ted_zas

Hello, A little while ago I purchased some DVDs to help understand Linux, Great part is they have extensions that are .swf and from what I can find out I need to add plug-ins to see them. I have tried repeatedly to download updates and get back a series of cannot do this because of that files. WOW. I've included some of the screens from the there is a problem screens. I know the odds are good it is a simple fix but I keep looking in the wrong direction. Thanks for all the help. ted ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ here is what the updating programs file ends up stating There was a problem during the installation: mozilla-firefox = 1.0.6 is needed by (installed) yelp-2.12.2-2mdk.i586 medium "update_source" uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ this is what the file says when I attempt to update firefox. ----------- Install Action Summary ----------- Macromedia Flash Player 7 will be installed in the following directory: Mozilla installation directory = /home/ted/.mozilla Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y cp: cannot stat `/home/ted/Desktop/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `/home/ted/Desktop/flashplayer.xpt': No such file or directory NOTE: Please ask your administrator to remove the xpti.dat from the components directory of the Mozilla or Netscape browser. chmod: cannot access `/home/ted/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so': No such fil e or directory chmod: cannot access `/home/ted/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt': No such file or directory Installation complete. ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Another question I had was did the 20+ other files in this download really load? Again thanks for the help. ted Perform another installation? (y/n):

Hello, I know that I did try to get the fdisk before but came up with nothing and did not persue it. Finally tried it again this time probably in the correct sequence of things. The following is what came up. [root@localhost mnt]# cd / [root@localhost /]# mount /dev/sdb1/ -t vfat /mnt/portable mount: special device /dev/sdb1/ does not exist [root@localhost /]# fdisk /dev/sdb The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19881. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): v Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 1: head 255 greater than maximum 64 Partition 1: sector 255 greater than maximum 32 Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 2: head 255 greater than maximum 64 Partition 2: sector 255 greater than maximum 32 Warning: partition 1 overlaps partition 2. Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 3: sector 0 greater than maximum 32 19053329 unallocated sectors I take it that getting my files off of this drive (without a lot of expense) is a lost cause. I do want to thank everyone for all the time, patience, and advice. If nothing else I am now a little more familiaar with a few of the commands. I still have not been able to get back to the root. When I go ' /var/log/messages ' I end up with a not allowed warning. I put in the password but I think that is for another forum? Anyway thank you all your great. ted

Hello All, I know that I really am messing something up here. I have deleted and remade teh /mnt/portable directory. I did go to HardDrake to confirm that the drive is being seen there. First the HardDrake results then those from my terminal. Note, I also did try the 'sdb1' and 'sdb' with the same results. I thought maybe without the '1' it would show. It didn't so we are still close, real close Identification Vendor: ?LaCie Description: ?LaCie Hard Drive USB Disk identifier: ?Maxtor 6E020L0 Media class: ?hd (Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk (Zip)) Bus identification Vendor ID: ?1439 Device ID: ?849 Connection Bus: ?SCSI (USB) (1) Channel: ?0 Logical unit number: ?0 Device Old device file: ?/dev/sdb New devfs device: ?/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc Partitions Primary partitions: ?2 (sdb1, sdb2) Misc Device USB ID: ?5 Geometry: ?19881/64/32 (CHS) Disk controller: ?1 Module: ?usb-storage (usb-storage) ------------ from terminal window ------------- [root@localhost ~]# ls -l /mnt total 36 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 16 20:46 cdrom/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 16 20:46 cdrom2/ drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 0 Sep 3 23:21 floppy/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 4 00:17 portable/ drwxrwxrwx 15 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 win_c/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Aug 16 22:47 win_c2/ drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 win_d/ [root@localhost ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/portable mount: /dev/sdb1 is not a valid block device [root@localhost ~]# Thanks for your patience. ted

