Go to the web site of your monitors manufacturer, there you should
find out the specs of your monitor. If you can't find it there, phone
up a help number which usually comes with your system. Ask
them for the:
Horiz. Frequency 30Khz - 50 Khz
Vert. Frequency 50 Hz - 90 Hz
Horiz. Addressability
Now, every time I try to boot Linux from the bootdisk it takes 5 minutes
to load from the disk and I get a black screen with a scan out of range
message! Fortunately I can still access windows98 to write you this
message. What should I do??
You should start in runlevel 3 (since runlevel 5
I don't think dell has their monitor specs on the site, BUT, i might be able to
help you as I have 3 dell monitors successfully configured with Mandrake ;o))
Firs, boot your llinux in Command Prompt, for that, boot from your disk and at
the lilo prompt, type
linux 3
you will boot in 'text
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 2:53 AM
Subject: [newbie] First time linux user in DIRE need of help!
Hi all. I just recently order a copy of Mandrake from Linux Mall, and
when I attempted to intall it I ran into hordes of errors. I browsed the
site for help
Will, RE-INSTALL!!
First load win98 and go to the command prompt only
then type fdisk /mbr
That will clear the LILO out of your system ( Unless you really dont care
about your win98 or have it all backed up I would boot from a floppy.)
Then go through the process of re-installing. This will
Hi all. I just recently order a copy of Mandrake from Linux Mall, and
when I attempted to intall it I ran into hordes of errors. I browsed the
site for help and found the mailing list and thought that you fine folks
might assist me in getting my computer straightened out.
It might give you a
