Re: [newbie] Wine, Dine and 69

2000-09-23 Thread Ronald Brown
better to use VMWare http://vmware.com Adam wrote: windows emulator, allows you to run windows programs without windows :P this is a cheap alternative to VMWare Adam - Original Message - From: "Julio C. Gutierrez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday,

Re: [newbie] Good book

2000-09-22 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi, I just read this article in Linux Journal October issue. In there review section, there is a book called "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls. You can email the the publisher at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or their website at http://www.wiley.com/ The book ISBN number is 4-713-5366-3 and the price is

[newbie] Adapter Help

2000-07-10 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi, I have been having problems trying to connect to the Internet through Mandrake 7.1. Mandrake recognizes my NIC card and when it boots up eth0 is in the list and everything is ok. I must be doing something wrong in the network config files. I have used netcfg to edit it, but still nothing.

[newbie] 6.2 Requirements

2000-03-27 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi Group, System specs, P166 32 RAM 2.0 GIG HD In about 3 months, I will purchase a power PC. Wanted to know if this will be enough to run Linux RedHat 6.2 or an older version of Mandrake? I can tinker around with Linux until my new system gets here that way I will know how to set it up and

[newbie] Second Stage Install ?

2000-03-20 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi, Quick question. I am in the process of installing MDK 7.0. When it reaches stage 2, it hangs I believe. How long does it take to start the second stage install? I may be short on RAM...running 32. Can I still get this up and running until I can upgrade the RAM? TIA

[newbie] Mandrake Download

2000-03-19 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi,I'm trying to download MDK 7.0, but all the sites appear to have single filedownload. It wasn't like that yesterday. I hope this doesn't mean I have todownload each file one at a time. Any ideas?ThanksRWB

[newbie] Second Stage Install Error

2000-03-19 Thread Ronald Brown
Hello, I am trying to install mandrake 7.0. Everythings goes well until it gets to the 2ns stage install and I receive this error: install exited abnormally -- received signal 9 send termination signals sending kill signals unmounting filesystem /tmp/hdimage /tmp/stage 2 /proc The End

[newbie] Basic Help

2000-03-17 Thread Ronald Brown
Hello Group, In the install process, it asks the following question. What partition and directory on that partition holds the Mandrake/RPMS and Mandrake/base directory? If you remember from my post yesterday, all my files are on my hard drive. Actually: C:\7.0 I have tried everything I

[newbie] Setup Help PLEASE !!!

2000-03-17 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi Group, I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0 but I get this error when trying to install from harddisk.bat file in dos. Has anyone seee this before and is there a workaround? TIA RWB C:\Mandrake\dosutils\autoboot\mdkinstloadlin vmlinuz ramdisk=32000 initrd=initrd.hdmdkinst hdLOADLIN v1.6

Re: [newbie] Basic Help

2000-03-17 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi Audrey, Sorry, neither one worked. I am now working on using DrakX Thanks - Original Message - From: "Audrey Beck" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Basic Help Ronald Brown wrote: H

Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Install

2000-03-17 Thread Ronald Brown
my file system is ntfs...will this be a problem? running WinNT server 4.0 / SP4 - Original Message - From: "root" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Install i did and it was fairly easy as long as u have

[newbie] Setup Question

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi GroupBrand New Newbie here :) Please bare with me I have downloaded Mandrake ISO 7-02 onto my hard drive. I'm a little confused on what to do next. When in the installation process, I get the first screen that request this information. Select Partition What partition and directory

[newbie] FTP Server Upload

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi Group, I am considering uploading Mandrake 7.0 to my ftp derver. Does anyone have a good program to do this or would it be better to upload it to my http server. Any comments on this and have anyone done this before. Thanks Ron

[newbie] A Very Very Basic Question

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
Hi Group, I do apologize for being so novice. That is what one gets forworking on this all night without rest and I must say thank God for adsl :)It seems that many people are missing my point. I do not have theinstallation of Mandrake on a CD-ROM. A plain download to my local harddrive. My

Re: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question

2000-03-16 Thread Ronald Brown
ges/hd.img), or did you really type it as hd.image which is incorrect? Also was a:: appended to that field? That would also be incorrect. I suggest that you use the dos (rawrite.exe) program rather than either of the windows versions. Run it in a dos window. Alan Ronald Brown wrote:

[newbie] Help Please

2000-03-15 Thread Ronald Brown
Hello Group,I'm a newbie, so forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0.Ok...I am in the installation process and when I get to the part that askfor the following information:Please enter the following information:1. the name or IP number of your NFS server(Since I am running

[newbie] Help Please

2000-03-15 Thread Ronald Brown
Hello Group,I'm a newbie, so forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0.Ok...I am in the installation process and when I get to the part that askfor the following information:Please enter the following information:1. the name or IP number of your NFS server(Since I am running