You typed the above, and then: the slight difference being the spelling of "portable" which is why it didn't work. Make sure /mnt/portable exists, or even /mnt/portabel as it was originally created as: ls -l /mnt and then change accordingly to the spelling of portable, or create portable. You should find that once it's created, the mount point will be accessible, and hopefully you should see your files. Try again let us know how you get on. Hello, I think I should of check my spelling and then fixed it. I did retype it into the /mnt/portable directory, I hope. It seems like we keep getting closer and closer. I want to say that I will not be able to respond to your assistance for the next few days so plese do not give up on me just because I have not tried the next suggestion. I have to leave town and attend some family matters in another state for a few days. I am in Michigan and need to go to Wisconsin, USA, As soon as I get back I will try any additional suggestions. At times investing in a laptop sounds like a good idea and this is one of them but it is not the time right now. Anyhow as I said I believe that I did change the directory name. The following is a copy of the screen. [ted@localhost Desktop]$ su Password: [root@localhost Desktop]# ls /mnt/ cdrom/ cdrom2/ floppy/ portabel/ win_c/ win_c2/ win_d/ [root@localhost Desktop]# mk bash: mk: command not found [root@localhost Desktop]# mkdir /mnt/portable [root@localhost Desktop]# mount /dev/sdbl -t viat /mnt/portable mount: unknown filesystem type 'viat' [root@localhost Desktop]# mount /dev/sdbl -t vfat /mnt/portable mount: special device /dev/sdbl does not exist [root@localhost Desktop]# mount /dev/sdb -t vfat /mnt/portable mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so [root@localhost Desktop]# /mnt/portable bash: /mnt/portable: is a directory [root@localhost Desktop]# ls -1 /mnt cdrom/ cdrom2/ floppy/ portabel/ portable/ win_c/ win_c2/ win_d/ [root@localhost Desktop]# Thanks for your patience and help. I'll be back in a few days. ted

Hello ianw, I really need to apologize. It sounds like I was not clear. To start with yes I have two drives. Let me explain and then maybe it will be clearer. My old PC I had win 98 and then also loaded mandrake 2006 on it. I had two drives in that PC. The second drive I believe had only win programs but with the way things loaded and went they worked and I am trying to become familiar with linux. I know that went I went to the file manager I could see all the files. Linux did not care if they were windows or linux. That was great. The mother board went out on that computer. I went an got a different PC (not brand new but better). It has/ had one drive with XP on it. I installed a second drive on the new PC and loaded Mandrake 2006 on the second drive of the new PC. I then proceeded to try and talk with / look at the files on the drives from my old / broken PC. I know the drives are good the motherbaord went bad. I have installed the old drives into a USB hard drive attachment thinking that with linux I would see the drive and files separate from the PC. Before you started to help me I could not see the aux USB drive. It now sees it as /sdb but will not let me see any of the files. When I say I tried the second drive I am saying that I took the drive out of teh USB aux and installed the other drive in it and then tried to see the files in that drive. I could not. The system did and does see the /sdb drive but will not read the files. At no time have I had or do I have two separate USB hard drives attached attached at the same time. I have tried them one at a time. I just wanted to see it one could be read where it was not reading the other file. I did not mean to cinfud\se the issue. If I knew how to draw a daigram I would. I do appreciate the help. I did try your suggestions and appear to have misunderstood them as they were not accepted. I have attached a copy if the window. [root@localhost Desktop]# mkdir /mnt/portabel [root@localhost Desktop]# mount /dev/sdb1 -t vfat /mnt/portable mount: mount point /mnt/portable does not exist [root@localhost Desktop]# /mnt/portable bash: /mnt/portable: No such file or directory [root@localhost Desktop]# I have added the suggested line to the fstab as /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable mount /dev/sdb -t vfat /mnt/portable When I type /mnt/portable it comes up nothing exists. I apologize for the confusion. I will only (have been) work with only one ofthe hard drives at a time. It is installed in a USB device, I just thought that if it is not seeing one when I switched to the other it might see it. I also do not understand why I cannot see the files on the hda in the system. Maybe solving that will lead to what the problem is with the other, Thank you, ted

