Re: [newbie] Re: Install mandrake 9.2 on AMD k6-2 350MHz
On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 17:37, Troy T. Hall wrote: > This may be a dumb question but is the cdrom drive that he's trying to use > to read the cd fast enough? I mean if it was written at say 8x and its an > older cdrom drive that can only handle 4x will it work properly? > Troy The standard that CD manufacturers use to define the readability of CD's is completely a seperate issue from the standard that cdrom manufacturers use to write disks. One is one and the other is the other; to put it another way there is no relation between the burn speed of a CD and the speed at which it is read. Whenever a CD is burned at *whatever* speed it should still conform to the universal readability standards that exist for CD's. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Install mandrake 9.2 on AMD k6-2 350MHz
This may be a dumb question but is the cdrom drive that he's trying to use to read the cd fast enough? I mean if it was written at say 8x and its an older cdrom drive that can only handle 4x will it work properly? Troy "Lyvim Xaphir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 16:30, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > On Sunday 28 December 2003 1:23 pm, Lyvim Xaphir droned on: > > > On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 15:56, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > > > On Sunday 28 December 2003 9:46 am, Morten Andersen droned on: > > > > > At 17:02 28-12-2003, you wrote: > > > > > >try linux acpi=ht mem=120M mem=nopentium noapic > > > > > > > > > > That results in absolutely nothing. Just black screen. It doesn't even > > > > > start loading program into memory. > > > > > > > > I had a heck of a time getting Mdk 9.2 onto a Pentium 266 Laptop, as the > > > > CDs were not being read properly. It sounds alot like your problem. I > > > > have a Dell Inspiron 3200, that now functions great, but at 266 speeds. > > > > > > > > Try installing using the network.img image, and setting it up to either > > > > upload the files via NFS or FTP. I hope you have a fast connection for > > > > either one. > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > I don't think you have to do that; I had the same problem, now that you > > > mention it. I just burned the cdrom.img to floppy and booted from > > > there; after that I was able to install via CDROM. > > > > If you have a CD-ROM that can't read the burned disks (I do.) then it is the > > only way to get Linux on the machine. And when that was the problem, it acted > > very similar to what was described. > > > > Works for me. > > > > Rob > > Well, I'm starting to remember alot of stuff about the AMD K6 install; > and I think that my AMD system was freezing at the same point as what > Morten described. If the cdrom was incapable of reading the CD then the > boot process wouldn't have begun at all. What is happening is a glitch > during the load, which for some reason does NOT occur when the system > (here) is booted from floppy, and THEN the cd is read. (A problem with > the installation process per se) So therefore I was forced to install > the Power Pack cd's with a floppy boot on the AMD server; which did work > fine. > > It may be that a cdrom.img floppy/CD install won't work on your machine; > is that one of the avenues you tried? Hopefully Mort won't have to go > that route, as CD installation is much faster. > > LX > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re-install woes - 8.2 Solved
On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 11:03 pm, you wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 23:36, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Well, I'm back. Mozilla is fine and KMail are working. I've copied back > > from my old /home directory and re-set the permissions (which had gone to > > root, because of the mountpoint settings of the source). My current > > problem is that my desktop fires up fine, but clicking on a link, say, > > works once, then from that moment the desktop is frozen - doesn't answer > > the keyboard at all. Panel links still work, and if I open, say, KMail, > > then all the icons on the desktop disappear. > > > > What on earth have I done? It was fine until I started the copying back. > > > > Anne > > What about logging in as root, moving the /home/(whatever) directory > ELSEWHERE, recreate the /home/(whatever) directory again, login as you > so that all the necessary directories are recreated, logout, then copy > back the data directories you want - ?? Solved now - it was specific to my desktop, and I had renamed the installation desktop, copied the whole one from my old installation, then deleted the files/folders that I thought should not be there. I resolved the problem by a bit more re-naming, and just copying accross the links that I really wanted. Thanks anyway Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re-install woes - 8.2
On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 5:50 pm, you wrote: > > I still would like to know what caused the damage > > Hard to say without knowing everything you did. I copied most of the folders and files (not all) from a backup of my old /home partiton to the new one. I suppose there's no way of telling whether I copied one that I shouldn't, or failed to copy one that I should have. > > > AND > > > > I've messed up the K-Start menus - again, over-copied, I presume. I'll > > try menudrak to see if I can sort things out, but I'm worried about this. > Menudrak sorted it. > That doesn't sound too bad. Good Luck! I'm not much help on using the > automated tools. When I started using Linux, about the only automated > tool available was linuxconf. Mostly, I work from the terminal, thus the > xf86config. I use a mix of both. Some things are easier done by editing config files, but the problem often is that you don't know which file or where it is. The gui tools help to do the job, but don't help the learning. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re-install woes - 8.2
On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 12:36 pm, you wrote: > Well, I'm back. Mozilla is fine and KMail are working. I've copied back > from my old /home directory and re-set the permissions (which had gone to > root, because of the mountpoint settings of the source). My current > problem is that my desktop fires up fine, but clicking on a link, say, > works once, then from that moment the desktop is frozen - doesn't answer > the keyboard at all. Panel links still work, and if I open, say, KMail, > then all the icons on the desktop disappear. > > What on earth have I done? It was fine until I started the copying back. > > Anne Amendment - it did work on one click earlier, but now doesn't do anything at all. And the disappearing icons happen after they have been hidden by any other program - so if I open something minimised only some of the icons disappear. It's as though the icons are being drawn on the desktop but not connected to anything (I'll check permissions once again, but I think they're OK), and not re-drawn when apps close. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re-install woes - 8.2
Well, I'm back. Mozilla is fine and KMail are working. I've copied back from my old /home directory and re-set the permissions (which had gone to root, because of the mountpoint settings of the source). My current problem is that my desktop fires up fine, but clicking on a link, say, works once, then from that moment the desktop is frozen - doesn't answer the keyboard at all. Panel links still work, and if I open, say, KMail, then all the icons on the desktop disappear. What on earth have I done? It was fine until I started the copying back. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Install lockup problem
On Monday 20 August 2001 10:50 am, Tim Barnard escribió: > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="=_NextPart_000_040E_01C12955.355052A0" > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 In the 'welcome to newbie' post you received after subscribing, one of the first things it says is to post with plain text only. This is the standard and accepted netiquette practice on any public mailing list. You'll have a much better chance to get an answer if you comply with this request. On my system, your posts look to be in tiny 1pt font, and are unreadable. I, like most of us just delete them unread. What looks great on your screen with Outlook, probly looks like sh!+ on most everybody elses. Just as important, html and rtf waste bandwidth as just about anything else M$ encourages. You'd also be doing yourself a favor to not send or accept html email, as it further degrades M$'s already laughable security. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Install lockup problem
I neglected to mention that I'm trying to install LM 8.0 Tim
[newbie] re-install
Hello I reinstalled my machine (which also got my CD writer working ;) Now there is a service that fails on start up. It's called arpwatch. Could anyone shed a bit more light on what this does. Thank you. Robert MacLean
RE: [newbie] Re-install MDK7.2
Hiya, It all depends how you partitioned your system in the first place, if you had a separate partition of /home then you need not format that at install time and all info in there will be safe. As for the rest, i dunno.. Cheers -- Jamie >-- >From: Alexandropoulou Alexandra[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 27 June 2001 13:51 >To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [newbie] Re-install MDK7.2 > >Hello Everyone! > >Could anyone please tell me whether I would have any problems if I >reinstall (refresh) mandrake linux 7.2 ? Would I lose all my saved >information and files? or it has no effect whatsoever? > >Thank you all > >Alex > > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
[newbie] Re-install MDK7.2
Hello Everyone! Could anyone please tell me whether I would have any problems if I reinstall (refresh) mandrake linux 7.2 ? Would I lose all my saved information and files? or it has no effect whatsoever? Thank you all Alex
[newbie] re-install
One problem I have ran into when re-installing mandrake 7.2 is that whatever problems I had with the first install would ocour again when I tried to re-install a second time. I am dual booting win95. I found that if I went into dos and typed fdisk /mbr then did a fresh install it went well. I don't know why but it worked. Also I had to use text mode as linux or lin4win would give me a message saying my system resources were low. This may help someone who is haveing trouble with a re-install or a system with low resources. Also I have an SB16 sound card. I could't get it to work as SB16 so I tried Ensonic soundscape vivo. This worked. Get your own FREE E-mail address at http://www.linuxfreemail.com Linux FREE Mail is 100% FREE, 100% Linux, and 100% yours!
RE: [newbie] re-install
Hiyas, You shouldn't need to reinstall. There are applications within Linux that will allow you to resize existing partitions (anyone mention names, please?) and you can hot-install almost any application or service from the RPMs on the CD (or off ftp sites). If you need some help, check out the man pages for rpm. (Usually rpm -i is sufficient, but there are occasionally details to be aware of.) BTW, please change your outgoing mail type to Plain Text in your mail application, it will help others read your messages. Hope that helps... Chris. -Original Message- From: rharvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 10:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] re-install If I re- install and I want to install everything... what partitions do I need and how much space does each of them need? The autoconfigure does not know what I want to install so it does not set the partitions right thanks Robert
Re: [newbie] re-install
> rharvey wrote: > > If I re- install and I want to install > everything... what partitions do I > need and how much space does each of > them need? The autoconfigure does not > know what I want to install so it does > not set the partitions right > > thanks > Robert Mine is: 1 prim partition = /boot 32M 1 prim partition = / 600 - 800 M 1 swap partition = +/- 256 M (max) 1 extended LINUX = ( be carefull, use the LINUX extended, not the dos ext.) /usr+/- 3 G (the big one) /usr/local +/- 1 G ( to store own progs, not destroyed at re-install) /home +/- 2G (depends of the nbrs of users) /var+/- 600 M /reserved rest (for use later) Eric -- FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt you)
[newbie] re-install
If I re- install and I want to install everything... what partitions do I need and how much space does each of them need? The autoconfigure does not know what I want to install so it does not set the partitions right thanks Robert
Re: [newbie] Re-install like Windoze??
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Dave Lers wrote: >I cannot tell if running install will start from scratch or leave my added >progies, settings, etc. alone. I've been hacking around and made a couple >messes. I also have more disk space (I mussed lilo up a bit doing the disk >upgrade) now and would like the full recommended package. Running update >is worthless. I really don't want to start from scratch. Re-install will usually work fine, but note that install will want to see enough free disk space when it starts. It does not take the overwriting of the existing files into account. Paul )0(---)0( Love does not make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] Re-install like Windoze??
I cannot tell if running install will start from scratch or leave my added progies, settings, etc. alone. I've been hacking around and made a couple messes. I also have more disk space (I mussed lilo up a bit doing the disk upgrade) now and would like the full recommended package. Running update is worthless. I really don't want to start from scratch. Thanks, Dave
Re: [newbie] Re-Install Problems
Bob wrote:
>
> Hello,
> <4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> <4>hdb: lost interrupt
> <4>hdb: drive_comp : ststua=0x58 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest Error}
> <4>hdb: status error : ststua=0x58 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest
> Error}
> <4>hdb: drive not ready for command
> <4>hdc: drive_comp : ststua=0x51 {DriveReady, SeekComplete Error}
> <4>hdb: status error : ststus=0x04 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest
> Error}
> <4>hdb: drive not ready for command
> <4>hdc: drive_comp : ststua=0x51 {DriveReady, SeekComplete Error}
> <4>hdb: status error : ststus=0x04 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest
> Error}
> <6>install uses obsolete /proc/pci interface
> <7>ISO9660 extensions RRIP_1991A
It looks like that machine has problems. A missed interrupt and hard
drive errors across the board.
--
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Network Administrator
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Re: [newbie] Re-Install Problems
Were you using a compressed drive? Did the drive require some sort of
overlay software like E-Z Drive? Probably not if it was only 500MB. But
you might be using overlay software with the large HD.
Brian
-Original Message-
From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Hello,
>
>I was trying to install Mandrake Linux 6.0 on my system. I currently have
>a 500m IDE harddrive as C: with Windows98 installed and a second 10gig
>drive with a 6gig
>partition as D:. I was attemtping to install Linux on the second
harddrive
>into the unsed
>space. I was able to get Linux all the way into Disk Druid and actually
>setup the free space
>into various partitions and swap. I told Disk Druid to exit and save the
>information when
>Disk Druid took and error writting the partition information and told me
to
>re-boot to continue.
>
>The re-boot got all the way to asking which CD-ROM drive to use (just like
>the first time) but now
>the install just spins the CD-ROM and then terminates. I never get the
Disk
>Druid or fdisk option again.
>I think something is still on the second harddrive fooling Linux into
>thinking the drive is ready.
>I lost the partition containing Windows98 and had to re-install Windows98
>and all my application
>during the process.
>
>I had the same problem ona machine at work the we were playing with the
>install on. I removed the
>harddrive in the work machine after the install failed and put in another
>one and was able to install.
>
>After the box in the center of the screen that says "Initializing
>CD-ROM..." goes away I get the
>following error at the bottom of the screen. Anyone know how to clean up
>the drive so I can install
>without losing the D: drive?
>
>
> install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
> sending termination signals...done
> sending kill signals...done
> /tmp/rhimage
> /proc
> you may safetly reboot
>
>ALT-F3 DISPLAY
>--
>* using device hdc
>* mounting hdc on /tmp/rhimage as type ISO9660
>* creating directory /tmp/rhimage rc=0
>* calling mount(/tmp/hdc, /tmp/rhimage, ISO9660, -105820979, (nil))
>* removing device file /tmp/hdc
>* done here
>* method selection completed
>* state saved to /tmp
>
>ALT-F4 DISPLAY
>--
><4>scsi: 0 hosts
><4>scsi: detectd total
><4>partition check
><4> hda : hda1
><4> hdb : hdb1
><5>RAMDISK : Compressed image found at block 0
><4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
><4>hdb: lost interrupt
><4>hdb: drive_comp : ststua=0x58 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest
Error}
><4>hdb: status error : ststua=0x58 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest
>Error}
><4>hdb: drive not ready for command
><4>hdc: drive_comp : ststua=0x51 {DriveReady, SeekComplete Error}
><4>hdb: status error : ststus=0x04 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest
>Error}
><4>hdb: drive not ready for command
><4>hdc: drive_comp : ststua=0x51 {DriveReady, SeekComplete Error}
><4>hdb: status error : ststus=0x04 {DriveReady, SeekComplete, DataRequest
>Error}
><6>install uses obsolete /proc/pci interface
><7>ISO9660 extensions RRIP_1991A
>
>
>__
>Thanks, Bob
>HoP 4 Life
>
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