[newbie-it] piccolo aiuto

Ciao tutti, io sono veramente Newbie in Linux, percio' vorrei chiedervi forse una stupidagine, pero' se mi aiutate mi fate gran piacere... vorrei scaricare Linux Mandrake, pero' non riesco a capire precisamente quali fail devo scaricare dal server FTP e dopo come posso masterizzare sul CD... Vi

Re: [newbie-it] c++

On Wed, 01 Nov 2000, a day in the life, osva wrote: ciao...rieccomi, s configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c++ compiler cannot create executables come mi devo comportare? direi ti manchi il compilatore. devi installare minimo il gcc e forse qualche altro pacchetto

Re: [newbie-it]mandrake 7.2 e controller ata100

--- freefred [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: On Wed, 01 Nov 2000, a day in the life, Studio associato Ragonesi wrote: salve, ho appena scaricato la 7.2 della Mandrake e mi apprestavo ad istallarla, però mi sono accorto che non mi vede nessun hard-disk. scusa (non ho pero' ancora visto

Re: [newbie-it] c++

direi ti manchi il compilatore. devi installare minimo il gcc e forse qualche altro pacchetto devel. sul cd dovresti averlo in rpm e dovrebbe pure dirti quali altri file vuole. bye -- Devil Inside Experiment - C'era un bambino che odiava la polizia www.acidlife.com/aciderror/freefred

[newbie-it] Configurazione scheda audio

Ciao a tutti sono nuovo di Linux, ma devo dire che mi è piaciuto subito per la stabilità, la sicurezza e la velocità. Ne avevo le scatole piene dei continui blocchi su windoz 98se. Arriviamo al problema: Ho installato con successo su una partizione dell'HD secondario la distribuzione Mandrake7

Re: [newbie-it] c++

On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 12:52:44AM +0100, osva wrote: ciao...rieccomi, sto cercando di capire come si installa e si compila un software...ho seguito alla lettera quello che dice il manuale di mandr7.1: ho copiato nella directory /usr/local/src il file che mi interessava *.tar.gz, ho lanciato

Re: [newbie-it] c++

Ti manca il pacchetto contenente il compilatore. cerca sul cd il file gcc-*.rpm (* sta per "non mi ricordo esattamente il nome del file) ed installalo. -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6

Re: [newbie-it] piccolo aiuto

On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 11:30:31AM +0100, MusTanGi wrote: Ciao tutti, io sono veramente Newbie in Linux, percio' vorrei chiedervi forse una stupidagine, pero' se mi aiutate mi fate gran piacere... vorrei scaricare Linux Mandrake, pero' non riesco a capire precisamente quali fail devo

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Re: [newbie-it] permessi...

Il 31/10/00, osva parlò così: creare un utente dedicato a compiti amministrativi (ad es. admin) che si occupi dell'installazione del software...e che abbia permesso di scrittura in /usr/local/src /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib /usr/man ho creato admin, ma non riesco a scrivere nelle

Re: [newbie-it] c++

Il 01/11/00, osva parlò così: checking for c++...no checking for g++...no checking for gcc...no checking for CC...no checking for cxx...no checking for cc++...no checking whether the c++ compiler (gcc) works...no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c++ compiler

[newbie-it] cd non accessibile

Salve sono disperato non riesco piu ad accedere al cd la cartella non è accessibile,si puo rimontare? sapete dirmi come si fa? Ho anche un probblema su server, da remoto è possibile accedere con ftp come root? da quando apache gira in suexec non posso piu lavorare su alcune directory e devo

[newbie] Fw: helpppppppppp

- Original Message - From: rebeccap To: newbie@linux-mandrake Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: helpp Hi , I suppose I am considered a newbie since I have only learned computers this past year. I am however very brave or stupid cause I have tackled

Re: [newbie] CD-RW Drive Question

yes the drive I have is an 8x4x32 ZipCD. I don't use the programs you refer to , I use X-CDRoast, For the first problem ,if you have buffer underruns and sounds like it, is to up the FIFO Buffer. I installed the two prgs. you refered to in Gcombust goto the file menu select preferences and

Re: [newbie] Changing colors.

