ilia_kr

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

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.

 

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

Note 1:

A lot of people appear to be unaware of the fact that you do NOT need the 4, 5 or 6 setup disks in order to install Windows 2000 and XP. A common Win98 boot disk such as the Boot Disk Essentials diskette below can be used to install these OS's. This is what the Win XP System Setup Disk above does. Here's how to do it:

 

1.

 

Start the computer with your chosen boot disk.

2.

 

Change to the cdrom drive.

3.

 

Go into the \i386 directory on the cdrom.

4.

 

Run WINNT.EXE to begin the install process.

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.

If by saying "winXP boot floppy" you mean the one which can be created inside windowsXP, then it's nothing more than a normal DOS boot floppy, totally unsuitable for booting the XP CD properly. Any such floppy loads an environment which isn't any good for the XP setup routine, because the latter is pure 32-bit code, while DOS is 16-bit only.

The full floppy set for Windows XP is SIX floppies, but for starting the setup you need just one floppy ( MS Windows XP System setup disk).

More info here:

http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml

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.

…The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to driv D…

…Drive E: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0…

So, I was guessing my laptop did see the winxp CD, but I don’t know how to run the winxp installer under Dos.

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

I second tyme's post. Using a crossover cable means you can connect the two network cards without the requirement of a hub/switch.

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 :)

Thanks, for the info :). But to be honest, I rather ask than looking through man pages though because after reading a man page I know about as much about the command as before, only feeling more baffled :S

 

(check man chmod :mellow: )

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

Time to go home. I had 30 min idle time at work and here is one more. That background is actually photo from mine mainboard.

 

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/738/jos...rslogo064tg.jpg

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?

maybe we change'em too?

 

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...

Nice but you guys need to remember that it'll be going on top of the background of the penguins. So it needs to not have a background if you know what I mean. :)

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...

ilia: it's mandrivausers.org ;)

submission 1 part 2: