> The only obvious one I have thought of is the video
> card being on the fritz, but it displayed the
> installation GUI ok, and displays the bootup sequence
> in GUI format with no problems.
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
>
> .me.
how was the installation? was your installation process GUI?
if
Thanks to everyone for the ideas so far. We're trying
the 8.2 download now, not sure if IE6's FTP is
downloading this thing in binary format, at 2hrs+ it
had better be!
Tried the XFdrake, messed with the settings a bit and
that did not work.
Was not aware of the 640x480 problem, I am going to
tr
It took us a year to get around to it (partially due
to not having a 2nd machine to put it on) but we
installed Mandrake 7.2 today. We bought it last year
and just sat on it until now ;o)
We put it on a box that really has no other uses in
life - a 100mhz Pentium with a recently upgraded 64MB
SD
I have a 5GB extended Dos partition that I installed Mandrake 7.2 to
using lnx4win. I chose the intermediate install option, and when I got
to the point where it asked me to choose the size of my linux root and
swap, the maximum I could choose for root was 400MB. Now, I have barely
any packages
ny case, I can't understand why the hardware detection is worse
than in the 7.1 version
- Mensaje Original -
Remitente: "Ady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fecha: Domingo, Noviembre 5, 2000 5:30 pm
Asunto: Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2
> I to have been suffering with simila
I to have been suffering with similar problem.
installation hangs at hard drive detection phase.
any help would be welcomed
- Original Message -
From: "Lonnie Cumberland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: [
Hello I have just downloaded Mandrake 7.2, butned up the ISO's and made a boot
image.
The problem is that the installer freezes up after it detects my drives. I have
a Gateway PIII 500 with 128Meg ram and a Quantum 26Gig drive that is using the
Ultra-66 interface.
This seems strange to me becaus
but what about the original post in this thread that said he wanted swap
first, before /usr or /
- Original Message -
From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Instal
I agree that care is needed when making reference to books. The development
of Linux is moving so fast, most are already presenting dated material by
the time they hit the streets. I think my first question would be how do
you use your machine, i.e. are you the kind of person that opens up a lot
> > LPI Prep Kit General Linux I, Pg 48 - Your swap partition should
> > be twice the amount of physical RAM installed on your system.
> > The maximum size of a swap
>
> This I don't understand. In fact, the more memory I put in a
> machine the less need I should have for swap. But recall, Run
> Running Linux, Pg 52 - A single swap file or partition may be up to 128MB
> (more with the latest kernels).* If you wish to use more then 128MB of swap
> (hardly ever necessary), you can create multiple swap partitions or files - up
Beware the rate at which numbers become outdated in books :-
> It must be a percentage or something. I didn't get 128MB, not even 256; I
> got 384MB (if I recall correctly). Couldn't size it down. I wonder if it's
> whatever one cylinder is. -Gary-
Seems odd that you can't size it down Gary. Most of the installations
I've done come up 250meg and I g
It must be a percentage or something. I didn't get 128MB, not even 256; I
got 384MB (if I recall correctly). Couldn't size it down. I wonder if it's
whatever one cylinder is. -Gary-
In a message dated 11/2/2000 9:46:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > Check your 'm
> I've got 128MB of RAM and the Swap is only 96MB. When I was running
> Caldera Open Linux 2.2, I never saw any of it being used. When I installed
> Mandrake 7.1, swap utilization came up to 2-3%. I suppose if were doing
> some heavy development work and creating huge programs, I would see it g
I've got 128MB of RAM and the Swap is only 96MB. When I was running
Caldera Open Linux 2.2, I never saw any of it being used. When I installed
Mandrake 7.1, swap utilization came up to 2-3%. I suppose if were doing
some heavy development work and creating huge programs, I would see it go up.
Fo
; To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:19 PM
>> Subject: [newbie] Installing 7.2: swap problem
>>
>> > Greetings!
>> >
>> > Veteran Linux user here, tryin' out Mandrake Linux for the first time
...
>> >
On Thu, 02 November 2000, Larry Marshall wrote:
>
> > Check your 'man swap' and you will find they say 128 MB. You can have up
> > to 8 swap partitions (16 according to the LPI study guide).
>
> Uhm...under what conditions? Swap isn't a single number, it's dependent
> upon OS use of swap spac
> Check your 'man swap' and you will find they say 128 MB. You can have up
> to 8 swap partitions (16 according to the LPI study guide).
Uhm...under what conditions? Swap isn't a single number, it's dependent
upon OS use of swap space, the size and number of apps being run, etc. If you
auto-al
Bryce,
Might I suggest that you not go to all that trouble with making a huge DOS
partition before starting theLinux partitioning and just boot from the CD
with a raw disk and use diskdrake when it comes up in the intall. Another
thing you may want to do is make the first partition something othe
Thanx for the notes :)
I've downloaded the 7.1 iso - I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
As for having the swap first, I recall reading something when I first
started using Linux (maybe in the Linux Adminstrator's Guide?) that
optimal placement of the swap partition (at that time, with those
kernels
> 1) I've tried the 'automatic' option - I get the error.
> 2) I create the swap, then root, then usr (I like having swap first on
> the disk)
> 3) They are defined properly as swap and ext2 - I actually wanted the
> usr partition to be ReiserFS, so I was trying that at first, but
> eventually wen
Ed Tharp wrote:
hey, I am really a newbie , but should not your swap
be twice the size of
the ram?
- Original Message -
From: "Brice Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:19 PM
Subject: [newbie] Installing 7.2: sw
> Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive
> gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it
> manually ... so I do. 128M swap, 512M root, the rest goes to usr.
> Don't comment on how intelligent or stupid my partitioning scheme is,
> please - th
One other note ... as a pot shot in the dark, I thought I'd try to
install RedHat 7.0 (bad idea, I know - just wanted to see if the install
would work or if my hardware was horked) ... it appears to be working
(installing packages now ...)
-Brice
Brice Ruth wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> Veteran Li
Greetings!
Veteran Linux user here, tryin' out Mandrake Linux for the first time ...
First off, I can't get through the install. Here's what happens:
Everything goes along fine until we're in the stage where the hard drive
gets partitioned. I have a 6G drive and I wanted to partition it
manua
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