mutazoid

You may also want to boot in rescue mode and see if you can mount the drive. Since you are booting off a CD Image it eliminates the possibility that your installation is corrupted.

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Actually, I was running linux off an external hard disk....

Im not in Windows again unfortuantely :(

Cant even see the linux partition :(

While booting I got this error.

"Mouting Local File System Failed"

I have been using Mandrake for 2 weeks off of an external hard disk when this happened?

Do I need to reinstall Mandrake from scratch or is there a way to retain my setup?

Thank :(

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You rule, thanks for your clear explaination ;)

I think your absolutely right in my case.

Thanks again.

Keith

I have linux on a USB drive.

My main drive is unreliable due to the a manufacture defect in my notebook.

(Which I will get fixed soon)

I use GRUB as my boot manager.

On my main disk is used as a windows xp system.

The question is if I format my hard disk will this boot manager be wiped out?

If so, is there an easy way to install a boot manager without affecting my existing Linux system?

Im willing to change boot manager if necessary ;)

Thanks

Keith

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Now in English (Im very good at this yet ;) this weekend I will go buy a book)

What and where is the "fstab" and "MMC"

I do know where the mountpoints are (and Im proud of it ;) )

Keith

Im still looking for a solution how to make my partitions accessable the moment I log in.

Anyone with advice?

Thanks

Keith

What is the Penguin Liberation Front exactly?

What is their goal?

Also, I have the drivers but just dll's bundles together where do I put them?

I installed MPlayer and all I did to install the drivers is drop them into a special directory ;)

Thanks,

Where do I add codecs to kaffine?

Thanks ;)

Keith

Is there any programming languages like blitzbasic in linux?

(mostly Im thinking game design)

How can I allow writing to a hard disk partition?

I can see the partition but I dont have write access.

How can I setup the partition to write all the time, even after a reset.

Thanks,

Keith

I configured PLF and contrib sources using Easy-Urpmi, and installed Xine and Xine plugins from PLF. For me, all videos have sound, including .mov. I hope this helps.

 

Yves.

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I was trying to figure that stuff out.....

What is PLF excatly?

Also is Urpmi software installing package?

Thanks,

Keith

Okay then does anyone know of any video editors that would allow me to put video in video.

I cant use windows right now dude to some problems with my main hard disk.

Keith

How do I install a program that uses .sh

Maybe what Im asking doesnt make any sense.

For example I tried to install a Divx player (at divx.com) but I have no idea how to do it....

I think tomorrow I will go shopping for a good linux book.

;)

Is there Any Good video editors???

I want to add a video within another video.

Anyone know of a good video editing package in linux?

How about running windows in Linux, even if I have to run windows 98 that would be cool.

I just want IE for korean sites and mamboforge.

Thanks ;)

To do that right click change in kde you need to be root.

To do that without actually going into root do the following:-

Open a console and type in kdesu konqueror, press enter then type in your root password. This will open konqueror in root mode. Using konqueror look for the partition that you want to change the permissions of and right click on it then select properties. Make your changes then click apply then close out.

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Thanks alot John that worked :D

But I dont understand what was done.

Also, its not a permanate change.

Any advice?

Thanks ;)

Keith

I used Partition magic and re-format the NTFS with Fat32, this is a safe way since it don't delete your data. My setup is quite nice, I got a dualboot Linux/Windows system but the hd just hold the systems, windows2k syste is on NTFS but the actual program files, are on an external HD with Fat32, so all my data is readable from Widnows or Linux.

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Nice Im going to do that now.....

Okay I guess what are the benefits of NFTS vs FAT 32 ??

Keith

so would you guys think it would be wise to format this extra partition into fat32 and share it between my linux and win xp setup?

This is only a personal computer security isnt a major concern.

Keith

Thanks eh

If it is NTFS, it will always be read-only. If it is FAT32, then a "umask=0" option added to the corresponding line in /etc/fstab should do the trick.

 

Yves.

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By the way could you tell me why I cant see the NTFS drives.

Thanks ,

Keith

How to make a partiton writable?

I have a linux partition

windows partition

and an empty partition that is readable and writeable in windows but only readable in Linux..

Any advice would be appreciated.

I know how to use terminal mode,

maybe Im just using the wrong command :(

Thanks,

Keith

(Im using mandrake 10.1)

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great thanks :)

What do you think is the best email client for mandrake 10.1 ?

One feature that I really need is the ability to download my hotmail.

(I was one the early users of hotmail, Im slowly moving away from using it now)

Thanks,

Keith

Is there any .MOV players with sound?

I have mandrake 10.1

I can play .MOV files in Kaffine and Mplayer but I cant hear the sound :(

Any ideas?

Im trying to play videos from www.diggnation.com

Keith

Actually, I was hoping there was a way to literally open linux in a window of Windows XP.

The emulators seem alright but I need IE.

Its really hard to explain but Korean websites are programmed with IE in mind and nothing else.

Korean websites are so complex and use Active X often.

Also, there is a websmithing program I want to use but its only runable in windows (even though it runs off any kind of server)

Otherwise, Linux is cool.

Im running a dual boot system but when Im websurfing its real pain in the ass to reboot just to see a Korean website.

Oh well

Ya thanks :D Im running off a small drive so trying to conserve space :D