How do I change the screen colors for my user account? I am able to change the colors for the root account so I assume this is a security problem (do I need to change rights to a setup file to allow writing? which file?). I chose to use mid-level security during the Check the permissions

[newbie] egcs1.1.2

Where I can find the rpm of egcs1.1.2 for Mandrake 7.1 ? thanx --- Rodrigo Castro Hernandez Area de Desarrollo Departamento de Computo Universidad Latina de CR ---

Re: [newbie] Internet in the UK

On Tuesday 31 October 2000 01:53 pm, you wrote: Do you have windows? For some weird reason windows can auto-detect the DNS while linux cannot. Can anyone explain this? Connect under windows. Now you must run c:\windows\winipcfg.exe. Click More Info and there will be a field containing the

[newbie] compiling kwintv

I'm trying to get bttv to work on my LM 7.1 installation. I have all the required modules and they load correctly. Then I got my hands on the 'kwintv-xx.tar.gz' and expanded it. When I run ./configure from within the kwintv directory, a lot of check scroll up quickly till 'checking for

[newbie] Kwin and kde apps do not run in ML7.2

Hi. Yesterday I installed Mandrake 7.2 and I got some problems with KDE 2. It seems that the window manager (kwin) does not run. My windows have no borders, cannot be moved, etc. Also my Desktop is gone (no icons). When I try to start kwin from a command line I get the following error message:

Re: [newbie] CD-RW Drive Question

Is this Iomega drive the ZipCD 8x4x32? I have had no problems burning using Nero 5 in Windows 2000, but in Linux using Gnome-Toaster and Gcombust I have had problems. These programmes are front-ends for cdrecord, and when I tell it to burn a CD it finishes earlier than expected but it says

Re: [[newbie] 7th question - word processing - you only thought iwas finished]

There's Kword is an excellent alternative to MS Word in Mandrake 7.2. Havent tried it yet. But I checked it out as Koffice is integrated together like Office 2000. Lookin' like a window killer. hehe The big problem with Kword is that it doesn't output foreign formats yet. This is going to

Re: [newbie] Internet in the UK

In a message dated 31/10/00 18:57:19 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: tup the PPP correctly-ish. It connects to the server however, i get no server found when trying to goto sites. I think that the problem is that i have no DNS listed in the PPP properties, the problem is that

[newbie] Reoccuring 3:02 error

Hello, I'm relativily new to using linux (I've only been using it for a month or so), and I keep getting a reoccuring Kernal Panic "VFS: unable to mount root partition 03:02 This has happened twice before and both times I haven't been able to find enough info on how to fix it. I don't know

RE: [newbie] installing on 2nd hd

Alex, Since you have two harddisk, suggest putting your disks in removable trays, config each as pri. master, insert whichever you wish to use and boot-up. When you are comfortable with the OS's involved then do the 'marrying'. I now have at home, Win95B, Win2000 (was WinNt 4 used by my son),

RE: [newbie] Internet in the UK

I think so you can use 193.140.62.200 / 193.140.61.56 or 194.27.149.19 Gürkan Deveci -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet in the UK In a message dated

Re: [newbie] compiling kwintv

the file itself should be in /usr/lib, make sure that you also have kdesupport-devel rpm loaded. It may be looking for a specific header file or something. -- Original Message -- From: Ashley Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe

From: "Tim Thomas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:08:19 EST How can I get removed from this posting. You guys are great and so helpful, but my mailbox gets lockedup because I can't get to the emails quickly

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Re: [newbie] 1st question -- CD burner crash burn

next, i have burned a few CDs using gtoaster. i was burning one this weekend and went to fire up GIMP while doing that. short of the long, Linux did a windoze imitation. crashed burned big time. first gtoaster froze, then KFM, then eterm. ended up shutting down to reboot.

RE: [newbie] ppp established but...

