wakish

no my USB adsl does not have a LAN in it. It has only two "out", one for phone and the other for for ADSL. Basically this 2 "out" forms part of a "splitter". Then a third part is the USB connector which is only to connect to my pc as a USB. But my pc itself has a LAN port. I will try the other method you suggested and i will post my results again soon! Take care!

Thanks for the info congdonb! ;) Hi arctic... i use "external USB-ADSL modem". btw, arctic in your suggested link, i did not find anything on my case :(

i'm almost done with downloading the 3rd Cd ;) 1) How can i set my ADSL connection? With windows, i just put in the CD for the ADSL and install the required software. Is it the same procedure with mandriva? When i first came here, i saw a post on this question, but i cannot find it anymore :( PLease can anyone help. Thanks!

arctic thank you so much!!! Yeah, i'm downloading the 3CDs..well, this will take me almost 2days :( but, yeah better have them! For the USB, in Windows Xp i don't see it..it does not detect the usb to my gr8 surprise! I don't know why..but it's unusal since xp detects my usb instantly in my normal 1 OS installations. For the bootloaders, yeah i tried all the possibilities, like saving to the different locations that the cd gave me...i tried for both LILO and GRUB, but it failed. But, with mandriva, it worked fine!!! Yeah, i won't get down with frustratoons..i will continue, don't worry!! I will surely like i'm doing since the beginning.. yeah, i will - Thanks man!!!!!!!!!

hi there! i spent my whole day with installing, multi-booting..etc..today lol I have come across some frustrations: 1) The miniCD of Mandriva 2006 is really not nice it's just the OS itself without any softwares..etc...all were really nice in the LIVEcD...but MiniCD was frustrating for me :( The interface and desktop was totally different from the beautiful one of the LiveCD! 2) When i dual-boot win xp and madriva 2006, i saw that none of win xp or mandriva could detect my usb - 'pen-drive'! why is this? (i used the rpm as the partitioner and boot-manager...i finally understood how to use it by myself..lol ;) 3) I also tried to install the ubuntu distro. Well its bootloaders could NEVER get installed! I don't know what the problem was, i tried everything, but each time it's bootloaders fail to install - both LILO and GRUB. But, as i said, viewing both livecds of each distro, that of maddriva fascinated me a lot! i really really liked the interface of mandriva from the liveCd! But on the whole it was a really nice experience for me, it was the first time i did that. :D I think i should download the iso with the 3CDs of mandriva 2006. right?? Regards!

ok... hopefully, i will put things into practice now ;) , that is i will be installing the "Mini-CD of Mandriva 2006" :)

Thank you arctic! Your explanations were nice! Btw, one more thing: when i install linux, do i have to manually create a swap partition? or does linux create its nativ and swap by itself? (i guess i have to manually do it since you said "It is recommended to use 2x your RAM size for the swap file" ;) )

ok, thanks! Uumm, i have some questions: 1) Can anyone, tell me more about this. When i go on that page, i see a lot of sources, distribution, packages..etc..i don't know what they are meant for and what to choose.. 2) What is the difference between FreeBSD and Linux distros? 3) Is the partition which will be the "common partition seen by every OSes", called or partitioned as the "extended partiton" ? 4) Can anyone help me in understanding "linux nativ" partition & "linux swap" partition and their purposes? Some analogies with windows/dos partitions will be helpful too. 5) Should linux be installed on a primary partition or an extended partiton? And which that partition should be what file system? Thanks!

Thank you so much arctic and daniewicz!!! Btw is the linux built-in firewall susficient, or is there the need to have a personal firewall? Yeah daniewicz, i'm also having "look-at" at several threads. Btw, i have tried many liveCds of different distros and even the recent ubuntu. But, i feel that my choice for mandriva has been good! Mandriva really offers a nice and pleasing interface(which is something important for me) amongst others. And something i want to stress, is the mandriva forum like this one, is really really good, active and effective than the others. I would sincerely like to say a big GOOD JOB people!!! Keep it up!! Regards!

With Linux: 1) do we need to install drivers for hardwares like with windows? 2) do we have to use a personal firewall, anti-virus..etc..like with windows? 3) is there patches do be applied..etc? Please can anyone show some guidance with these things..and you can add up other things too. Thanks!

