RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......
me thinks (thinks being the key word) that if the registry is totally gone, when you boot in safe mode it will rebuild it as best it can. there are also some ways to restore a saved registry from a dos prompt i don't know them off hand as i have only read about them, never used them. this reminds me i need to update my norton rescue disk i think good luck - hope it works i'm fairly up to speed on windoze. if you still can't get anything email me at my address below i can look up the specifics in my books give you something better to try i hope. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Richard Garand" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11:24:42 AM 9/7/00 This might work, but what will happen if all the registry files are gone?
RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......
I deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows yesterday..i want to know why it destroyed my registry, why grub wouldn't load windows, how to install mandrake without destroying windows, how to install mandrake without installing another bootloader, how to make a boot diskette that can load mandrake (and have the the only way, so a normal boot will load windows), and if this boot diskette is possible. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian Smith Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured.. me thinks (thinks being the key word) that if the registry is totally gone, when you boot in safe mode it will rebuild it as best it can. there are also some ways to restore a saved registry from a dos prompt i don't know them off hand as i have only read about them, never used them. this reminds me i need to update my norton rescue disk i think good luck - hope it works i'm fairly up to speed on windoze. if you still can't get anything email me at my address below i can look up the specifics in my books give you something better to try i hope. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Richard Garand" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11:24:42 AM 9/7/00 This might work, but what will happen if all the registry files are gone?
Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......
Richard Garand wrote: I deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows yesterday..i want to know why it destroyed my registry, why grub wouldn't load windows, how to install mandrake without destroying windows, how to install mandrake without installing another bootloader, how to make a boot diskette that can load mandrake (and have the the only way, so a normal boot will load windows), and if this boot diskette is possible. Richard, Here's what you do. Boot the Mandrake CD and start the installation. Do the expert install. Do not use "supermount". Choose all packages to install the Developer install. When it's time to make the partitions for Linux define them thusly: /boot = 15MB /home = (at least 500MB) can be more / (root) At least 2GB When it's time to install the boot loader use LILO. Don't forget to make a boot disk and install LILO on the MBR of the DOS partition. Don't worry, it won't hurt Windows at all nor your registry. At the point where it want to connect to do the Cryptography don't do it then. Cancel out of that part and move on the next thing on the list. You can take care of that part later. It takes forever to download what you need for that and usually stalls the installation. That's basically all there is to it. Once you've got Linux running you can safely configure X-windows to display the video properly. Enjoy, -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496
Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......
Sometimes these msgs really confuse me as there's no information that explains how these problems could possibly occur. I deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows yesterday..i want to know why it destroyed my registry, If your registry got destroyed, Windows did it, not Mandrake and not grub. why grub wouldn't load windows, What do you mean by this? Do you mean that windows isn't on the grub menu or that when you move the cursor up to it and hit a CR it doesn't load Windows? how to install mandrake without destroying windows, how to install mandrake Well...if you start with a system where Windows is taking up part of the disk and there's a bunch of space that's NOT allocated to Windows available for the installation, you just shove the CD in and let it run. The whole process will never look at or touch your Windows partition with a couple of exceptions: 1) a small bit of code is written into the master boot record of the drive. Since Windows is too dumb to boot from any other location, it's sitting right next to that boot record. No, your registry isn't sitting next to that location. 2) Linux sets up a pointer at your Windows partition so you can access Windows data files from Linux. This is only a "look" function. Nothing is written to the disk. installing another bootloader, how to make a boot diskette that can load mandrake (and have the the only way, so a normal boot will load windows), and if this boot diskette is possible. Creation of a boot disk is all part of the Mandrake installation. If you didn't create it, you messed up. The Mandrake installation is about as straight forward as you can get but the user still needs to answer the questions with some basic knowledge of computers. Read an explanation of how computers boot and how partitions work and you'll be fine. These aren't problems that Mandrake causes and they're certainly not problems that Mandrake can solve. I think the mantra for anyone getting into Linux should be "Linux doesn't do Windows" as that basic thought will keep people from believing that Linux is somehow screwing around with their Windows partitions. Cheers --- Larry
RE: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured......
(Final question, i hope)But does this work if the linux partitions are past 8GB? I have a 12GB hard drive, and with this arangement windows would take the first 9GB. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 7:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Mandrake install destroyed windowsregistry, keyboard doesn't work in gnome, DSL connection can'tbe configured.. Richard Garand wrote: I deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows yesterday..i want to know why it destroyed my registry, why grub wouldn't load windows, how to install mandrake without destroying windows, how to install mandrake without installing another bootloader, how to make a boot diskette that can load mandrake (and have the the only way, so a normal boot will load windows), and if this boot diskette is possible. Richard, Here's what you do. Boot the Mandrake CD and start the installation. Do the expert install. Do not use "supermount". Choose all packages to install the Developer install. When it's time to make the partitions for Linux define them thusly: /boot = 15MB /home = (at least 500MB) can be more / (root) At least 2GB When it's time to install the boot loader use LILO. Don't forget to make a boot disk and install LILO on the MBR of the DOS partition. Don't worry, it won't hurt Windows at all nor your registry. At the point where it want to connect to do the Cryptography don't do it then. Cancel out of that part and move on the next thing on the list. You can take care of that part later. It takes forever to download what you need for that and usually stalls the installation. That's basically all there is to it. Once you've got Linux running you can safely configure X-windows to display the video properly. Enjoy, -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user #182496