Hello ianw1974 I sure appreciate the help I ran it twice - ech time after I swaped out a harddrive in the USB to verify that it was being seen. (MY NOTE - THIS IS FROM THE FIRST DRIVE FROM THE PC THAT THE MB BLEW ON) Disk /dev/sdb: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 57241 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 10563 10816132 1c Hidden W95 FAT32 (LBA) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 * 2375 10579 8401413 3 XENIX usr Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb3 1 1 0 10 OPUS Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order [root@localhost Desktop]# (MY NOTE - THIS IS FROM THE SECOND DRIVE FROM THE PC THAT THE MB BLEW ON) Disk /dev/sdb: 20.8 GB, 20847697920 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 19881 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 10563 10816132 1c Hidden W95 FAT32 (LBA) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 * 2375 10579 8401413 3 XENIX usr Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb3 1 1 0 10 OPUS Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. I know we are getting close. I keep remembering on how before I could see all the files in a tree structure. I still does not bring the drives up when I try to read all the drives on the system. Thanks for your patience and taking the time. ted

Hello, I attempted the /var/log/messages and since I did not get any type of log statement I am sure I am missing some steps. I then followed the 'lsmod' suggestion and receieved the following. I would of deleted most of it and only copied what I think is important but that is why I am in trouble. If I knew what is important I would know how to get what I am looking for. So what follows is what popped up on the screen. Sorry for all the unnecessary data. I did power the PC up with the USB disconnected and then connected it after everything was running. [ted@localhost Desktop]$ su Password: [root@localhost Desktop]# ls Screenshot-1.png yelp.desktop [root@localhost Desktop]# /var/log/messages bash: /var/log/messages: Permission denied [root@localhost Desktop]# ls /mnt/ cdrom/ cdrom2/ floppy/ win_c/ win_c2/ win_d/ [root@localhost Desktop]# ls /var/log/messages /var/log/messages [root@localhost Desktop]# ls /var/log/messages /var/log/messages [root@localhost Desktop]# /var/log/messages bash: /var/log/messages: Permission denied [root@localhost Desktop]# /mnt/ bash: /mnt/: is a directory [root@localhost Desktop]# /etc/fstab bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied [root@localhost Desktop]# /s /etc/fstab bash: /s: No such file or directory [root@localhost Desktop]# ls /etc/fstab /etc/fstab [root@localhost Desktop]# lsmod [root@localhost Desktop]# lsmod Module Size Used by sg 34044 0 raw 6592 1 md5 3584 1 ipv6 234016 8 snd_seq_dummy 2532 0 snd_seq_oss 31136 0 snd_seq_midi_event 5696 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 46960 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_pcm_oss 48960 0 snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_ens1371 20224 0 gameport 11112 1 snd_ens1371 snd_rawmidi 19616 1 snd_ens1371 snd_seq_device 6828 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec 83900 1 snd_ens1371 snd_pcm 79784 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 20548 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8392 1 snd_pcm snd 46116 10 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_de vice,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 7008 1 snd ppdev 7364 0 lp 10024 0 parport_pc 32612 1 parport 31976 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc ipt_IFWLOG 2788 1 ipt_psd 43428 1 ip_set_iptree 5544 2 ipt_REJECT 4256 4 ipt_LOG 6272 7 ipt_state 1312 7 ipt_pkttype 1184 4 ipt_set 1920 2 ipt_CONNMARK 1696 0 ipt_MARK 1984 0 ipt_ROUTE 4260 0 ipt_connmark 1216 0 ipt_owner 2432 0 ipt_recent 9292 0 ipt_iprange 1312 0 ipt_physdev 1744 0 ipt_multiport 2112 0 ipt_conntrack 1792 0 iptable_mangle 2016 0 ip_set_portmap 3840 0 ip_set_macipmap 3780 0 ip_set_ipmap 3872 0 ip_set_iphash 5924 0 ip_set 18876 11 ip_set_iptree,ipt_set,ip_set_portmap,ip_set_macipmap,ip_set_ipmap,ip_set_iphash ip_nat_irc 1824 0 ip_nat_tftp 1216 0 ip_nat_ftp 2560 0 iptable_nat 20212 3 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc 70352 1 ip_nat_irc ip_conntrack_tftp 3088 1 ip_nat_tftp ip_conntrack_ftp 71408 1 ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack 40824 9 ipt_state,ipt_conntrack,ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_conntra ck_irc,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_filter 2080 1 ip_tables 20416 20 ipt_IFWLOG,ipt_psd,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,ipt_state,ipt_pkttype,ipt_set,ipt_CONNMARK ,ipt_MARK,ipt_ROUTE,ipt_connmark,ipt_owner,ipt_recent,ipt_iprange,ipt_physdev,ip t _multiport,ipt_conntrack,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter tulip 47936 0 af_packet 16392 2 floppy 55444 0 video 14052 0 thermal 10920 0 tc1100_wmi 5092 0 processor 17876 1 thermal fan 3172 0 container 3008 0 button 4848 0 battery 7460 0 ac 3268 0 ide_cd 37988 0 sd_mod 16240 0 loop 14504 0 ntfs 212792 1 nls_iso8859_1 3680 3 nls_cp850 4480 2 vfat 10592 2 fat 45980 1 vfat supermount 31956 1 intel_agp 20636 1 agpgart 29032 1 intel_agp hw_random 4244 0 usbmouse 4160 0 usblp 10976 0 usbhid 44544 0 usb_storage 82020 0 scsi_mod 121064 3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage tsdev 5984 0 uhci_hcd 29136 0 usbcore 108348 6 usbmouse,usblp,usbhid,usb_storage,uhci_hcd evdev 7648 0 ext3 124744 2 jbd 48568 1 ext3 When I go into Hardrake I see the following information which I did not get before. There is now an 'sdb' in the harddrive section with the following data. Identification Vendor: ?LaCie Description: ?LaCie Hard Drive USB Disk identifier: ?Maxtor 36147H8 Media class: ?hd (Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk (Zip)) Bus identification Vendor ID: ?1439 Device ID: ?849 Connection Bus: ?SCSI (USB) (1) Channel: ?0 Logical unit number: ?0 Device Old device file: ?/dev/sdb New devfs device: ?/dev/scsi/host4/bus0/target0/lun0/disc Partitions Primary partitions: ?2 (sdb1, sdb2) I cannot find out how to get into the files on the drive? I know that before all this it was possible to look at all the drives and files which were displayed as folders, I know we are getting closer and I sure appreciate all the help. Thanks, ted

