[newbie] need help with mySQL installation

2000-02-16 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
WHO could help me with mySQL installation? I have already installed it (the binary), but it doesn`t load. I need some help, because I am a novice. Linux 2.0.36 + Apache 1.2.14 or something similar Thanks, Marc * * MERCATOR GmbH * * Your Presence

[newbie] mySQL installation

2000-02-15 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
WHO could help me with mySQL installation? marc * * MERCATOR GmbH * * Your Presence Provider * *http://mercator.net * * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *

[newbie] how to delete Linux partition

2000-02-03 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
I want to put Linux on another PC that is entirely dedicated to Linux. So far, I have a PC where I have a linux and a windows98 partition (with Boot + partition Magic). How can I delete the Linux partition and use it entirely for Windows? Just delete the Linux partition and that`s it? thanks,

Re: [newbie] ISDN card

2000-02-01 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
DrakConf is the new desktop configuration panel which enables users to easily configure and modify hardware devices such as video cards, keyboard, mouse and even USB devices. very funny... I HAVE DrakConf on my desktop, but when I click it, NOTHING happens!!! Any idea??

Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)

2000-02-01 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
If you insist on BootMagic, then boot your PC using the BootMagic rescue disk. Restore BootMagic and all is well! (If you didn't create a BootMagic rescue disk, then use the boot disk that I instructed you to create in a previous E-mail and boot your PC with it. Next, change to the

[newbie] ref. Windows partition has gone....

2000-02-01 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
so, I managed (with your help) to start Windows now. I used the Partiton Manager and made the MBR of the D: bootable and not the C: one (which was actually my old D:). Now, windows is booting, BUT there is still an error before booting, saying something like "no boot partition found" or so...

Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)

2000-02-01 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
I'm curious...did you use the 1) BootMagic rescue disk or 2) Have to make your own boot disk and then run the BootMagic program from the HD? yep, I made an own "rescue" disk and run BootMagic from the HD, but I did actually the changes NOT with BootMagic (this didn`t work well under Dos...),

[newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone!

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Herms
Please help me VERY soon, this is urgent, because I cannot use my Windows anymore! I have updated Linux to Mandrake 7.0. There have been NO problems with the installation. Then, I started my PC, but it didn`t start Windows (as it did before). I have the Boot Manager installed and it should

Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Herms
You said you can "see and access your data via Linux." If you are able to see all the directories on your Windows partition, then "it is a great day!" yep, finally something great today! :-) I can see ALL my partitions, actually, using a Windows boot floppy, I can also ACCESS them, but my

Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Herms
Marc...I'm not sure what version of linux you are using, but I'm using Linux mandrake complete 6.5, and I did a server install, and all of my exhisting dos and windows partitions are still there and I port data back and forth between them, I had no problems with losing partitions or anything

[newbie] ISDN card

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Herms
Besides all my probs (see other mails in this newsgroup), I cannot get my ISDN card (Fritz! card) to work with Linux. I tried ttsy0 or whatever this is .. don`t remember.. for the internal ISDN card, but it doesn´t dial!! Further more, is USB now supported with the new Kernel? Mandrake 7.0 and

Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Herms
MarcWhat version of windows are you running? How is your Windows 98 bios set for booting, scsi or IDE? Dual booting from both scsi IDE drives may not work well, or at all, on some systems. How was the bios set before you dedicated space on your IDE drives to Linux? no idea. All worked

Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Herms
Format a diskette with the MSDOS (or VFAT) filesystem. Copy the following files from your Windows partition to this disk: Command.com, IO.sys, and Msdos.sys. Download and extract Ranish Partition Manager 2.38 onto this diskette. Keep this disk in the drive and reboot the PC. Type "part"

[newbie] error in shared library libstdc++.so.29

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Herms
When booting to Linux, it does NOT start X Windows, but instead it gives me the error message: KDM: error in shared libraries libstdc++.so.29 Cannot open shared object file. No such file or directory. It gives this error about 10 times, then, at the end: INIT: Id "x" respawning to fast:

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 installation

2000-01-30 Thread Marc Herms
CD-ROM...' message it gave me: 'mount failed. Invalid argument; and then 'Error mounting ramdisk. This shouldn't happen. I am rebooting your system SAME problem here!!! It stucks when its says "reading ramdisk..." any help please!

[newbie] 7.0 probs when opening

2000-01-30 Thread Marc Herms
I have (finally) installed 7.0. The problem with the CD was that I wrote it with the 4 time speed, but I could get it to run only when writing it with normal one speed. Anyway... it installed now. However, I got another problem: when booting Linux, it runs all tests and seems fine, then, it

[newbie] problem with 7.0 installation (CD blocks)

2000-01-29 Thread Marc Herms
I have downloaded the iso file (Mandrake 7.0) and put it on CD (Easy CD creator did everything for me, I just doubleclicked the iso file icon.). No problem so far. I can also boot from CD. All seems fine. BUT.. then it says LOADING and then "Loading second stage ramdisk" and the cursor

[newbie] how to encrypt password

2000-01-20 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
I have to encrypt a password (to use it for the RIPE domain registrations). They write I could use the UNIX tool to encrypt it. HOW can I do it and what tool do I use? thanks, marc * * MERCATOR GmbH * * Your Presence Provider * *

RE: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air)

2000-01-19 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
Once you've go Go!Zilla installed, you can just download the iso image. well, I didn`t know this and now I have downloaded /Mandrake and /images directories !! I do NOT intend to download also the iso image (620MB) now, because I already have been online quite a long time! :-)) So, does it

Re: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air)

2000-01-19 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
The lovely thing about the ISO image was that I got a self-booting CDROM from it. Entire Linux installed with nothing but one CDROM disk. And it even worked with the hard drives the previous version wouldn't touch (36.5 gig Maxtors). yes, I believe that, but DOES IT WORK with the downloaded

[newbie] where is php3?

2000-01-19 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
I "think" I have installed php3 (using RPM), but I cannot find it. Where should it be and how can I check wether it`s installed or not? and... using another server, I want to figure out, WHICH php is installed. How can I tell this? andwhich php version is that? Apache/1.2.6 PHP/FI-2.0b11.

[newbie] how to download symlinks?

2000-01-19 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
I did NOT use the iso image to download the new Mandrake 7.0, but just downloaded the directories /Mandrake and /images with Go!Zilla. BUT.. it didn`t download the symlinks correctly, there are some files that are only symlinks and have 0K or just a few. HOW can I download those and is it

[newbie] install 7.0 problems

2000-01-19 Thread Marc Herms
I had downloaded the directories /Mandrake and /images and /dosutils and created a boot disk. Everything SEEMED fine and it started the installation (graphical, very nice...) :-) At about the sixth or seventh point it told me that it couldn`t install all packages. It continued though. Then,

RE: [newbie] Download Mandra 7.0 (Air)

2000-01-18 Thread Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
I suggest downloading a better download manager. Don't be offended, but I'm not a fan of Getright. I suggest downloading Go!Zilla. It does a wonderful job...and it is totally free. When using Go!Zilla (and/or others, such as WS_FTP), it seems that it doesn`t download the symlink

[newbie] need quick help 4 downloading

2000-01-16 Thread Marc Herms
I would need some quick help so that I could go ahead with downloading during this night. I am using Mandrake 6.1 with Kernel 2.2.13 and want to download Mandrake 7.0 now. several questions: 1) can I install the 7.0 version OVER my 6.1 version? Does everything remains unchanged? All