[newbie] (in desperation, I repost) 52MB limit

Hello List, I have an Mitsubishi Amity CN notebook, Pentium 133MHz 48MB RAM (which is it's maximum capacity), with a 1.5GB hard drive with which I'd like to dual boot Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 8.2. I can connect to the Internet and LAN via a Netgear FA411 PCMCIA NIC under Win9x. I have set aside

Re: [newbie] What would be the standard document format?

- Original Message - From: "Carroll Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] What would be the standard document format? > On Sunday 21 April 2002 07:19 pm, Lee wrote: > > On Sunday 21 April 2002 06:28 pm, you wrote:

[newbie] Install on laptop no cdrom, 48MB RAM Net install error 52MB RAM needed

cdrom install, the ramdisk is used to speed up things (access time is quite high on cdrom drives) For pcmcia, it depends on the type of install. -- Jon Dowd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Technician 482-TECH (8324) or, 1-800 419-4804 InfoStructure & IVO http://www.mind.net - 8am-11pm

[newbie] in runlevel 3 - screen goes blank after a time

Hello list, While I am running in runlevel 3 (not X) the display or screen will go blank after a while of inactivity. What file should I edit to stop the "screen blanking" or whatever is causing the screen to go black. Again, that's in init 3. The only things I can find on the subject talk abou

Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs

m away and boot your computer and be online ! Jon Dowd - Original Message - From: "Harry Ablejoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs > Hi Newbie > I use ca

newbie@linux-mandrake.com

is *not* housed in a case. As you may know you can run a computer with all the components scattered about on a table... My web server is suspended from the ceiling as a breeze catching mobile ! Dangling and clanking... :-) Jon Dowd, www.jondowd.com - Original Message - From: "A

Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list

Am I right... it's always the friggin' pious ones isn't it !? If * I * were to respond to anyone's query posted to a mailing list with the word "newbie" in it, I'd try to be helpful because I'd assume they would be new and could use some help. Nobody was born knowing how to use Majordomo lists.

[newbie] hdd: packet command error

I'm trying to use an older CD-ROM drive, but am getting error messages at startup. I have a dual boot machine and the CD-ROM drive works ok under Windows. I have included the output of dmesg. Thanks, Jon Dowd Linux ve

[newbie] stop cron job

How do I stop slocate from launching every time I boot my computer. There is a slocate.cron in /etc/cron.daily/ , but I don't know what file to edit to remove it (or comment it out). Thank you, Jon Dowd

[newbie] regret adding the Application Launcher

mmand line box? Thanks, Jon Dowd

[newbie] windows partition read only file system ?

ax. I have tried chmod 761 /mnt/hda1 Can you help me? Thanks, Jon Dowd

Re: [newbie] Singular email Batman!!

On Thursday 28 December 2000 21:47, you wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Romanator wrote: > >Wow, > > > >Is every one getting 6 copies of each email?! > > Yup. > Paul Uh... no, I'm only getting one... jrd

[newbie] blank screen

f I run MS Windows from another partition on the same computer, the screen will not go blank (so I don't think it's a BIOS setting). How can I make this stop happening - or - can I create a log file that will let me know what is causing the screen to go blank ? Thanks -- Jon Dowd

[newbie] Display goes blank

Hello, Where do I configure the display to not go blank. BIOS power management settings are set to "OFF" but within an hour of xlock, the screensave has turned balnk. -- Jon Dowd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Technician 541 482-TECH (8324) InfoStructure & IVO http://www.mind.net

Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver

worked just fine. I don't believe "they took xscreensaver out of their linux". -- Jon Dowd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Technician 541 482-TECH (8324) InfoStructure & IVO http://www.mind.net

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

On Saturday 11 November 2000 18:29, patrick wrote: > > > sorry i dont know how to start a new thread but > > does mandrrake 7.2 have kde 2.0 and koffice > and kernal 2.4 or not. Without mentioning shame... I'll say yes, yes and no. Jon Dowd

Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or drive?

t is "Drive C:" On this computer I have WIndows ME, Mandrake 7.2 and MS-DOS 6.22. I can start any one of those three at boot time. -- Jon Dowd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Technician 541 482-TECH (8324) InfoStructure & IVO http://www.mind.net

[newbie] ISO image file

Hello, Can the 600mb ISO image file be used for an install directly from the hard drive it is downloaded onto without being written to a CD? Is there some information available how to do this ? Thanks, Jon Dowd

[newbie] install from a hard drive

system or ext2? Should the install files be on the same hard drive as the destination hard drive or on another one? Thanks, Jon Dowd