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Just curious, did you try what i said in my last post - I tested it on my PC - worked ok for me...

Curious to learn how- because it does NOT work for me, and in theory it shouldn't (it's just a modded MS-DOS 6.22 boot floppy). On the other hand, the floppy on the link I passed does work, as happens with Bart's boot floppies. Well, i checked this again (didn't install XP for about a year), maybe i just forgot somethig - I used a boot floppy created in Win98, and you aren't right: a quote from http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml Checked - works...

Yes, i remember 'why this thread was open or what is on page 1' - got some nice answers, keep on debating... :D

Actually, I never liked XP, espetially its stupid installer. I had hurd times with it too... I prefer Win98 Second Edition - its lighter, fuster, more intuitive and relatively bug-free (well, close to). What i'm tring to say, is that you may install 98 instead, if you can't setup XP, there is nothing XP can do that 98 can not.

Right, DOS doesn't suit, but boot floppy created in My Computer (wich is somehow modified DOS) is 100% working, did it myself thousend times.

Well, 'Drive E: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0' is your CD-rom drive. To install XP boot with your disc, it'll take some time. Then type 'e:' hit enter. Now you are in your CD-rom drive. Type 'dir' - you'll see the content of a XP disc. Type 'setup.exe' - the installer should begin. The installer probably will ask you to format your HD, becouse it can't recognize Linux' partitions.

If you do not have a bootable XP cd, you can boot by using a boot floppy (DOS), allways worked for me. You can download it from MS site (once it was possible...). Also, you can create your own boot/rescue floppy on any Windows running PC, i think it is safer than downloading...

Guys, lets chill down. As it is strongly recommended to use root passwort for your own (and our also) safety, it is USER'S desision weather to follow the advise or not. conclusion: it is better to use root password anyway, lets have a beer and relax a bit...

I'm relatively new to Linux (about 1 year) and i've learned that not having a password - is not so good. One single example: my little brother once decided to play with cool nice & new (for him) desktop. I cought him playing with MCC - not good! Not having a root password is like driving without seatbelt - it is comfortable but dangerous .

I can try to help in Russian <--> English <--> Hebrew

thanks

Thats a second time that i here about crossover cables but i just do not get what is the difference between them and normal ones. From my experience, it is impossible to connect 2 NICs by a cable that is used to connect to a switch (as you said). A friend of mine said that it is amatter of cable's pin layout, without further explanation, so why is that? Thanks.

no problem :)

try this page, it gives a general explanation on various file system options in /etc/fstab

here is my 'fstab': # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 and modified one: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 # local partitions: (rw,auto,exec,nouser) /dev/hdc6 /mnt/hdc6 ext2 defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc7 /mnt/hdc7 ext2 defaults 0 0 works well, but still: there is no swap partition there, why? Should i add it? What are the devices listed in first 4 lines?

Thanks, works great!!

Usually i use only english on Linux PC, but now i want to check its multilanguage functionality. I would like to type in a different language, not just be able to read it or to change the menus lang. How can i do that in FC4 & mdk10.1? Thanks

I like this one, very slick icy colors. I think the logo shouldn't be humorous, so i don't like the idea of magitians and making laugh of other OS's, we shoul respect'em too :D

maybe a space theme?

We had a discussion about this. If you want to submit a new background you can do it with your logo. But the background has to be scaleable because we don't used a fixed with. It's set to work with any resolution. ok. Maybe i'll think of something, but actually the current one isn't so bad. If someone else have any idea - that would be nice...

maybe we change'em too? or...

i've done some polishing: I've actually hoped to see here some of AI works, it seems from his previous posts that he's a talanted designer...

submission 1 part 2: