you do not need to do a Fdisk on your > drive . > If you have the info on how to edit GRUB could you send it to me , > send it to (home E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED].. ( this is from my UNIX > box @ work ) > please do not send it here ,, Thanks > > > > "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > That's what I thought. Thanks Aston. > > -Original Message----- > From: Po Kwok [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ] > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question > > "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > > > Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. > > > > Thanks guys and gals, > > Chris Kelly > > --- > > Men are from Earth > > Women are from Earth > > Deal with it... > > depends ... if you had all the approprirate partition spaces set out, > then you don't really need to run a partition tool. > > aston > sydney, australia
RE: [newbie] quick question
Hey Scott, Here is my instructions for how to edit Grub. Open it up with an editor. Open a terminal, su to root, type in: vi /boot/grub/menu.lst then type: a then use the arrow buttons to navigate, backspace to delete something, type as usual. then type: Esc then type: : then type: wq Have fun, Chris Kelly --- Men are from Earth Women are from Earth Deal with it... -Original Message- From: Scott Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question Hi Christopher , My Name is Scott , No you do not need to do a Fdisk on your drive . If you have the info on how to edit GRUB could you send it to me , send it to (home E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED].. ( this is from my UNIX box @ work ) please do not send it here ,, Thanks "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: That's what I thought. Thanks Aston. -Original Message- From: Po Kwok [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. > > Thanks guys and gals, > Chris Kelly > --- > Men are from Earth > Women are from Earth > Deal with it... depends ... if you had all the approprirate partition spaces set out, then you don't really need to run a partition tool. aston sydney, australia
Re: [newbie] quick question
Hi Christopher , My Name is Scott , No you do not need to do a Fdisk on your drive . If you have the info on how to edit GRUB could you send it to me , send it to (home E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. ( this is from my UNIX box @ work ) please do not send it here ,, Thanks "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: That's what I thought. Thanks Aston. -Original Message- From: Po Kwok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. > > Thanks guys and gals, > Chris Kelly > --- > Men are from Earth > Women are from Earth > Deal with it... depends ... if you had all the approprirate partition spaces set out, then you don't really need to run a partition tool. aston sydney, australia
Re: [newbie] quick question
I loaded Mandrake 7.2 recently and partitioning was automated. Just put in the CD and go. If you want to keep existing partitions it's a different story. "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. >
Re: [newbie] quick question
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote: >Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. > >Thanks guys and gals, >Chris Kelly Quick answer: no Paul -- Many people treat this world as if we have a spare one. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] quick question
I think Fdisk/Disk druid are two Linux tools used for setting up partitions for your distro install. The MS fdisk is a completely different tool and you would have used FIPS beforehand. The MS fdisk then deletes a partition ready for install. Think this info is correct (hope it makes sense) If not someone else reading the list will put me right. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Kelly, Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Newbie' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 3:13 PM Subject: [newbie] quick question > Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. > > Thanks guys and gals, > Chris Kelly > --- > Men are from Earth > Women are from Earth > Deal with it... > > >
RE: [newbie] quick question
That's what I thought. Thanks Aston. -Original Message- From: Po Kwok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] quick question "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: > > Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. > > Thanks guys and gals, > Chris Kelly > --- > Men are from Earth > Women are from Earth > Deal with it... depends ... if you had all the approprirate partition spaces set out, then you don't really need to run a partition tool. aston sydney, australia
[newbie] quick question
Do I need to Fdisk a drive before installing Linux? I can't remember. Thanks guys and gals, Chris Kelly --- Men are from Earth Women are from Earth Deal with it...
[newbie] quick question about blackbox on mandrake 7.02
I finally got a proper install on my low-end mandrake box and I decided, because it is a slower machine, I would use blackbox X session to speed things up. I actually enjoy using it and appreciate the opinions I got on this channel. I do have one quick question though. I went to the Blackbox web site and downloaded a couple of themes to spruce up the desktop. But they don't tell what dir to tar to or how to get them into the menu bar. Any help would be appreciated. Mike Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
RE: [newbie] quick question on WINE
As far as Wine, you might want to check out TkWineSetup (search for it on www.freshmeat.net). Also, you can find PLENTY (and I mean plenty) of docs on the web site for Wine: www.winehq.com. On 16-Aug-99 Will wrote: > I finally figured out how to access my windows drive, so now how do I go > about running some windows apps? I found 2 WINE files, wine.conf and > wine.sym. how do I configure it? I looked for docs but I couldn't find > any on running and configuring WINE. -- E-Mail: Linux James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16-Aug-99 Time: 21:33:52 This message was sent by XFMail --
Re: [newbie] quick question on WINE
Will wrote: > > I finally figured out how to access my windows drive, so now how do I go > about running some windows apps? I found 2 WINE files, wine.conf and > wine.sym. how do I configure it? I looked for docs but I couldn't find > any on running and configuring WINE. http://www.winehq.com might have some useful information. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
