Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-16 Thread João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho
Well, you can also install mandrake from the ISO images located on de HDD. Just make those boot disks, than install on text mode. Then you choose install from hdd, and write the path where the images are located. (ie: (i dont remember, but something like that) /dev/hda/linux/mandrake/) Almost

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-16 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:06:27 -0300 João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Well, you can also install mandrake from the ISO images located on de HDD. Just make those boot disks, than install on text mode. Then you choose install from hdd, and write the path where the

[newbie] Bad Installation Cd

2003-06-15 Thread crak600
Ok, i'm completely new to linux, but i'm so sick of windows that i NEED something new and always have plenty of time to kill learning something new, so i decided to try my hand at linux. i'm currently set up with an Asus K7V-RM, AMD 950, 20GB WD hard drive(waiting on a WD 100GB drive to add

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd

2003-06-15 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:30:46 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: i have downloaded CD1 of mandrake 9.1 3 different times (which takes me 3 hours on cable, i'm getting sick of downloading it) and every time i go to install, when it starts reading off the CD it tells me i don't have an

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd

2003-06-15 Thread crak600
On 15 Jun 2003 at 13:07, JoeHill wrote: I had the same problem with an older machine. Couple of things you can try: Burn the CD at a lower speed. I have been told that CDs burned at higher speeds can be unreadable under certain circumstances. I burned the CD at 4x, and i think my only

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now

2003-06-15 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who were born with ubergeek in them... -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage:

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now

2003-06-15 Thread crak600
On 15 Jun 2003 at 14:45, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who were born with ubergeek in them... -- well, it's just one of

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now

2003-06-15 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:58:36 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: i attached my problem solver to the wall and took care of everything...(the piece of paper with a circle in the middle..has instructions in the circle that say place on firm surface, bang head here) ROFLMAO! That's a keeper...

[newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-15 Thread crak600
ok, i did download an ISO image for all 3 CDs. i also made sure i burned the CD in ISO, yet it STILL tells me i don't have an install disc. then i get a message that says which driver should i try to gain SCSI access? nothing on my computer is SCSI, it's all EIDE. i'm so lost, i'm so

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-15 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:16:12 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: which driver should i try to gain SCSI access? If I am not mistaken, Linux sees all cdrw as SCSI, nothing to worry about there. I wonder if it is just not recognizing your Philips drive...have you checked the Hardware Compatibility

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-15 Thread Paul
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 20:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok, i did download an ISO image for all 3 CDs. i also made sure i burned the CD in ISO, yet it STILL tells me i don't have an install disc. then i get a message that says which driver should i try to gain SCSI access? nothing on my

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-15 Thread crak600
On 15 Jun 2003 at 15:34, JoeHill wrote: If I am not mistaken, Linux sees all cdrw as SCSI, nothing to worry about there. I wonder if it is just not recognizing your Philips drive...have you checked the Hardware Compatibility List? Does it give you a list of drivers to choose from? If

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-15 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:46:16 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: can someone start walking me through doing a network install please? i'm on cable, so yeah, it'll take longer than a CD install, but won't take absolutely FOREVER. Just go to the Mandrake site and in the installation intructions

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - STILL

2003-06-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 8:34 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:16:12 -0400 Don't give up, it's too late for that, we won't let you. Resistance is futile Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now

2003-06-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 04:45, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who were born with ubergeek in them... I've done more stupid

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now

2003-06-15 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 7:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, i found the problem. i'm not burning the Cd as an ISO image, and i just found in my CD burn program that i can select to burn data in ISO. one quick question do all 3 CDs need to be ISO? i would think they do, but want to

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd

2003-06-15 Thread eric huff
On Sunday 15 June 2003 11:28 am, JoeHill wrote: That's the prob. You need to download an ISO and burn it to CD, then it should boot and install fine. But as noted, definitely grab all three CDs, or at least the first 2. On the Mandrake site you will see specific download locations for ISO

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now

2003-06-15 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 15 June 2003 04:54 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 04:45, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oh, and don't feel like an idiot, all of us went through this at some point, except maybe Stephen Kuhn and Tom Brinkman, who

Re: [newbie] Bad Installation Cd - Feel like an Idiot Now

2003-06-15 Thread JoeHill
On 16 Jun 2003 07:54:13 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I've done more stupid things in the past 25 years than anyone can imagine...(God, this month marks 25 frigging years of geeking for me! Shite! And I'm only 40!!!) Yowzah. My sweet lord, you've only got 4 years on me. What