[newbie] Freeserve, trouble with mail

2001-12-19 Thread Adrian Lynch
their help line. I am getting mail from them, but I can't seem to get the subscription confirmation to come back. Is it a problem with the list or should I hound Freeserver some more? Thanks in advance people Adrian Lynch -- United Kingdom http://www.thoughtbubble.co.uk/ Ph: +44 (0

RE: [newbie] windows on linux

2001-10-23 Thread Adrian Lynch
Wine? If not, please go easy on me!! I have no work to do and I'm bored. Has anyone read all of Sridhar's footer's, some are bloody funny :o) -Original Message- From: Dechao Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 October 2001 21:44 To: newbie Subject: [newbie] windows on linux

RE: [newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0

2001-10-23 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm a bit late with this one! I had a chat with AOL's online help, I wrote a large paragraph of my situation, saying what info I needed , or thought I needed, to get AOL going in Win4Lin. His answer, AOL does not support Linux, 10 minutes of arguing later and it ends with a thank you and good

RE: [newbie] windows on linux

2001-10-23 Thread Adrian Lynch
GO ON SON, HIT 'EM He was only joking, sometimes there's no other way to say, or point something out with out coming across like you're being a smart arse, thats why you should litter your email with symbols, then you can only hope that people take it as info and not someone having a go! Now

RE: [newbie] windows on linux

2001-10-23 Thread Adrian Lynch
I think he means the other way round!! -Original Message- From: russell hobman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 October 2001 16:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] windows on linux goodaye, the program you would be after is WIN4LIN3 you can find out more about it here

RE: [newbie] Worst factual review of linux ever ( This is the reply I posted to them.)

2001-10-18 Thread Adrian Lynch
I can't believe you lot take this so seriously. I'm very new to Linux yet I found it funny, and there was probably more jokes in it than I'll ever realise. No doubt they are all pating themselves on the back at such an out cry by yourselves. This is exactly what they were hoping for I think!!

RE: [newbie] Worst factual review of linux ever ( This is the rep ly I posted to them.)

2001-10-18 Thread Adrian Lynch
to them.) Actually, I'm not sure if Frank is taking it seriously or just adding some real facts so the newbs (like myself) know the truths. mitch Adrian Lynch adrian.l@thoughtbubbTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED], Newbie

RE: [newbie] Grub problems

2001-10-01 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm not sure this is true, I have ME (God bless my soul) and I can, I think, exit to DOS. Or am I thinking of something else? -Original Message- From: Hans N. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 September 2001 21:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Grub problems Just a

[newbie] Test

2001-10-01 Thread Adrian Lynch
Bloody Outlook, just testing to see if this thing works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re:[newbie] Video cards

2001-09-18 Thread Adrian Lynch
I was looking at the new KyroII cards but I haven't seen much info with regards to compatability, anyone know any different? So, with all the discussion about nVidia cards, what is a good card to run? I am going to upgrade cause my little 4mb ATI Rage doesn't even get tux down the hill. I

[newbie] Video Cards, any good?

2001-09-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'm about to buy a new video card, either a 3D Prophet 4500 PowerVR KyroII 64MB AGP, or a VIVID! XS Kyro II 32MB AGP. Can anyone tell me what the compatability is like with these and Mandrake 8.0, or a place I can find out? Lovely Jubbly :o) Hey Ho...lets go Want to buy your Pack or

RE: [newbie] Grub problems

2001-09-14 Thread Adrian Lynch
Adam, not two weeks ago I did exactly the same thing, and it was a weekend so I had no way of finding out how to fix it. you might want to wait for someone to confirm this answer, but you use a Windoze Boot disk get into the c drive ( dir c: and press enter) then fdisk /mbr this clears the Master

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-11 Thread Adrian Lynch
( Whats the point of giving me a mix of the two if the lower one brings the higher one down? Adrian Lynch -- United Kingdom http://www.thoughtbubble.co.uk/ Ph: +44 (0) 20 7387 8890 -- New Zealand http://www.thoughtbubble.co.nz/ Ph: +64 (0) 9 488 9131

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-11 Thread Adrian Lynch
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough? On Tuesday 11 September 2001 04:47 am, Adrian Lynch escribió: Speaking of RAM, I hope nobody minds me slating a PC company, but it needs to be said. I bought a PC from Evesham a while back, it should have come with 128Mb PC133

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-11 Thread Adrian Lynch
is enough? On Tuesday 11 September 2001 08:30 am, Adrian Lynch escribió: So it's just a case of me changing the BIOS from auto to 133? Yes. You should post what the system is (cpu/mobo) and what bios it uses. Unless there's a facility on the ram PCB to signal the bios what speed to run the ram

[newbie] 486/66ST Vectra

2001-09-11 Thread Adrian Lynch
little info on what I have) c) a place or person that can help me. PS, I checked the floppy was working in another machine, so it shouldn't be that. Cheers Adrian Lynch -- The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and intended solely

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-10 Thread Adrian Lynch
Sorry about the lateness of this post, but £30 buys you 256Mb of SDRAM and even DDR! Whats the problem? Unless of course you're after some older memory type! -Original Message- From: Warren Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 September 2001 04:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-10 Thread Adrian Lynch
I wish I had read the other answers before sending that last one. Sorry :o( -Original Message- From: Warren Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 September 2001 04:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough? I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I

RE: [newbie] Which Linux?

2001-08-22 Thread Adrian Lynch
Cheers for the answers. Mandrake it is then. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Which Linux?

2001-08-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
the installation process, nice and easy. Is there any reasons to choose this over Corel, Red Hat ect Thanks, and go easy on me, it's my first post :o) Adrian Lynch -- United Kingdom http://www.thoughtbubble.co.uk/ Ph: +44 (0) 20 7387 8890 -- Want to buy your