Yeah..thanks a lot man!!!

yeah, root works fine!! Thanks! Now i am on a command line, something like: [root localhost~]#_ is there somewhere here where i can find help about which commands to use..ect? Thanks!

hahah..of course.. Yeah, when i reboot it starts mandriva. BUT after initializing everything, it ask me for a login and a password??? I don't have any password on my pc..so what's the prob? :(

ok.. ;) Btw i have downloaded the LiveCd. But after burning the cd and trying it, there's only 1folder named as "isolinux" and a file named as "livecd.sqfs".. and nothing happened. How to start the live cd?? i don't find any auto-play..etc..

sry but i have not understood what the 3) really is? The 1) is the full installation with every software and components, rit?

What are the differences between all these free downloads and which one should be downloaded? : 1) Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD1.i586.iso 696.07 MB [13-Nov-05] [iSO image] Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD2.i586.iso 695.84 MB [13-Nov-05] [iSO image] Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD3.i586.iso 696.17 MB [13-Nov-05] [iSO image] 2) Mandriva-Linux-Free-Live-2006-CD.i586.iso 692.69 MB [13-Nov-05] [iSO image] 3) Mandriva-Linux-Free-Mini-2006-CD.i586.iso 422.66 MB [13-Nov-05] [iSO image]

coool..thanks! :D By the way, i'm getting confused about which version of mandriva to download.. Please could you help? I saw so many in the download page, and some even said something about being in club member to have additional soft! Is it required to be in the club member? well, it's not possible for me :( Regards!

I will remove my current hard drive and i will put another one to "play" with it with linux and windows..getting to be familiar with linux..installing different distros..etc.. Then when i want to do my normal things i will just have to re-place my old hard drive back. so: 1) is it ok to do it? 2) Will i lose any data on my old hard drive (i.e my current hard drive?) I guess not, but i want to confirm on this. Thanks!

HI everyone! I have come across ranish partition manager.. it seems to be really good, BUT hard to master. Can anyone help in using this tool. Thanks! [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman]

but can all these partitioners be used when there is no OS on your HD? i mean assuming that there is no windows on your hard drive. As i said i want to be able "to install both windows(any versions) and linux in a new pc which has no OS yet." May be i should try to reframe in the following sense: Is there any good program/software to partition and set up a hard dirve (80Gb size) to install both windows(any version) and linux. I don't want to use something like partition magic, because it does all the work for you - it's lazy. and besides i think you should run it from an OS. I would like a program which will allow you to know exactly what you are doing and which can be run independently. FDisk is not good, it has limitations. Is there something similar or more better? Sry for asking so much, but i have that idea in mind, and my mind is not calm unless i arrive close to what i want to do :D The first idea which arctic given me about partitioning with the mandriva cd is the first solution. I will try it too! But in addition i would like to know if what i want, is possible to do. Thanks! Thank you all for your nice helping advices! Keep them coming ;) Regards!

Thanks for the welcome ;) thanks for the kind advice and the nice aRTees site! I'm trying to read all these stuffs and trying to understand. Then as i progress, i will ask more questions. And in the end, if i succeed with what i'm trying to do, then i will share it with all of you here! All other views, opinions and anything about this topic is warmly welcomed continuosly! Kind Regards, wakish

Thanks for the info..but it's not really for what i have asked ;)

Hi everyone..i'm really new to Linux community and linux itself. I felt the need of indulging myself in Linux. After visiting the "distrowatch site", i finally made my way to Mandriva. (was it the right choice for someone like me who is completely new to linux??) I need some help (if possible) to do the following: I have an 80Gb Hard drive. I would like to know how to partition my hard drive, after removing all existing os, to install my win os and then install linux distro. I guess since there will be no current os, i won't be able to use partition magic or a similar program. Thus, i would like to use something like fdisk to do the whole stuff. First of all is there a better program like fdisk, since fdisk has limitations in its use? I have investigated that there is an fdisk-like program called "gdisk". But i'm still trying to know about it. But if you have any better program, it will be nice! Note: 1) I know how to install win 98 and win xps..etc.. 2) I don't know how to isntall linux yet. I'm still learning about it from the nice related topic in this forum. >>>(MandrivaUsers.org > General Help > Installing Mandriva._ ==> So, basically, right now i want to know how to prepare my pc from scratch for installing both windows and linux. It would be nice if someone could help me. Any other kind of advice and remarks are warmly welcomed. Thanks for all! Regards!

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