I've been having the same problem. I don't think it's the ISP because before I reinstalled Linux (this time in expert mode, though still mostly using the defaults)this ISP worked fine. Is there something I have to setup special to get acess to the internet? My security level is set to medium,

Re: [newbie] sendmail

I'm not just in a local area network though. I am as well in a remote session from my work place! Because this is your internal network. Goto your windows'95 /98 MsDos Prompt. Edit the hosts files at C:\windows Example : Edit hosts.sam Your Linux IP Address

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[newbie] USB Printer

Does USB Printer Xerox Docuprint P8xe works on Mandrake 7.2? Saravut Teepprasan http://www.digitaltophoto.com

[newbie] Windows

When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. I want to be able to use both Windows Linux. My Windows OS was 95. Thanks, Jason

Re: [newbie] 3rd question - reading an audio CD

On Tuesday 31 October 2000 06:52 pm, you wrote: when i put an audio CD into my drive i can not access it, as in: cd /mnt/cdrom You can't, and aren't supposed to mount audio CD's. when i try to mount cdrom i get: already mounted acording to mtab. is this normal? can one not access an

Re: [newbie] sendmail

May I know what is your current configuration at your Linux server - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SKLIM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] sendmail I'm not just in a local area network though. I

[newbie] Kernel Compile

Hi All, I just recently tried recompiling my kernel. I made only a small number of changes, but I thought I would try it out. I changed the the EXTRAVERSION variable int the Makefile in /usr/src/linux so that the kernel would be appended with -SDP instead of -mdk. I performed the usual make

Re: [newbie] Changing colors.

--- Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I change the screen colors for my user account? I am able to change the colors for the root account so I assume this is a security problem (do I need to change rights to a setup file to allow writing? which file?). I chose to

Re: [newbie] Internet in the UK

I use 195.92.195.94 and 195.92.195.95 to connect to freeserve unlimited PAP authentication Dynamic IP address the Gateway/Login/Accounting are left as they defaulted to when I installed. I had no need to edit any files, just set up Kppp as above and away it went. Poogle On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, you

[newbie] LM NFS

I have a Mandrake-Linux 6.1 web server that works great! However, during the install I accidently included NFS, so each time I re-boot the server, I receive errors for: NFS services NFS mountd NFS daemon NFS quotas NFS statd Now that I want to use the "printtool" to configure printing, I

RE: [newbie] Windows

You'll have to start from scratch, Windblows needs to be installed first then Linux. You should be able to install linux without wiping out your windows partition. --- Original Message --- "Jason Cunningham" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:01:35 -0700 -- This

Re: [newbie] Windows

Hi jason, Well you have three options. 1.use fdisk and create a non-dos partition or an ext.2 of windows. 2.use partition magic and size it out that way. Either way is incredibly simple. I figured it out on my own so Im sure you can as well. Just be sure you use 100 percent of the available

[newbie] PCMCIA modems

I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, Sony Vaio PCG F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to whatever the last one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set flow control to "none" and then try to query modem, it will say modem ready and

[newbie] re:freeserve connection in the UK

thanks everyone for your suggestions, i will try out some of the ip addresses when i get home. Jamie _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your

Re: [newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2

Having just gone through this loop, I would recommend a fresh install rather than an upgrade. The installer gives you the option not to reformat your /home partition, which means you can do the install and keep stuff that you need. BTW, does anyone here *not* like KDE2? Most people seem to

[newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2

Is it possible/easy to update from mandrake version 7.1 to 7.2 because i already have 7.1 installed and working OK, and should have received 7.2 this morning in the post. I just wondered if i can easily upgrade or if a re-install is better. jamie

Re: [newbie] Promise ATA-100

pretty sure it doesn't. 7.2b3 wouldn't install on my A7V with my primary drive on the ATA-100 controller. Perhaps 2.4 kernel will support ATA-100? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking of installing Mandrake 7.2, but wanted to know if anyone knows if it supports ATA-100?? Can anyone help.

[newbie] Fwd: sendmail question

I have a mandrake 7.1 machine as follows packard bell cyrix 300+ 233mhz 144 megs ram 4.8 gig drive 13.1 gig drive samba server apache server ipchains 2 nics (1 3com, 1 realtek) s3 video card 4 megs ram cable internet service (fixed IP) I can send to one of the users on the server and

[newbie] Promise ATA-100

I'm thinking of installing Mandrake 7.2, but wanted to know if anyone knows if it supports ATA-100?? Can anyone help. Roland Serman

Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows

NOONONONO Dont do this. I tried it once and it ended up createing a cd with the image file on it. You have to look under file-create from disk image. Do it from there. - Original Message - From: "Robin Regennitter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000

