Re: [newbie] befuddled-mounting media

2002-01-19 Per discussione Larry W. Irwin Sr.
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:05:02 -0500 Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In most distros, you have to be root to mount a file system. Mandrake??? -- Gerald Waugh Not in Mandrake 8.1 anyway. Besides, you can control that with parameters for each file system in /etc/fstab. For example,

[newbie] Disk Managers

2002-01-15 Per discussione Larry W. Irwin Sr.
Hi everybody, I got my problem with a 1996 bios and Lilo fixed by not using Lilo. Installed Grub instead and it is happy. Thanks to everyone who responded. Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Linux and Disk Managers

2002-01-14 Per discussione Larry W. Irwin Sr.
Hi, I am having a problem getting Lilo to work on my machine. I have a motherboard with an old 1996 bios that doesn't support hard disks larger than 8.4 gig. Maxtor's MaxBlast disk manger software provides an extension to the bios code to allow my 20 gig drive to work. I have tried to