Re: [expert] UDMA66

2000-01-19 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Breno Basilio wrote: > > Does anybody know how I can install Mandrake in a UDMA66 drive (as UDMA66 > and not as UDMA33)? It depends mostly on the hardware (UDMA66 controller). The safe way is to install without bothering with UDMA66, then re-compile your kernel (possibly with some patches, depen

Re: [expert] weirdness with v7.0

2000-01-19 Thread Henti Smith
On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 09:07:40AM -0500, Ian Douglas wrote: coolio /... thanks .. I tried just text ... but I see now how that would not have worked .. :) Henit > At 02:03 AM 1/19/00 , Henti Smith wrote: > >sorry to mail you directly .. but howw did you get into the text > >installation ?

Re: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed

2000-01-19 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed > On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > Kevinuse a rescue disc. The 6.1 cd came without

Re: [expert] Iomega SCSI Card problem

2000-01-19 Thread Ron Stodden
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Vincent Colombo wrote: > I have an Iomega ISA Zip Accellerator SCSI card. This card is adaptec 152x > compatible but I can't seem to get it to work. The configuration arguments are explained in: file://usr/src/linux/drivers.scsi/aha152x.c CONFIGURATION ARGUMENTS: IOPORT

Re: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed

2000-01-19 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, you wrote: > Kevinuse a rescue disc. The 6.1 cd came without one. But > there's an image of one called tomsrtbt (it's > /mnt/cdrom/images/rescue/tomsrtbt.img) on the 6.0 cd and on > distro's prior to that and on RedHat's cd's there's an .img file > called rescue.img. The

Re: [expert] Cheap Bytes release (Replay)

2000-01-19 Thread Sergio Korlowsky
I sent them a message and they responded very quickly Thanks guys! @ CheapBytes ;-) --- Linux-Mandrake (Air) 7.0 is not Debian Based! You are receiving this e-mail because you have joined the CheapBytes mailing list for Linux-Mandrake announcements. If you would

[expert] Printer: Memorex

2000-01-19 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Hi, Found an old Memorex Model 2175-B in the storage room. Tried it under DOS and it works (copy config.sys lpt1:). Searched the printer database on www.picante.com but there is no Memorex on the list. Anybody knows this one and what driver it needs? wobo -- GPG Fingerprint 519E 2627 FE60 91F5

Re: Re[4]: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed

2000-01-19 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > Thanks! > No problem. I've had to do similar things when I didn't know the root password... :-) John

Re: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed

2000-01-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kevinuse a rescue disc. The 6.1 cd came without one. But there's an image of one called tomsrtbt (it's /mnt/cdrom/images/rescue/tomsrtbt.img) on the 6.0 cd and on distro's prior to that and on RedHat's cd's there's an .img file called rescue.img. These can be put on a floppy from dos with th

Re[4]: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed

2000-01-19 Thread Kevin Boylan
Hello John, Wednesday, January 19, 2000, 3:18:47 PM, you wrote: JA> Boot & Rescue combo or tomsrtbt single-floppy linux disk. JA> Then, mount your existing setup to somewhere like /mnt on JA> the floppy and then type "chroot /mnt". This will put you JA> back into your "home" system and you can e

Re: Re[2]: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed

2000-01-19 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, you wrote: > Thanks. Any idea how I can boot back into Linux to make the modifications to fstab? > The boot process stops/freezes when it gets to trying to mount. > Boot & Rescue combo or tomsrtbt single-floppy linux disk. Then, mount your existing setup to somewhere like /m

Re: [expert] weirdness with v7.0

2000-01-19 Thread Ian Douglas
I managed to get the PCI cards to work. Having to troubleshoot some initial video card problems, I pulled everything I could out of the chassis to get it to the lowest common denominator. After putting everything back (or so I'd thought), I realized I hadn't reinstalled the two PCI network cards

Re: [expert] Win TV/radio

2000-01-19 Thread David
Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: > > This may be out of this area's scope. However, I have a WinTV/Radio card > (Hauppauge) and the TV works great in Linux MDK 6.1 and KDE. I was wandering > if anyone knows how to get the radio to work in linux? I have not used it, but in the 2.2.14-15 kernel

Re: [expert] Linksys(PNIC)/Tulip driver

2000-01-19 Thread Civileme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (I know this more directly to Linux, not Mandrake) > > Has anyone come across a problem /w the Linksys 10/100 cards based on the PNIC chip, >that is - not getting DHCP assigned addresses in Linux? > > The situation goes like this: > I have a small home network, and I w

Re: [expert] Linksys(PNIC)/Tulip driver

2000-01-19 Thread whyzzi
>does you isp give out ip's based on mac address? >I have heard that certain isp will only doll out a ip to an mac >address it knows of Not that I am aware of. I've heard of that too, but more in reference to cable modems than xDSL (I've found my ISP to expire DHCP assigned addresses every

[expert] PCMCIA modem and LM 7.0

2000-01-19 Thread Mohammad R. Salehpour, Ph.D.
Hello all; I have a notebook computer with PCMCIA slots. I have also a viking modem card. When I had the LM 6.0 installed everything worked fine. I could dial out with KPPP and have no problem. I installed LM 7.0 on the same computer. Now KPPP does not see the modem. I tried /dev/ttyS0-3. I g

Re: [expert] Cheap Bytes release

2000-01-19 Thread Riyad Kalla
No, Mandrake 7 is based on Windows :) JUST KIDDING! ( to all you out there about to tear out your hair ) On a side note, I am VERY impressed with Mandrake 7 and am enjoying it very much. Riyad Kalla General Partner, Multimedia & Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.transitivesys.com - Orig

Re: [expert] weirdness with v7.0

2000-01-19 Thread Pixel
Ian Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Despite having 2 PCI 21041 Ethernet cards, neither the new or old tulip > driver will detect the cards, which is something I *have* to overcome... you should also try de4x5.o

[expert] UDMA66

2000-01-19 Thread Breno Basilio
Does anybody know how I can install Mandrake in a UDMA66 drive (as UDMA66 and not as UDMA33)? Thanks. Breno --- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Computer Engineering E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://

RE: [expert] Setting up a small network in a NT environment

2000-01-19 Thread james.fogg
I can walk you through that if you like. If the school allows, you could even integrate the Linux-Samba functions into the existing NT network with sharing, password authentication, etc. Reply if interested. -Original Message- From: Payne Stanifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesd

[expert] Win TV/radio

2000-01-19 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
This may be out of this area's scope. However, I have a WinTV/Radio card (Hauppauge) and the TV works great in Linux MDK 6.1 and KDE. I was wandering if anyone knows how to get the radio to work in linux? Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937)257-5773 937-973-3125 (Pager)

RE: [expert] Cheap Bytes release

2000-01-19 Thread Stout, Wayne
Corel *is* based on Debian. I've tinkered with it, and while it shows promises in some areas, it's completely maddening in others. It's also the first distribution I've come across that installs on a laptop easier than a desktop. Go fig. :) -Original Message- From: Margaret Uy [mailto:[EM

RE: [expert] VPN--smbmount doesn't work

2000-01-19 Thread Schiavon, Jose
One problem with Linux is that it does not forwards smb broadcasts that are basic for Windoze network browsing. For this Samba has to be patched and recompiled. Please look at http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/1159/1/ > Problem at a glance: the smbmount command resolves the IP

RE: [expert] VPN--smbmount doesn't work

2000-01-19 Thread Schiavon, Jose
Also put entries in /etc/lmhosts. Have you checked the ipchains rules in both Linux boxes? Are you allowing the real interfaces in the protected network communicate with the virtual interfaces? > just a guess here.have you thougth of putting an entry in /etc/hosts > for > meganpc? or settin

Re: [expert] Cheap Bytes release

2000-01-19 Thread Margaret Uy
haha..and this is someone's reply :) Oh well. Debian *is* pretty good, though. I heard Corel Linux was based on it. On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, you wrote: > alann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is Mandrake 7 REALLY based on Debian?? > > no! -- Margaret Uy [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Cyrix 5x86-120 and Mandrake

2000-01-19 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Mike Fieschko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 8:41 AM Subject: [expert] Cyrix 5x86-120 and Mandrake > >>> "Hoyt" == Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [snip] > > Hoyt> 2. Is anyone aware of a Linux program s

Re: [expert] passing hdparm parameters in LILO

2000-01-19 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [expert] passing hdparm parameters in LILO > Tom Berger wrote: > > > > On 19-Jan-2000 Hoyt wrote: > > > I recall reading somewhere that the hdp

Re[2]: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed

2000-01-19 Thread Kevin Boylan
Hello Matt, Wednesday, January 19, 2000, 1:07:34 AM, you wrote: MS> What probably happened was you changed the numbers (/dev/hda6 becomes MS> /dev/hda5 or somesuch). After the kernel boots, it mounts stuff out of MS> /etc/fstab, which will contain the old numbers. Just make sure that after MS>

[expert] RE: X & RAGE LT Pro

2000-01-19 Thread Vanco, Donald
Turn off the HTML please... I have the same chipset in my laptop. Under XFree86 3.3.5 I used the generic SVGA server with good success. Under XFree86 3.3.6 I can use the correct Mach64 server (but still need to set sw_cursor). I run 32 bit color @ 1024x768 on either X server.

