Hi guys, new to the list, and to Linux in general. (obviously, or I
wouldn't be posting here)
I finally decided to take the plunge and get into Linux, but I'm playing it
safe and installing on an old (5 years or so) laptop I've had lying around
not doing much. I don't want to risk losing data
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On Friday 11 October 2002 2:07 pm, Jason Drushel did speak unto the huddled
masses, saying:
First of all, system specs. It's a Dell Inspiron 3200, P2-233 with 32mb
RAM, 4gb HD, Neologic or somesuch video card.
Any suggestions?
either get some
Hi Jason,
Welcome -
The bad news is that 32 MB is probably too little for what you have in
mind using Mdk 9.
I had an old Dell with 64 MB - I eventually had to add 128 MB to make a
fist of the hardware. Then it went along fine - on mdk 8.2 and now
9.0. (it chokes on Windows 98, NT and XP)
Win98 runs just fine on it.
You're the third person to suggest RAM as the problem, so I'm more inclined
to believe it now. And I can see that causing the various freezes during
installation. But the error messages? How would that account for the
securitypolicy and hard drive detection
Jason Drushel wrote:
Win98 runs just fine on it.
You're the third person to suggest RAM as the problem, so I'm more inclined
to believe it now. And I can see that causing the various freezes during
installation. But the error messages? How would that account for the
securitypolicy and
Using the linux expert noauto command at the prompt I'm at about 66%
through file copying, which is further than I've ever gotten into the
installation. I'm sure now that I've said something about it it'll crap
out on me though.
If so, I'll give 8.x a try, thanks.
With a low ram setup all
This probably won't help, but check in the laptop's BIOS and make sure that
Plug Pray OS is turned off (if applicable). It sounds like it's having
difficulty detecting your hardware. Turning this off should help.
On Friday 11 October 2002 02:07 pm, Jason Drushel wrote:
Hi guys, new to the
You were right the first time, it didn't help. :-p
I downloaded 8.2 and went to install it, but half of the installation menu
came up (yes, half) before giving me a boot failed message. May be the
blanks I'm using, because the CD reads fine in my desktop systems. But
still no luck for me in
Hi,
I just installed ver 8.1 on my system.
This is a dual boot and during install it asked me to install LILO which I
did. then it said to remove media and it rebooted the pc.
Goes through POST, then starts to load everything. Gets to the point where
it tries to boot from the CD ROM, then
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:40:33 +0100
Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm actually a beginner. I've just installed Mandrake linux v.8.1
Everything seems ok but using both KDE or GNOME I get a large dotted square
moving together with the cursor. Can anyone help me ? Thank
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:40:33 +0100 Frank wrote:
I'm actually a beginner. I've just installed Mandrake linux v.8.1
Everything seems ok but using both KDE or GNOME I get a large dotted square
moving together with the cursor. Can anyone help me ? Thank
You!
Edit
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:40:33 +0100, Frank wrote:
I'm actually a beginner. I've just installed Mandrake linux v.8.1
Everything seems ok but using both KDE or GNOME I get a large dotted square
moving together with the cursor. Can anyone help me ? Thank
You!
Francesco
Well
bob;
when i purchased 8.0 from mandrake direct, they included an extra copy of
cd 1 and cd 2 with the comment that the boxed cds were not correctly
burned. you may want to talk to mandrake about it
At 08:13 PM 7/19/2001 +0200, you wrote:
I
purchased today Mandrake 8.0 PowerPack, but the
not a problem... I am sure you will enjoy Mandrake and all the toys.
If I might make a suggestion though, to reply to the list as well, since i am
only a few reinstalls ahead, and have been known to not know the best way to
do something, and have learned much by being corrected on this list.
To anyone who can help me!
Epox 8KTA3 motherboard, 128 megs RAM, ATI Xpert 2000 Pro video card with
AGP (2x selected), Microsoft Optical Wheel USB mouse (in previous installs
of MD 8.0 the mouse has/has not worked through both a USB port and a PS/2
port with an adapter). Installed done from
Hi!!
Thanks for all the help and hints that you have given me over the past few
days.
Today, I bit the bullet and did the installation. Of course, there are a
couple of problems.
I obviously selected the wrong generic monitor profile for my Darius
HRV-1024 monitor - when I boot into MD 8.0
hello,
I have a problem installing mandrake 8. when I finish installting the RPMs I
get ldconfig failed, and I get taken back to the hard drive partitoning
screen. Has anoyone had a similar problem or know how I can fix this?