Hello, I am not that confident at what is going to happen when I do this so I will attempt to post the data in steps. I am running Mandrake 2006 DE. I think it means the December edition from the linux shop I gotthe disks from. Before my PC blew this did see the USB drive Ihad connected. When I looked it showed all the files in a manner that windows does. After I reload it into a different computer it does not even show the drives it see as icon (folders) just as hda1 etc. The data / services are [ted@localhost Desktop]$ su Password: [root@localhost Desktop]# ls /mnt/ cdrom/ cdrom2/ floppy/ win_c/ win_c2/ win_d/ [root@localhost Desktop]# chkconfig --list acpi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off harddrake 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off hplip 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off keytable 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off mDNSResponder 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off mandi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netplugd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nifd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off numlock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off oki4daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off shorewall 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd based services: cups-lpd: off cvs: off rsync: off [root@localhost Desktop]# I hope this helps. I will attempt the changes you suggested then hopefully add to this. I am sending this now so I do not lose it. Thanks for all the help. ted

Hi, As you can tell a calling me a newbie would be a boost to my status. I finally got to the file. Here is a list of its contents # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hdb6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c2 ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb7 swap swap defaults 0 0 I'm not sure of if anythig like a '/dev/xxx/' should be in front of the '/mnt/removable Thanks for your patience and help. ted

Hello, If I do this right the sanpshot should show that on my new PC the Primary drive is Windows. The second drive I partitioned to be Windows and Linux (Mandrake 2006). The boot window from the mnadrake software is on the first drive. I have one of the old drives (from my blown PC) inserted in an USB hard drive storage box. I have tried both old hard drives in the box. Linux apparently does not see either of them. I am sure they are good and the data is there. I am just as sure that Mandrake has the ways to read the files it is the operator that ahs the problem. I sure do apprecaite the help. ted just in case it does not show DEVICE DIRECTORY TYPE TOTAL FREE USED dev/hdb6/ ext3 5.8 3,5 2.3 dev/hdb8 /home ext3 23.7 23.5 148.7 m dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c 19 dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_c 37.9 dev/hdb5 /mnt/win_d vfat I do not appear able to see the USB drive that has the hard drive? I hope this goes thru. thanks.

I know I should of backed up the files. Lets say dumb and not as wise. Recently my PC blew a cap on the motherboard of an older PC that had two hard drives in it. The drives had Win 98 and Linux (Mandrake) partitions. Somehow in my trials I installed Linux on both drives. They worked and it worked well (for me anyhow - someone that knows what they are doing may have other opinions). Since I am sure the hard drives are good I purchased another (not as old) PC that had a drive with XP in it. So I took the two hard drives from my blown unit and attempted to try running the new PC with them in it. I had removed the HD that came with it and installed my HDs one at a time in it. I did check (and switch and reswitch) the jumpers on the drives. All to have No Luck with reading the drives. I then put the XP drive back into the new PC and installed one of the old hard drives as a slave. No Luck. The MANAGE - DISK MANAGEMENT window would see the drive as being partitioned but not assign a letter to it or allow me to assign a letter to it. I did the same with the other drive with the same results. Then got the bight idea of trying to do this with a USB AUX drive by removing the USB HD and replacing it with one of my old HDs. XP saw it but same results. NONE. Now I did not want to mess up the XP and its NTFS (?) so I purchased a brand new hard drive, installed it in my new PC as a secondary and loaded Mandrake. I knew that this would see the files because in my old system it saw all the files on my HDs. It saw what I had on the USB Aux. Since I have two HDs in the new PC. One with XP and the secondary one with Mandrake I planned on using the USB to read the old HDs. So I am attempting to use the USB method / connection to get to the files with Mandrake. However now I feel a lot dumber than before this entire mess started. For some reason I am not able to read any of the disks. I go to what I think are the appropiate areas to see the drives and all I can see are the files for the user. I am signed on as the administrator. Mandrake comes up great. In fact it works faster and better in start up / shut down than the XP. So I am fairly sure that the problem lies with the person typing this request for help. I am sure there is a simple way to get to the files on the old HDs I'm just not there yet. Any and all advice is sure appreciated. Thanks for all the help. ted [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Hello, Recently my PC blew a cap on the motherboard. So I took the two hard drives from it and installed them in a different PC. I had both partitioned with Mandrake and Win 98. No I have not been able to read the drives. That is just one problem. I put the drive that came with the newer(?) -replacement- PC and attempted to read the old drives with XP pro. No luck. I went and purchased a new drive and installed my 2006 Mandrake on it. I hoped that that would read the the files in the old drives. Still no luck. I then went to one of the mirrors that I am directed was directed to and updated the files for 2006. I purchased the disks late last year and did do this before with no problems. After installing the mirrors I have a new icon on my desktop. It has a folder picture and two smaller icons attached to it. The name is 'core.5917'. I have tried to determine if it is a valid file but have not been able to find out anything about it. Is 'core.5917' something that should be there? Thanks for all the help. I am sure that after finding out about this new file and what to do with it I can go back to banging my head on how to read the old drives. That has me since I know before with mandrake I could see all the drives. Anyhow thanks for the help. ted

Hello, I think the 2006DE is linuscdshop's way of stating it is the december edition? Thanks, ted Thanks for the help. I tried the suggestion and ended up with a screen of errors. I took that as 'I must of really messed up during the install.' So I reinstalled it again. But this time I only 'X' one graphic KDE selection. Then went through the CD install. This time it came up with the KDE screen and appears to be working -so far-. I have a habit of fixing the fixed. It sure looks good and I appreciate the help. Thanks, ted

I have installed 10.1 - 10.2 ? During the install process when it asks what features I want I selected KDE and the other GUI. I also have 98 on this unit. A few weeks ago it was working and then during a brain storm I did something that corrupted the drives. I have reinstalled and in the process had to repurchase the set of disks. My CD reader is not the best and am in the process of getting a CD newer one. I thought I had bought replacement CDs but ended up with a new set (2206DE). This is why I am not sure of the version on the unit any more. Anyway I tried to reinstall the older on but the new one is on 2006DE? After the installation the unit keeps booting up with the shell and I do not know how to get the KDE to work. Sure would appreciate some help - direction- thanks a lot. ted