RE: Re: [newbie] Promise ATA-100

I think at this time LM 7.2 supports ATA66. Maybe 7.3 or 8.0 will support ATA100, I do think that kernel 2.4.x does support it though. --- Original Message --- abe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Wed, 01 Nov 2000 11:13:29 -0800 -- pretty sure it doesn't. 7.2b3 wouldn't install on

Re: [newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2

BTW, does anyone here *not* like KDE2? Most people seem to prefer it, but I have to say that although it has some excellent apps (konqueror is far superior to kfm), on the whole the look and feel is a bit clunky for my I haven't spent much time with it but mostly because I don't like it.

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA modems -- Better use external ones

At 1/11/00 05:15:00 Tierra, you wrote: I am trying to get a PCMCIA modems to work under Kppp (MD7.1, Sony Vaio PCG F250) I have tried all the /dev options from /dev/modem to whatever the last one is and either get modem busy, can't open modem etc. If I set flow control to "none" and then try to

[newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem

Greetings! Veteran Linux user here, tryin' out Mandrake Linux for the first time ... First off, I can't get through the install. Here's what happens: Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it

Re: [newbie] choice of computer - fix contacts

Ron, Treat unreliable connections with Stabilant22. It can work magic, as long as the problem is in the sockets and not broken contacts in the multi-level motherboard beneith them [see below for how to test]. TV radiofrequency contacts, high end stereo, computers, any low voltage

Re: [newbie] Thanks!

In a message dated 31-Oct-00 10:37:15 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks everyone who's tried to help me find an ISP provider. I tried to respond to the 2 people who suggested Mindspring. Unfortunately for some bizarre reason, both of my responses were kicked back to me

Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem

One other note ... as a pot shot in the dark, I thought I'd try to install RedHat 7.0 (bad idea, I know - just wanted to see if the install would work or if my hardware was horked) ... it appears to be working (installing packages now ...) -Brice Brice Ruth wrote: Greetings! Veteran Linux

Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem

Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it manually ... so I do. 128M swap, 512M root, the rest goes to usr. Don't comment on how intelligent or stupid my partitioning scheme is, please - that

Re: [newbie] External CD-RW Drive?

i have an external CD burner. it's a Philips Omni-Writer... sorry i don't recall the exact model (i'm at work) but it is an older one. i bought it from a computer nut friend. it's a SCSI device and it works just great. =) don't let my previous post about it crashing on me mislead you.

Re: [newbie] 4th question - HP 500C printer

thanks Jeff then it probably will work, i just have something wrong someplace. must do some experimenting *gasp* read some documentation maybe. =) i really hate having to read documentation. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [[newbie] 7th question - word processing - you only thought iwas finished]

You can say that again! At this point in time I would touch Koffice, or Kword with a ten foot pole. After the fiasko if this weekend past I'm no stinkin hurry to even get a whif of KDE2 or anything related to it. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS!

Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem

Ed Tharp wrote: hey, I am really a newbie , but should not your swap be twice the size of the ram? - Original Message - From: "Brice Ruth" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:19 PM Subject: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem > Greetings! > >

Re: [newbie] upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2

Nah, what I mean is I'm running KDE 2 apps quite happily within Enlightenment without any problems. Seems to crash much less than running KDE itself, oddly enough. grin...this is a path I've got to take with 7.2 I think. I'm much more of a KDE 1.1 fan than I am of GNOME but KDE seems

[newbie] thanks on CD questions

just a note of thanks for the input on the audio CD CD burner -- crash situation. =) and for the info on copying CDs with cdrecord. must play with that some more. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Windows

hmm well i managed to install windows without killing linux! but im also using a pirated copy of win2k

RE: [newbie] question about mandrake probs..

You're close. When you're looking at the screen and "top" is running you would type "k", and it will prompt you for the "PID". type in the number that you've mentioned and hit enter. There is another way that is far easier and that is if you've got a terminal window open type "kpm" and hit enter.

