Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-15 Thread g
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 15:05, Wade Waldron wrote: I would like to install hardware while bypassing the Mandrake Bypassing the GUI or what? Because hardware detection is going to initiate during the bootup another question is just what hardware it is that he is wanting to inst

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-11 Thread Derek Jennings
or how wrong i am with this advice wait for others to comment! :) > > bascule > > On Friday 11 Jul 2003 3:24 am, Wade Waldron wrote: > > Microsoft MN-110 USB ethernet adapter. > > > > Wade > > - Original Message - > > From: "Carroll Grigsby" &

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-11 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 11 Jul 2003 2:15 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Thursday 10 July 2003 08:15 pm, Wade Waldron wrote: > > Okay, maybe some more background is needed. When I run the mandrake > > configuration utility, and look under the listed hardware I have a few > > unknown devices (like my network ada

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-11 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 20:15, Wade Waldron wrote: > Okay, maybe some more background is needed. When I run the mandrake > configuration utility, and look under the listed hardware I have a few > unknown devices (like my network adapter). I have looked around and > found that my network adapter pro

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-10 Thread bascule
On Friday 11 Jul 2003 3:24 am, Wade Waldron wrote: > Microsoft MN-110 USB ethernet adapter. > > Wade > - Original Message - > From: "Carroll Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:15 PM > Subject:

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-10 Thread Wade Waldron
m: Wade Waldron To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: [newbie] Installing new hardware I would like to install hardware while bypassing the Mandrake configuration utility.  Can someone give me an idea where to start.  Basically the hardware is in

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-10 Thread bascule
wade, to do things manually (is there a specific reason for that by the way?), you'll need to specify the hardware you have installed so that folk can tell you what needs to be done - assuming we know! bascule On Thursday 10 Jul 2003 6:05 am, Wade Waldron wrote: > I would like to install hardw

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 15:05, Wade Waldron wrote: > I would like to install hardware while bypassing the Mandrake > configuration utility. Can someone give me an idea where to start. > Basically the hardware is installed, I just need to make the system > aware of it and set up the drivers. > > W

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-10 Thread ed tharp
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 01:35, JoeHill wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 23:05:00 -0600 > Wade Waldron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > I just need to make the system aware of it and set up the drivers. > > That's what Mandrake Control Center does...if it didn't load them when > you booted, that is. y

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-09 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 23:05:00 -0600 Wade Waldron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I just need to make the system aware of it and set up the drivers. That's what Mandrake Control Center does...if it didn't load them when you booted, that is. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: htt

[newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-09 Thread Wade Waldron
I would like to install hardware while bypassing the Mandrake configuration utility.  Can someone give me an idea where to start.  Basically the hardware is installed, I just need to make the system aware of it and set up the drivers.   Wade

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-10 Thread skinky
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001 02:00, Tom Brinkman wrote: | It won't break. You could try to break it tho ;) IIRC, early on | in the kerenl config, there's an option called 'big' or 'high' memory | support. It's off by default in what I'm calling a regular kernel. If | you recompile the kernel with

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 10 November 2001 04:00 am, skinky wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 17:44, Tom Brinkman wrote: > | > | The regular kernel will work as always, it just won't see > | more'n about 900+mb of ram. > Well anyway, thats good news Tom, thanks. I'll put the two new > 512mb sticks in slots 2 &

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-10 Thread skinky
On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 17:44, Tom Brinkman wrote: | On Friday 09 November 2001 06:34 pm, skinky wrote: | > On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:09, Tom Brinkman wrote: | | Regular' kernels will only address 'bout | | > | 900+ mb of ram. So if you want to use all that ram, you'll need | > | to install a -enter

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-10 Thread skinky
On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 16:31, Dennis Myers wrote: | On Friday 09 November 2001 16:11, you wrote: | | > Other relevant bits are: Soltek SL-KAV75 mobo and Athlon TBird | > 1.0GHz CPU. | | If this is the same board as listed on the soltek site as a SL-75KAV | then as you look at the attached URL yo

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 09 November 2001 10:17 pm, Randy Kramer wrote: > Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > > Some machines cannot handle more than 512mb of memory, or run out > > of cache for more than 512 megs of RAM. > > Some motherboards handle less than that -- the TX-Pro II > motherboards I use can only handle 64 M

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 09 November 2001 06:34 pm, skinky wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:09, Tom Brinkman wrote: Regular' kernels will only address 'bout > | 900+ mb of ram. So if you want to use all that ram, you'll need > | to install a -enterprise kernel (it's on your CD's or you can get > | the latest from

Fwd: Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-09 Thread Dennis Myers
Once again this should have gone listwise. I can't pay attention. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 21:31:51 -0600 From: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 09 Novem

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-09 Thread Randy Kramer
Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > Some machines cannot handle more than 512mb of memory, or run out of > cache for more than 512 megs of RAM. Some motherboards handle less than that -- the TX-Pro II motherboards I use can only handle 64 MB in each of two sockets for a maximum total of 128 MB (although I c

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-09 Thread skinky
On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:09, Tom Brinkman wrote: | On Friday 09 November 2001 05:11 pm, skinky wrote: [snip] | > If I boot linux after doing the following, is the new hardware | > likely to be recognised? : | > | > - ensure harddrake and kudzu run on boot, | > - shut down the computer | > - s

RE: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-09 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
: Friday, November 09, 2001 5:12 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM | | |Hi all | |I am about to upgrade the hw in my pc. I currently have: | |1 x 128MB PC133 SDRAM |crappy 1MB S3 PCI graphics card |AC97 onboard sound | |Changing the above with: | |2 x

[newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM

2001-11-09 Thread skinky
Hi all I am about to upgrade the hw in my pc. I currently have: 1 x 128MB PC133 SDRAM crappy 1MB S3 PCI graphics card AC97 onboard sound Changing the above with: 2 x 512MB PC133 SDRAM (not sure whether to leave the old RAM in also) nVidia GeForce2 MX400 64MB AGP graphics card Soundblaster Liv