Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-06 Thread Cody Harris
A folowup: To: Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Your support request: WB-01807 - Usersupport f or PC / DacĀ“s (Unsigned Mail) Unfortunately not. The disk is encrypted. You can see this by booting from a floppy and trying to access to the hard disk. The only way you can solve this is

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-05 Thread RichardA
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 19:28:13 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:34 PM 6/2/2003 -0300, you wrote: Whats her face has left the building me thinks is no longer in the mood to help. beleive me i tried. Hehehe. Kids of today, no manners. Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658

[newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log into Windoze (PC/DACS disabled my login after windoze fudged up after installing a PC CARD (network)). I tried removing the hard drive and installing it on my

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 02 June 2003 21:46, Cody Harris wrote: At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log into

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Marc Oestreicher
On Monday 02 June 2003 02:46 pm, Cody Harris wrote: At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Barry Premeaux
Cody Harris wrote: At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log into Windoze (PC/DACS disabled my login

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
At 10:03 PM 6/2/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 21:46, Cody Harris wrote: At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread FemmeFatale
At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log into Windoze (PC/DACS disabled my login after windoze fudged

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
At 04:05 PM 6/2/2003 -0600, you wrote: At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log into Windoze (PC/DACS

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread FemmeFatale
At 06:24 PM 6/2/2003 -0300, you wrote: Where do i get PKUNZIP for dos? -Cody Harris Repeat after me: Google is my friend... now write that on a blackboard 100 times before you go home. http://nct.digitalriver.com/fulfill/0018.4 - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
At 04:10 PM 6/2/2003 -0600, you wrote: At 06:24 PM 6/2/2003 -0300, you wrote: Where do i get PKUNZIP for dos? -Cody Harris Repeat after me: Google is my friend... now write that on a blackboard 100 times before you go home. http://nct.digitalriver.com/fulfill/0018.4 it won't download.

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread FemmeFatale
At 06:24 PM 6/2/2003 -0300, you wrote: Where do i get PKUNZIP for dos? ignore last post check your pvt mail. - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 02 June 2003 23:24, Cody Harris wrote: Where do i get PKUNZIP for dos? Frankly: Dunno I've got it somewhere in the abyysses of my comps...if you really want it I can send it to youincluding: unrar :o) Google says: http://www.pkware.com/products/ :oD Good luck, HarM Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread FemmeFatale
At 07:06 PM 6/2/2003 -0300, you wrote: snip What's the site? http://www.coyotelinux.com/ - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
At 12:12 AM 6/3/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 23:24, Cody Harris wrote: Where do i get PKUNZIP for dos? Frankly: Dunno I've got it somewhere in the abyysses of my comps...if you really want it I can send it to youincluding: unrar :o) Google says:

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 00:19, Cody Harris wrote: What's her face tired to send it to me. And i can't download it from the site. Frankly, I know I've still got it somewhere on one of my machines or HD's (I even keep a 35M HD with win3.1 on it) but I 'm goin to need a devil of a time to find

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
Ok, i have coyote linux, but how do i mount my drive? At 12:48 AM 6/3/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Tuesday 03 June 2003 00:19, Cody Harris wrote: What's her face tired to send it to me. And i can't download it from the site. Frankly, I know I've still got it somewhere on one of my machines or

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 04:53, Cody Harris wrote: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log into Windoze (PC/DACS disabled my login after windoze fudged up after installing a PC CARD (network)). I tried

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
At 08:56 AM 6/3/2003 +1000, you wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 04:53, Cody Harris wrote: Ok, scenario: I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log into Windoze (PC/DACS disabled my login after windoze fudged up after

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 00:53, Cody Harris wrote: Ok, i have coyote linux, but how do i mount my drive? At 12:48 AM 6/3/2003 +0200, you wrote: OK..linux running on the commandline: mkdir /win Mount -t vfat /dev/hd? /win # hd? is your win-partition (hda1 prob.) that's it! Now you can read

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 14:24, Cody Harris wrote: At 10:03 PM 6/2/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 21:46, Cody Harris wrote: At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with: Ok, scenario: snip Where do i get PKUNZIP

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Cody Harris
At 01:06 AM 6/3/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Tuesday 03 June 2003 00:53, Cody Harris wrote: Ok, i have coyote linux, but how do i mount my drive? At 12:48 AM 6/3/2003 +0200, you wrote: OK..linux running on the commandline: mkdir /win Mount -t vfat /dev/hd? /win # hd? is your win-partition (hda1

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread stormjumper
just a small correction. it's http://www.lnx-bbc.org/ - Original Message - From: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Laptop Question Cody Harris wrote: At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 02:34, Cody Harris wrote: Error: Block Device Required. typ! sorry, mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /win (epecting dos on hda1) but you could've found that out yourself. good luck, HARM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 12:21, Cody Harris wrote: coyote# mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /win Mounting /dev/hda1 on /win failed: block device required what does fdisk have to say about your hd and it's partitions? Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread g
Stephen Kuhn wrote: Are you sure that the Win95 stuff ain't actually running Drivespace or DoubleDisk ??? Cuz it would surely be unavailable via boot disk mate... being that his eudora mail is stuck in html, or just plain old because he is using eudora, it could well be that someone has hacked

Re: [newbie] Laptop Question

2003-06-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 14:00, g wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: Are you sure that the Win95 stuff ain't actually running Drivespace or DoubleDisk ??? Cuz it would surely be unavailable via boot disk mate... being that his eudora mail is stuck in html, or just plain old because he is using

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-14 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 12 July 2002 02:02 pm, Jussi Aalto did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: How fast is the burner? Drop the burning speed to 16/12/8 or whatever the writer supports. Don't toast the disk, heat it up gently and the poor old lapper

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-14 Thread Miark
speed (like size) isn't everything. so my wife tells me. What? Are you telling me that a king size bed isn't better than a standard double? Come on now :-) Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-12 Thread Ron Bouwhuis
Femme, Might not be a burner problem. An old Toshiba laptop of mine refused to read CDs I had burnt (ML 8.0 download). I had used CD-RWs, which had worked fine on my newer computers. I then tried using plain CD-Rs and the Tosh was fine. Just a thought, Ron. --- FemmeFatale [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-12 Thread FemmeFatale
Ron Bouwhuis wrote: Femme, Might not be a burner problem. An old Toshiba laptop of mine refused to read CDs I had burnt (ML 8.0 download). I had used CD-RWs, which had worked fine on my newer computers. I then tried using plain CD-Rs and the Tosh was fine. Just a thought, Ron.

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-12 Thread Bill Spatz
Well Bill I'm baffled. Truly...because the CD's I stuck into that lapdogs CDRom are the same ones I used to load MDK on my desktop machine. HOwever, in the interest of scientific curiousity, I shall try loading MDK 8.0 which is a store bought copy. If it works I know its a burner

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-11 Thread Femme
On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 19:58, bascule wrote: before i forget, didn't there use to be a 'dosstart' boot method or somesuch where one could start the install from a dos prompt? perhaps if the laptop can be in dos with the cd drive recognised you could try this, i think there was/is a

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-11 Thread ai4a
bascule wrote: before i forget, didn't there use to be a 'dosstart' boot method or somesuch where one could start the install from a dos prompt? perhaps if the laptop can be in dos with the cd drive recognised you could try this, i think there was/is a directory on cd1 with .bat file to

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-11 Thread Bill Spatz
On Wednesday 10 July 2002 19:10, Femme wrote: Trust me Nick, thats the first thing I tried! It says it will boot off teh CD when I set it in the BIOS, but it doesn't work *scratching my head on that one!*. Heh, next suggestion? Femme Femme, Mine did the same thing to me, although I do

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-11 Thread Steve Borrett
Hi Femme, What about a network install? I have done these a number of times, both from a LAN and from the internet and they worked fine, a bit slow, but fine. regards, Steve. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-11 Thread Mike Settle
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Femme Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Laptop question On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 19:58, bascule wrote: before i forget, didn't there use to be a 'dosstart' boot method or somesuch where one

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-11 Thread FemmeFatale
Bill Spatz wrote: On Wednesday 10 July 2002 19:10, Femme wrote: Trust me Nick, thats the first thing I tried! It says it will boot off teh CD when I set it in the BIOS, but it doesn't work *scratching my head on that one!*. Heh, next suggestion? Femme Femme, Mine did the same thing

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-11 Thread FemmeFatale
Steve Borrett wrote: Hi Femme, What about a network install? I have done these a number of times, both from a LAN and from the internet and they worked fine, a bit slow, but fine. regards, Steve. If I can get teh right cable, I'd be happy to do it! :) I'll poke around for one,

[newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-10 Thread Femme
I have come into ownership of an older HP Omnibook, a PII 233 iirc, and its got a removeable CD-Rom Floppy drive. Can't have both attached at once. I had planned to stick mandrake on it, however I ran into a small snag. If I can't boot the CD itself, and can't have both floppy CD-Rom

RE: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-10 Thread Nick Emans
Femme: Can't the BIOS be set to boot off the CD? Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have come into ownership of an older HP Omnibook, a PII 233 iirc, and its got a removeable CD-Rom Floppy drive. Can't have both attached at once. I had planned to stick mandrake on it, however I ran into

RE: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-10 Thread Femme
On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 19:05, Nick Emans wrote: Femme: Can't the BIOS be set to boot off the CD? Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have come into ownership of an older HP Omnibook, a PII 233 iirc, and its got a removeable CD-Rom Floppy drive. Can't have both attached at once.

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-10 Thread Femme
On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 19:27, bascule wrote: how big is the hard disk, if there is space and win is installed and you have the utilities to do it you could make room for a partition to copy one iso to and do a hard disk install using the hd.img on floppy, you could then add the other cd's

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-10 Thread bascule
iirc one can copy the contents of all the cds into one single directory stucture with cds 2 and 3 going under .../Mandrake/RPMS2 and /RPMS3 respectively, however the partition with the install files on it is then unavailable for installing onto and it might be nice to maximise the space

Re: [newbie] Laptop question

2002-07-10 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Wednesday 10 July 2002 20:54, Femme wrote: I have come into ownership of an older HP Omnibook, a PII 233 iirc, and its got a removeable CD-Rom Floppy drive. Can't have both attached at once. I had planned to stick mandrake on it, however I ran into a small snag. If I can't boot the CD

[newbie] Laptop question...

2001-08-06 Thread Jesse Hepburn
I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 with Mandrake 8.0 installed on it. Whenever I close the lid, though, it suspends the computer. Is there any way for me to change this so that it doesnt do that? (or better, just turns the screen off) Cheers, Jesse