Re: [expert] ftp install?

2000-01-19 Thread Mohammad R. Salehpour, Ph.D.
>Sorry if I am rehashing this ... I'm installing LM 7.0 via >ftp install and all goes well until the installer tries to >retrieve mdkinst_stage2.gz - I always get the error message: >"Unable to retrieve the second stage ramdisk: Bad server >response". Can someone enlighten me as to what I am doin

Re: [expert] passing hdparm parameters in LILO

2000-01-19 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Tom Berger wrote: > > On 19-Jan-2000 Hoyt wrote: > > I recall reading somewhere that the hdparm parameters can be passed in > > LILO. > > This would certainly help my old, slow drives during the boot process. > > Is > > this possible, or was someone just daydreaming out loud? > > > > Hoyt > > I

[expert] Cyrix 5x86-120 and Mandrake

2000-01-19 Thread Mike Fieschko
>>> "Hoyt" == Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] Hoyt> 2. Is anyone aware of a Linux program similar to the DOS Hoyt> program that allows me to set some the 5x86 registers not Hoyt> accessable from the BIOS that improve performance? Under [snip] http://www.linux.com/howto/min

[expert] Setting up a small network in a NT environment

2000-01-19 Thread Payne Stanifer
I have convinced the sysadmins at my school to allow me to setup a small linux subnet with a web server and a few clients. I was wondering what al is invovled in implementing Linux in a NT network and what all needs to be done to reasonably secure the boxes. I was hoping that someone may have s

Re: [expert] weirdness with v7.0

2000-01-19 Thread Ian Douglas
At 02:03 AM 1/19/00 , Henti Smith wrote: >sorry to mail you directly .. but howw did you get into the text >installation ? When you boot off the CD, you'll see a small screen of text and a prompt like this: boot: you can type linux or hit enter for the default installation, or type expert f

RE: [expert] O.T. personal internet access via employer connection

2000-01-19 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
My former employer AAC Inc (Dayton firm) has that in place. As a matter of fact, if you had an ISDN line they had dialups for them as well. All in all something like 6 lines + 2 for ISDN Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937)257-5773 937-973-3125 (Pager) -Original Message- From: Joseph S.

RE: [expert] passing hdparm parameters in LILO

2000-01-19 Thread Tom Berger
On 19-Jan-2000 Hoyt wrote: > I recall reading somewhere that the hdparm parameters can be passed in > LILO. > This would certainly help my old, slow drives during the boot process. > Is > this possible, or was someone just daydreaming out loud? > > Hoyt I use rc.local for this. I don't think th

Re: [expert] O.T. personal internet access via employer connection

2000-01-19 Thread Audrey Beck
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Greetings all, > > I recently proposed to our human resources dept. that our company > consider allowing it's employee's to use it's internet backbone > connection form home during off hours as an employee benefit, some thing > along the lines of becoming a small s

[expert] ftp install?

2000-01-19 Thread Christopher Quale
Sorry if I am rehashing this ... I'm installing LM 7.0 via ftp install and all goes well until the installer tries to retrieve mdkinst_stage2.gz - I always get the error message: "Unable to retrieve the second stage ramdisk: Bad server response". Can someone enlighten me as to what I am doing wro

[expert] Iomega SCSI Card problem

2000-01-19 Thread Vincent Colombo
I have an Iomega ISA Zip Accellerator SCSI card. This card is adaptec 152x compatible but I can't seem to get it to work. I installed Mandrake 7 yesterday and selected the Adaptec 152x card. I'm not exactly sure what to use for options, though. I check the Windows settings of the card and it says

Re: [expert] kernel upgrade 2.2.13-7 --> 2.2.13.22

2000-01-19 Thread Brenner Stefan
Hi, Edward Pilipczuk wrote: > > I faced with the problem when upgrading the kernel. > System: P5/133, 48MB RAM, Etherexpress PRO 10, > IDE HDD 6GB partitioned as: > hda1:2G pri-vfat, hda2: 4.1G ext > . > Mandrake 6.1 installed on /dev/hda5 with kernel 2.2.13-7 > Kernel was upgraded to 2.2.13

[expert] kernel upgrade 2.2.13-7 --> 2.2.13.22

2000-01-19 Thread Edward Pilipczuk
I faced with the problem when upgrading the kernel. System: P5/133, 48MB RAM, Etherexpress PRO 10, IDE HDD 6GB partitioned as: hda1:2G pri-vfat, hda2: 4.1G ext . Mandrake 6.1 installed on /dev/hda5 with kernel 2.2.13-7 Kernel was upgraded to 2.2.13-22 using rpm package from offical distribut