Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-24 Thread g
John Richard Smith wrote: > > On Saturday 23 February 2002 02:19, you wrote: > Hello George , your on the right track. You see the above creates the correct > files and their text entries , after exiting VI , I cat the files and the > new enties are there, but rebooting simply removes them, the

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-24 Thread John Richard Smith
On Saturday 23 February 2002 02:19, you wrote: > John Richard Smith wrote: > > George, > > > > Well , It's a long story, stimulated by your suggestions I soon found > > [snip] > > > All of this has so far accomplished nothing by way of success. I guess > > there is something else wrong as well, h

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-23 Thread John Richard Smith
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 12:01, you wrote: > John Richard Smith wrote: > > Hello George, > > > > Thanks, > > > > I am afraid there is no /etc/lilo.conf, drakeX failed to create one. > > So, just to prove a point to myself I did LM8.1 re-install all over > > again, but this time I insisted dra

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-20 Thread g
John Richard Smith wrote: > > Hello George, > > Thanks, > > I am afraid there is no /etc/lilo.conf, drakeX failed to create one. > So, just to prove a point to myself I did LM8.1 re-install all over again, > but this time I insisted drakX install Lilo instead of Grub. The result is > absolutely id

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-19 Thread g
greets john, please excuse delays, i am in and out a lot, both day and night. so i am not avoiding you, just that other things do get priority. John Richard Smith wrote: > > Very many thanks for your reply, > (forgive me, I'm confused , your name ? ) g = george > Sorry to be a nuisance, no o

Fwd: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-19 Thread John Richard Smith
-- Forwarded Message ------ Subject: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 04:52:55 + From: g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] hello this, John Richard Smith wrote: > A few more thoughts, ok... give me some time to read back thru thes

Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-19 Thread g
hello this, John Richard Smith wrote: > > A few more thoughts, ok... give me some time to read back thru these 2 and original post. way things were set up, i want to combine your post to see just where what is. it appears, when you did install, you allow lm8.1 to partition drive. please read

Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-18 Thread g
John Richard Smith wrote: > > I have new kit :- > Grub displays full menu, including W2k which boots OK. install lilo. grub is nice, grub is new and still being hacked out. > Can anyone kindly explain what is happening here, in > particular what does "bad EIP value mean". do not use grub, so

[newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-18 Thread John Richard Smith
A few more thoughts, did an f1 rescue , enter , cd /mnt/etc cat /etc/fstab /dev/ram3/ext2 defaults 1 1, /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto defaults, noauto 0 0 none /proc proc defaults, noauto,ro 0 0 /dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom auto defaults, noauto 0 09 writer's note : this should have entries for /dev/hda6/e

[newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER

2002-02-17 Thread John Richard Smith
I have new kit :- Bios : Fastrack100Lite TM Bios v 1.31.1.(build30) with AMI Bios setup, Case : MS-6380 ATX Mainboard Motherboard : MSI KT7266 Pro2 DDR with Raid, with 4 no. USB2, and 4no USB1 ports. Sound: Au