Re: [newbie] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe

2000-03-03 Thread Kevin Sexton
Xavier Fromant wrote: Test: Pretty Park.exe :) Xavier Fromant Name: Pretty Park.exe Pretty Park.exeType: unspecified type (application/octet-stream) Encoding:

Re: [newbie] Partitioning help

2000-02-25 Thread Kevin Sexton
Kelly Cash wrote: Hi all- Is there a FAQ sheet for partitioning disks? I have a 20GB disk. 1/2 is WinBlows98, and the other is Linux. Apparently I had the Win partition too large, so that the boot record for Linux wouldn't reside in a lower cylinder than 1024. So, I shrunk my Microsnot

Re: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error

2000-02-25 Thread Kevin Sexton
Sam Junge wrote: As I've mentioned before, I've been having problems with PartitionMagic. I installed PartitionMagic, then mandrake linux 7, then decided to delete the linux partition. No longer does my computer load lilo, or list linux as a partition, but PartitionMagic still loads as a

[newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-17 Thread Kevin Sexton
I have had 6.1 installed(from download), and working, and now am trying to reinstall from powerpack CD's. my CD-Rom is bootable, but when the install gets to making a boot disk, it stops, without accessing the floppy drive(actually a: is ls-120 with floppy disk, is bootable, fully functional).

Re: [newbie] 6.1 install problem

2000-02-17 Thread Kevin Sexton
list. I believe the bottom line was that an HD floppy with the boot info on it would boot fine in an LS-120 drive, but there was no practical way to make a boot floppy using an Ls-120. Alan Kevin Sexton wrote: I have had 6.1 installed(from download), and working, and now am trying

Re: [newbie] DiskDrake Question

2000-02-06 Thread Kevin Sexton
Nick Davina wrote: yes, but if you use it to much, your hard-drive could be damaged. (You will have to use it for 100 times before that happends)And why do you want to BUY partitionmagic. You can download it from internet for free and it works fine. Nick Davina ICQ# 15178477

[newbie] changing boot method

2000-02-06 Thread Kevin Sexton
I have linux installed with lilo in the mbr, and now have added bootmagic, how do I get linux to boot properly? I added the root partition to bootmagic, but it doesn't boot. I can boot linux using a floppy.

Re: [newbie] OT Starting LUG for mandrake

2000-02-01 Thread Kevin Sexton
shuxclams wrote: How about in Los Angeles? Where can I find info on "LUG's" in my area? TIA Sean "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: I was thinking that maybe if enough people lived close enough to each other we could start (

[newbie] ISO download

2000-01-18 Thread Kevin Sexton
Is there a simple way to open the .iso file, without a cd-rom burner? This would be the simplest way for me to get 7.0

[newbie] Did I get dropped?

2000-01-16 Thread Kevin Sexton
Just checking, I haven't gotten anything since the sixth.

Re: [newbie] Changing partitions

1999-12-30 Thread Kevin Sexton
R_Yeo wrote: On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Josh McCaffrey wrote: Kind of a way of not letting Windows know you're replacing it, or a way of smoothing your transition to Linux only? Just keep shrinking that Windows partition till it doesn't have any virtual memory left, and you finally have to