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  1. So I had Linux installed on my 40 gig primary master, and then installed w2k on my secondary master.

     

    I can boot into both, but only by changing boot disk priority. I only did that to make sure they both work fine, which they do. The only problem is that I don't get an OS to select screen!

     

    I've read about MBR overwriting LILO and making it so you can only boot to windows, but never this way. Any ideas?

  2. Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    
      Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/hda1   *		   1		 764	 6136798+  83  Linux
    /dev/hda2			 765		4865	32941282+   5  Extended
    /dev/hda5			 765		 904	 1124518+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/hda6			 905		4865	31816701   83  Linux
    
    Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    
      Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/hdb1   *		   1		9730	78149720	7  HPFS/NTFS
    
    Disk /dev/sda: 1031 MB, 1031798784 bytes
    16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3936 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
    
      Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *		   1		3936	 1007600	e  W95 FAT16 (LBA

  3. A primary slave drive should be /dev/hdb1

    I do not see anything like that in your fstab.

    And I wouldn't trust Vista for anything (other than fooking my working box).

    Since you use them, you are obviously a Microsoft beta tester- isn't it a good idea to submit your issues with it to the Microshaft flyspray?

     

     

    Yes...obviously I am.. :twisted:

     

    No, I am really not. Is there anything I can do to solve this? Maybe install it as secondary slave or something else?

  4. Yes, this title is misleading. Here's an article I read the other day that I think everyone should read:

     

    linux sucks, windows is better than linux

     

    OK, we've all heard it: Linux is too hard, Linux sucks, Windows is easier than Linux, yadda, yadda.

     

    People who have such feelings need to ask themselves a simple question:

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    Why am I using Linux?

     

    Because at this point at least, maybe they shouldn't be.

     

    Really, I think most of these folks should be asking themselves "Why am I using Windows", but we'll pretend that they actually really tried Linux. I can't understand how anyone can USE Windows for any period of time and not hate it, but these people claim to. And they claim to have tried Linux.

     

    And of course they ran into problems. Problems which they couldn't solve by searching Google. And, to be fair, that's not completely unreasonable: it's very rare that something you find will DIRECTLY apply to your problem. You need to apply the knowledge you find to the current situation. However, that can be very frustrating when you first start out because there's so much you need to know that none of it makes sense. It can make you feel very dumb. We've all been there.

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    M3IP inc.

     

    But we get people saying silly things, where it is obvious that they haven't even read applicable HOWTO's, because if they had, they wouldn't have the problem they say they have.

     

    However, not everyone has the "dig in and fix it" mentality. They want to use their computer, not hack with it. And that's perfectly legitimate.

     

    Years ago I used to do my own auto stuff- tuneups, oil changes, even more. Backyard mechanic concept. With the new computerized everything, and the tight engine compartments, and the specialized tools you need nowadays, I don't. My car is just something that gets me from point A to point B and I know not and care not how to fix it if it doesn't. Fortunately, cars today are pretty darn reliable, and you don't need to know much- you chances of needing to adjust your points (not that they have 'em anymore, of course) while out on a trip are nil.

     

    Windows is a lot like that. Prepackaged, protective, mostly works- it crashes pretty regularly, but everybody thinks that's normal so nobody cares.

     

    And honestly - it doesn't crash as much as it used to. The old blue screen of death is pretty infrequent now, so that's no reason to run Linux. Windows is a pretty good OS now, if you don't mind doing things their way.

     

    Maybe that's what you want? All you do is browse the web and read email. Maybe Windows is fine for your needs. That's OK.

     

    But it's very difficult when you want to do something unusual, like find all the files that end with ".txt" or ".dat" AND contain "foo" somewhere in the third line, and then ftp whatever you find to xyz.com and delete them. Amazing as it might sound to a Windows user, that's pretty easy do do in Linux/Unix and is what I mean by USING the computer. I don't mean just browsing the web and doing email.

     

    In Windows, it's childishly easy to do simple things. However, it's horribly complex or completely impossible to do any more than that. There are so many things I can do in an instant at the command line that you either cannot do at all in Windows or can do only with great difficulty. I don't understand how anyone who really uses a computer can ever stand to run Windows- it's so pathetically weak.

     

    The difference is learning to drive a car vs. taking public transportation. The subways and buses take you where they go, but only to those places, and only under certain conditions: you can't tow a trailer with public transportation, you have to travel on their time schedule, etc. Your involvement is minimal; you need barely be smart enough to read the most simple signs, and you need remember almost nothing. Learning to drive, however, takes effort, requires more involvement and intelligence, and will probably require much more memorization: "How do I get to Pittsfield from Boston?" etc.

     

    If the subway takes you everywhere you need to go, use the subway. It's cheaper and far easier.

     

    Linux doesn't suck. Linux is not an appliance OS. If you want a brainless, "I'm just going to use it, I don't want to know anything about it" OS, you should be running Windows.

     

    That's not a put-down of Windows or anyone who uses it. It's like taking the train to work vs. driving a Harley. The train gets you to work, rain or shine, same time (or at least in theory- and Windows is very much like a badly run transit system!). The Harley will get you there too, but you didn't buy it because you wanted to get to work. You *do* buy a train ticket just because you want to get somewhere.

  5. This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details

    /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1

    /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2

    none /proc proc defaults 0 0

    /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

    /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0

    /dev/sda1 /mnt/TRAVELDRIVE vfat pamconsole,exec,noauto,noatime,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,managed 0 0

     

    Also, I was wondering if I could move everything in "/" to my new hard drive and use the old one for vista, since its smaller.

  6. I just got a new WD Caviar 80 gig hard drive and installed it as primary slave. I did this so I could dual boot Vista and Mandriva, but wierd things happenin'.

     

    I'm trying to format the disk with NTFS, but I can't find it in "Devices", or /mnt. When I boot from the Vista disk, it sees the 80 gig as somewhere I can install windows. But...when I click "format disk", it does its thing, then I click "install" and it says it doesn't fit requirements..

     

    I don't need help with the can't meet requirements, but do you guys know why I can't see my new hard drive?

  7. Yup...its awesome. You see, what you do is post a picture of your desktop, and then the person below you rates it on whatever scale, and posts their desktop. The person below THEM does the same, and etc.

     

    october1bh3.th.jpg

     

    KDE 3.4.......MD2006

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