My setup is as follows:
AMD K6-2 at 550 mhz, 224mb of ram, Voodoo 5,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan A.
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 3:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] installation problems with L.M. 7.0
I am trying to install L.M 7.0 on a
Pent. 75/16mb ram 1.2GB hd - the cd
auto starts, asks
When i try to install Mandrake 7.2 on my Dell C800, it simply hangs when
"configurating my pcima" devices.
Using text mode, various pieces of code was spat out at me, then it reported
various interrupt errors..
any ideas?
Thanks, Mark.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ok...first thing...if you're not already boot CDROM as opposed to using a
floppy to boot from to do the install. that seems to work much
better. second...try using the text mode for installation. it goes much
faster and smoother.
--
Mark
I love my Linux Box...
REASON # 2 ...X-windows
Hello there,
as I wrote to my previous e-mail, I'm unable to install Mandrake because the
graphical installer just freezes in the SCSI setup step. I tried the text
mode installation, but then again the problem is that when it tries to
launch X Server (after configuring CORRECTLY my graphics
Try installing "safely" by that I mean, don't configure any network or printers
(skip the bootdisk ect) Anything to get through the installer faster. Handle X
configuration after install. (I only give this advice on a very onry system).
I'd also suggest saying NO when it asks you if you have any
You are right.
Don't do the X test.
And SCSI test if you haven't.
All goes well.
Eric
Bouropoulos Andreas wrote:
Hello there,
I have some trouble installing Mandrake on my system and
would like some help. The problem is that, when I boot
from a disk (being created by rawrite using
On 30 Jun 00, at 14:45, Andreas B. wrote:
CD is bootable...my CD just cannot boot from ANY cdrom. (I tried using a 16x
Toshiba and that cannot autoboot either).
The controls fo booting from the CD are in the BIOS. When you start
your machine and the RAM check is going on, press the DEL key,
I tried installing MDK7.0 and 7.1 from my CD and it installed perfectly.
Roman
Mark Weaver wrote:
ok...first thing...if you're not already boot CDROM as opposed to using a
floppy to boot from to do the install. that seems to work much
better. second...try using the text mode for
Depending on the motherboard CMOS (the motherboard BIOS) is often reached
by DEL. But on some motherboards it could be F2, F10 or many other
possibilities. Depending on the capabilities of the BIOS it may or may not
be possible to set the CD ROM to boot.
-Gary-
In a message dated
Hello there,
I have some trouble installing Mandrake on my
system and would like some help. The problem is that, when I boot from a disk
(being created by rawrite using cdrom.img), installation starts normally, and I
get into the graphical user interface. I select the keyboard map and
Hi, I'm having problems installing Linux-Mandrake 7.0 on my IBM ThinkPad
760EL. The BIOS does not support booting from the CDROM and since it is
not possible to have the CDROM and floppy drive installed simultaneously,
I can not perform the standard floppy boot CD install. I have attempted
If it came as a cover CD I will be surprised if it is i486 - suggest you go to
Mandrake's website and download the version you need
On Wed, 03 May 2000, you
wrote: Andy, thanks for your help, but the CD I have came with a magazine.
It's called MDK 7.02, but how can I verify if it is i486iso?
Rodrigodownload the 486 version of the 7.0-2 iso image and
install it instead.
Alan
wrote:
Hi people!
I'm new here, and, unhappily, I'm in need of some help...
I tried to install Mandrake 7.02 in my 486 (yeah, believe, a 486... they
still exist...) through different ways. Both
Andy, thanks for your help, but the CD I have came with a magazine.
It's called MDK 7.02, but how can I verify if it is i486iso?
Andy wrote:
Did you download or make sure it was the i486iso? I get that Soceket error
when the resolutions are too high or some configurations arent right
.
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From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation problems
Rodrigodownload the 486 version of the 7.0-2 iso image and
install it instead.
Alan
wrote:
Hi people!
I'm new here
is it fun on a
56k.
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From: Rodrigo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation problems
Andy, thanks for your help, but the CD I have came with a magazine.
It's called MDK 7.02, but how can I verify if it
Oh yeah also im guessing that yours isnt in the iso format.
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From: Rodrigo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation problems
Andy, thanks for your help, but the CD I have came with a magazine
Rodrigoit is not the i486 iso image. The i486 iso image
is only available for download from Mandrake mirror sites.
Nobody has commercially burned the i486 iso image onto a CD.