Re: [newbie] Which hard drive is the most reliable andinstallation of Linux?

some more spouting off from me mixed in here with what Michael said: "Michael Lueck" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:41:36 PM 11/1/00 Maxtor as much as I have used them were good middle of the road drives - not had to contact tech support so I don't know how they are. me: i have only had to call tech

Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes

Hm...lets pray that it's still-born. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS! registered linux user # 182469 =/\= PINE 4.21 =/\= ** Surprisingly on Tue, 31 Oct 2000 Larry

[newbie] amazing...

I hate to say this, but I am in shock.. I just installed 7.2 from the current ISO images - did an expert install and installed everything- and for the very first time, of any Mandrake or SuSE install, ALL of my devices (except my USB HP scanner - not supported yet as far as I know ) worked

Re: [newbie] Which hard drive is the most reliable andinstallation of Linux?

I like and use aMaxtor 8.4 gig HD...and I like it... no problems...on installing/useing it under 7.02 mandrake by the way, anyone interested in buying off me Netscapes Enterprise Server v 3.51 it costs about 3000.00...I got it where I work: www.cmgi.com one of the altavista software

Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows

On Wednesday 01 November 2000 11:37, you wrote: I've been doing this since downloading iso images. At first, it did copy the image file directly as image file. but then I realized that the filesystem needed to stated as ISO9660 in order to create the CD from iso. So I got everything

RE: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

SCSI is definitely faster. It's also more costly, but has many benefits. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian Smith Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT 6th question - SCSI vs IDE OT

Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes

Carroll, I thank God for the fact that Hell will NEVER freeze over and VB will NEVER be ported to Linux. Why in the world would anyone want to foul the water with manure like that is absolutely obscene from a programmers perspective! -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle...

Re: [newbie] Thanks!

Hi Debbie, You are not alone with the 'no-no' thing. Intermittantly I get this no no message, which then tells which I am supposed to have used, but I can never find any of the 'bad' words in my text. I think the robot goes off his head every now and again so I have given up worrying and

[newbie] Printer Question

-- I know this has been done before. I just got a HP Deskjet 648C. 1. Can I use USB connection for this printer with the 2.2.14 kernel? 2. I tried using it via parallel, it detects it etc. on lp which is LPT1, but no print. 3. Which is easier set-up USB or parallel? Help me out? Jay

Re: [newbie] Windows

On Wed, 01 Nov 2000, you wrote: When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. I want to be able to use both Windows Linux. My Windows OS was 95. Thanks, Jason

Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem

1) I've tried the 'automatic' option - I get the error. 2) I create the swap, then root, then usr (I like having swap first on the disk) 3) They are defined properly as swap and ext2 - I actually wanted the usr partition to be ReiserFS, so I was trying that at first, but eventually went

[newbie] BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so

Hi, I've installed LM7.2 twice using a harddrive install. Both times it installed without any errors, but has problems nonetheless. During bootup, harddrake and one or two other things fail. Once booted everything appears functional but DrakConf/Xconfigurator/etc all fail with the message:

Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes

At 06:01 PM 11/2/00, you wrote: Carroll, I thank God for the fact that Hell will NEVER freeze over and VB will NEVER be ported to Linux. Why in the world would anyone want to foul the water with manure like that is absolutely obscene from a programmers perspective! Yes, VB is obscene...(I hack

[newbie] test

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Re: [newbie] Changing colors.

back to the group if I can't get it working. Will there be a separate copy of that file for each user on Yes, each user has one (presuming they're running KDE). the system? Assuming the file is owned by root, do I change the owner or just allow the write permission to everyone? Thanks for

Re: [newbie] Promise ATA-100

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think at this time LM 7.2 supports ATA66. Maybe 7.3 or 8.0 will support ATA100, I do think that kernel 2.4.x does support it though. perhapse, although I'm using 2.4.0 kernel that comes with mandrake 7.2b3 and I can't use the promise 100 controller. Its too

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA modems

Some pcmcia modems are indeed winmodems. Just half an ago i was looking at one. I use a Compaq Armada M700. Compaq, in its wisdom, "upgraded" the modem in this unit. What used to be a perfectly fine real internal modem is now a winmodem. I have worked with the winmodem(linmodem?) in the

Re: [newbie] amazing...

philomena wrote: I hate to say this, but I am in shock.. I just installed 7.2 from the current ISO images - did an expert install and installed everything- and for the very first time, of any Mandrake or SuSE install, ALL of my devices (except my USB HP scanner - not supported yet as

RE: [newbie] partitioning lockup

Not that I know of. I looked all through the BIOS and I saw no such option. And this is the only suggestion I've received. Are there any others? Michael oNb wrote: "Michael H. Bracey" wrote: Sorry if this is a re-post. I never saw the original one show up... I'm

Re: [newbie] How to burn iso under windows

you need to find a program that will translate the iso during the burn, but i cant think of any, try using a search engine, usually your cd burner comes with additional programs are you sure you dont have a program already that works with isos?

Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem

Thanx for the notes :) I've downloaded the 7.1 iso - I'll give that a shot tomorrow. As for having the swap first, I recall reading something when I first started using Linux (maybe in the Linux Adminstrator's Guide?) that optimal placement of the swap partition (at that time, with those

Re: [newbie] Windows

At 08:01 AM 11/01/2000 -0700, Jason Cunningham wrote: When I installed Linux for the first time I wiped out my Windows Partition. How do I re-install it under Linux. I am using ver 6.1. I want to be able to use both Windows Linux. My Windows OS was 95. Thanks, Jason Make a boot floppy for

[newbie] KPP Problem - can't connect to Net as user

I don't know if this is a common problem, but I seem unable to connect to one of my ISPs (ntlworld)as a user with KPP. Although the connection seems to work OK, when I open Netscape I get the following message. "Warning: the following hosts are unknown:

Re: [newbie] Windows

ok it depends on the version so you will have to reinstall linux after installing windows unless you like me and use a hacked versino of win2k

Re: [newbie] Clipper and Visual Basic languajes

cant say much to it. it could be ported in a way to make it more usable vb in its current state sucks not very versatile. but it had a simple structure to it, well simple for the user anyways its too close to the human language, so it takes a crap load of power to translate it, the major downfall,

[newbie] Samba

Ok, I have been through two different configure setups, one from Linuxnewbie and the other from a book called "Mastering Linux". Neither of which reflects the current Samba 2.0.7 that I am using and I have also looked at the mandrake site. Anyone know of a good source to guide me through

Re: [newbie] partitioning lockup

In a message dated 11/1/2000 2:41:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Michael H. Bracey" wrote: Sorry if this is a re-post. I never saw the original one show up... I'm booting from the CD-ROM to make a first install of 7.2 on a 27.9G IDE HD with only the existing

[newbie] fsck usage

Hi all, Question about fsck, I need to know how to run it correctly. I log in as root and type the following- fsck -t nondos /dev./hda# and it says that running fsck will cause severe file damage. So how then do I unmount the file system to run it ? Also when installing linux and creating your

Re: [newbie] egcs1.1.2

try rpmfind.net At 01:55 PM 10/31/2000 -0600, you wrote: Where I can find the rpm of egcs1.1.2 for Mandrake 7.1 ? thanx --- Rodrigo Castro Hernandez Area de Desarrollo Departamento de Computo Universidad Latina de CR --- Squashman dit,

Re: [newbie] installing on 2nd hd

Alex, The use of hard drive (interchangible) trays is an excellent suggestion. I have worked on machines with with these as a technician, and I have also installed them. They work very well. Two points: don't lose the key; the drives are VERY fragile, treat them as such. The trays

[newbie] OK, what's the URL to get off of this list?

Re: [newbie] 7th question - word processing - you only thought iwas finished

Adrian, I for one prefer Star Office. What exactly is it about SO that is too much for you? Abiword is a nice enough app, but unfortunately it's still a beta app and has a few...um...bugs in it. -- Mark Larry is NOT a cucumber...he's a stinkin pickle... WITH WARTS!

Re: [newbie] how can I set up cable modem connection in Linux Mandrake?

Luis Mercadillo wrote: Please post details. Thanks Luis try http://members.home.net/randal.leavitt/CableModemConnectionNotes.html It could help.

Re: [newbie] Which hard drive is the most reliable and installation of Linux?

On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:24:02 -0500, Romanator wrote: What would be the most preferable hard drive to install in your computer or does it matter? I've been building PC's for clients for 13 years now - and the past few years I've used IBM drives in both workstations (IDE - DeskStar) and in

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