Unless i'm mistaken , all distros revolce around the kernel capabilities.
Therefore whichever distro you use is O.K. Personally i use Mandrake (the
first distro i installed sucessfully!) However Slackware and Debian are two
alternatives that are supposedly better for somethings as long as you are
No offence intended , but how did you begin the installation and set-up?
Some background along with error messages will help people to advise in a
better fashion. If possible , post soon while it's fresh in your mind.
Actually , i know just how you feel , i've been there with many others , but
we
I must apologise to everyone on this list. After i replied to a couple of
postings i realised i'd messed up! Posted at TOP not Bottom. Purely
unintentional and please forgive me. Any flame gracefully accepted at this
point. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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One last thought! Where i come from they use them for visual toys for
special needs kids. Any kids like that near you? Regards
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From: Derek Byram [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] What
attempts. I am
afraid I am still more of a windows user who prefers configuration tools
to
actual editing of .conf files, but I'll get there! In time...
Hakan
From: Steve Maytum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent
Hakan , unless i'm mistaken the answer is quite simple. Shutdown your PC
re-boot with a Windows start-up floppy and re-install your Win95. This
overwrites MBR but provided you have a Linux boot floppy you can get back
into your Linux. Then re-write lilo/conf file (i think) and from a shell
Issue
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From: Elijah Jacobs
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:50 AM
Subject: [newbie] dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted
Hi,
I am getting this error ( along with a long list of errors) on bootup.
... dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmouted ..
I checked
Sorry to post this way , but you could use FIPS! any problems or queries ,
feel free to contact myself directly if you wish. Will help as muuch as i
can Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001
with no reasonjust to show to the world how much strong
is the USA army,and how many people have die and realy i cant remember
someone to give some help or some e-mail with deepest
sympathies... you suck
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From:
Steve Maytum
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent
To all affected people in the USA , or anywhere
else for that matter , you have my deepest sympathies. May your gods take better
care of you than the so-called civilised people on this planet! Kindest regards
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
When running as root , i have opened a terminal and used the command:-
/usr/sbin/sndconfig (without quotation marks). You will probably get a
warning not to do this as root. However i suffered no ill effects as a
newbie when this was applied. Check with others if you wish for the
disadvantages
Guy , i have no instructions as yet for setting up home network. Hopefully
someone on this list will assist with cable modem setup in Linux. Any takers
please post Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your kind offers of help with home
network setup. Should i post to list for everyone's info? i'll get system info
and mail soon. Just finished working 24 hours , need a break first! Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone able to help a dizzy (gone round in circles so often!) PC user set up
a small home network with 'net connection? Any help appreciated Regards
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello , just wondering where your version of 8.0 came from? Is it from the
cover of a Linux Magazine? If so , the disk is corrupt , sorry. Regards
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 4:12 AM
Subject: [newbie]
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From: Jason Guidry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Linux-Mandrake Newbie (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Re(newbie)Linux Magazine 8.0 Installation
impossible!!Help appreciated
MACK , if this was a cover version from
Matthew , if nobody has offered before you recieve this e-mail , contact me
and i'll help where i can Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave , if you e-mail me off list i will help where
poss. Phone no. if in S.E. U.K. would help , can then talk you through. Regards
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From:
David Pilcher
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:39
PM
Subject:
Apologies Dave , i'm half asleep. Should have been
talking to Mark. No offence intended. Offer still applies if you see my reply
Mark. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From:
MN
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:13
PM
Subject:
Ralph , can't help right now , but i'll try to e-mail tonight (17/01/01)
with help. Meantime send info on your system. Regards
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From: Ralph Avery [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 1:29 AM
Subject: [newbie] I'm
Jay , no problem deleting contenets - just don't delete /tmp file if you're
going to use it again. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:55 PM
Subject: [newbie] Stupid Question
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I know
Grace , it sounds to me as though there is no partition allocated to Linux
(is this the case?). If so Linux cannot install , you need to allocate space
first. Assuming you've not done that , e-mail me personally if you wish and
I'll try to go through this with you. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Mauricio , is your modem a winmodem? You say your modem is installed
on your PC. If so it is probably a winmodem and won't work under Linux
usually. If modem is external , it's usually going to work with Linux. Let
me know and I'll try to help if I can. Regards --
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Andrew , sorry I couldn't reply sooner - ISP let me
down. Lost info. Sorted? if not please send again , I'll try again
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Andrew , if poss post your ISP info over and I
may be able to suggest something. Never had connection prob. with Mandrake 7
once configured. Regards -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From:
Andrew
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 11:43
Paul , not quite sure - but I'm sure I read somewhere that some files are
allocated to new slots in 7.2 - hence problems reading info! Anyone shed
more light on this thought (or better suggestion?) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Newbie [EMAIL
Hello everyone. I have managed to boot-up my new
M/board and chip thanks to your suggestions. Still getting to grips with Linux ,
but just one answer please if possible. In view of info on setting up new PC ,
am I correct in thinking that to fit multiple drives this has to be achieved by
Luis , do you need to recover your Windows? If so you will need to boot from
a dos floppy and fdisk /mbr to get started reinstalling Windows. Then use
FIPS or Partition Magic (whatever you prefer really) to create Linux
partition. Then you can try using a Linux rescue floppy. If that fails , you
Dear Mwinold@.cs.com do everyone a favour - stop
telling everyone how great you are - because if you are why do you keep trying
to prove it? [EMAIL PROTECTED].
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From:
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 8:24
Hello Robert , don't know if this is the answer - but it worked for me.
Firstly , I attempted KPPP via KDE desktop. Secondly , you need to make sure
you have 1st and 2nd DNS numbers set up correctly in resolv.conf in /etc
directory. If this isn't clear enough - e-mail back and I'll go through it
Hello Minhaz , If you are able you simply need to contact ISP for this info.
The info can also be found from Windows - but with only a little experience
on PC's I am unable to tell you how. Someone on this list will probably
e-mail and tell you how very shortly. If not e-mail the list again
o his/her ISP and access websites via Netscape ? I would be very
grateful if you could email me how you did this.
Minhaz
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From: Steve Maytum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] KPP Problem -
Hello there , I haven't got much time at the moment , but later today will
send more helpful info. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: ^xTc` Annonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:04 AM
Subject: [newbie] DVD setup?
Chris , If you know how to install second hard drive and load operating
system you should have no problem. You will need to use some kind of boot
management (lilo perhaps?) and all should be well
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From: Kelly, Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Newbie' [EMAIL
Hello everyone , I wonder if you can help me? I live in
Maidstone , Kent(U.K.) I am a newbie and struggling. Is there a user group in
the area? If not interested in setting one up? --
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Gordon -- I think you may find Linux is easier to learn if you're
comfortable working in DOS. If not "dive in" like I did , you can always get
help online as well as from textbooks -- Good Luck!
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- Original Message -
From: Gordon Burgess-Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Dennis -- have you tried using a rescue disk (if you have one) , and has
this helped? If not post a message with greater detail and someone will
probably give you an answer. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
Please someone , help if you can. Installed and
configured Madrake 7. Set up kppp , but sometimes will - sometimes wont.
Creation of duplicate files (host.conf resolv.conf) created continuously.
Any ideas? I thought I had it all figured , but I've missed something and I
can't find what it
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