The way you can tell if it's 486 is that is that all of the
rpms will have 486 as part of their file name. for
Hi ya - well here is my sad sad story
I bought Mandrake 7.0 on Sunday, and I've been working on installing it properly
since. I've already ditched a class, and I'm going to not go to school again tonight,
just so I can install linux.
My system: 12 gig hard-drive, Pentium II 400, 64 mb
run "XF86Setup". and "Setup" by simply typing it in without quotes. Then see
if it will work.You need to be in root
_
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi ya - well here is my sad sad story
I bought Mandrake 7.0 on Sunday, and I've been working on installing it
properly since. I've already ditched a class, and I'm going to not go to
school again tonight, just so I can install linux.
hm. Bad, bad boy! :-)
If
I was installing Mandrake 7 from a CD I made from the mandrake70-2.iso
image. All went smoothly until it reached to the stage configuring x,
then a dialog box popped up and said "an error occurred
file.mnt/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards not found." with a ok button and
no other option. What do i need
I was installing Mandrake 1.7 from a CD I made from the Mandrake 702.iso
image. When it got to the stage configuring x, it said "an error
occurred file.mnt/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards not found." with a ok button and
no other option. What do i need to do?
Lee Kinkade
Dean Gentry wrote:
I went from susie to mandrake and it was hell. I lost everything and
started over. Once i started over everything went fine, but all of may data
was lost. Upgrading was impossible for me. Personally, I don't think you
will find much of a solution here.
And it's all
Dean Gentry wrote:
I went from susie to mandrake and it was hell. I lost everything and
started over. Once i started over everything went fine, but all of may data
was lost. Upgrading was impossible for me. Personally, I don't think you
will find much of a solution here.
I should note
hi all,
I just received Linux Mandrake GoldPack and tried to
install it on my machine (Micron TransPort TREK 2,
233MHz, 64M, 4.0GHD w/WinNT). I don't particurally
like this GUI-installation so that I used the
text-base installation. It went fine until it asked
for creating a boot disk. I
kerroppa kerokero wrote:
It went fine until it asked
for creating a boot disk. I tied to create a boot
disk but got an error message everytime I attempt to
create one.
ARGH again --
I'll just guess, okay? It's because of the position of the planetary
alignment, that's why it doesn't work.
edward tharp wrote:
just a thought... if you only need the webserverwhy run x at all?
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From: "Congdon, Christopher" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: March 29, 2000 3:32:19 PM GMT
Subject: [newbie] Installation Problems
I've b
FWIW I'm using the ATI Expert98 too and never a problem. But Mandrake 7.0 did
not auto-detect it during install.
Jim
"bryan pryor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm really new to this, but I had a Trident 975 AGP vid card, and try as i
might, i could not get it to work. I went out and bought an
Here is how I would try it. (doesn't mean it will work, let us know!)
If you have windoze on it, skip to copy files
I would grab a dos systems disk with fdisk.exe on it and put a dos partition.
format it for dos with:
format c: /s
copy loadlin.exe and txt_boot.img off the cd (leave cd in drive)
Hi. Im having some problems installing Mandrake Linux 7.0 on my Texas
Instruments laptop and Id appreciate some help. I realise that laptops can be
very problematic, but its all I have at the moment, so I would like to
install linux on it if possible. Ill explain the history of my problems
MicroSoft. Discontinue use of MicroSoft.)
** W A R N I N G !
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From: Michael Wagg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 3:18 PM
Subject: [newbie] installation problems- Adaptec SCSI card
I am
Linux/Mandrake 7.0 said to 'DISABLE' PNP in the CMOS before installing
the system.
don
I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
But now I know that what I thought I knew
Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:18:20 -0500 "Michael Wagg" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
: Matt Arturi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 2:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:[newbie] Installation Problems
Hello
1. Every second time that I reboot, the Mouse becomes
Vishaal Kapoor wrote:
I've just purchases the The Complete Linux Operating System 6.0
software package and I am having trouble with installation.
I thought maybe someone could help me out.
I am having trouble in the installation process after choosing an
installation from Local cd-rom
I've just purchases the The Complete Linux
Operating System 6.0 software package and I am having trouble with
installation.
I thought maybe someone could help me out.
I am having trouble in the installation process after
choosing aninstallation from Local cd-rom and Other CDROM. After this
I recently got Linux-Mandrake from cheapbytes, and tried to install
it..actually,
tried about three times. :)
With the Linux for Windows attempt, when the OS tries to load, I get the
following
error at the end of allt he bootup text:
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:21
Kernel panic: VFS:
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