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  1. not very newb friendly is it! [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

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    Apologies if this is a dumb question, but before you reboot, have you removed the CD?

     

    Leo

     

    not sure that really needs a reply does it?

     

    Anyway, it would seem that even the 'experts' here are struggling to get me up and running with Mandriva so thank's for all the help but I've given up with mandriva.

     

    I've moved to Ubuntu which apart from a screen resolution issue did install without a problem.

     

    Like I said in an earlier post you will need to make it somewhat easier if you want us newbs to use it.

     

    bye

  6. not very newb friendly is it! [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted · Edited by bikeman

    tried the distro chooser - it suggested mandriva or ubuntu.

     

    what would you like to know about my hardware: I have a HP vectra vl PIII-550Mhz with 512Mb ram and 10GbHD.

     

    It was previously working as dual boot with win98 and Mandrake 9.2. I only tried to update to mandriva one because the app I wanted to use didn't work on mandrake 9.2

     

    fyi I couldn't install ubuntu because the screen resolution couldn't be changed from 640x480 - so I couldn't see the next button. So an entirely different issue but still unsolvable at the ubuntu forum.

  7. not very newb friendly is it! [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    I am following your advise step by step - I am posting everything here so you can see.

    what do you get when you type

    uname -a

     

    this

     

    [root@localhost ~]# uname -a

    Linux localhost 2.6.12-19mdk-i586-up-1GB #1 Mon Apr 10 13:28:48 EDT 2006 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) unknown GNU/Linux

    [root@localhost ~]#

     

    ? Please post it as the kernel number in there will reveal if you downloaded a working, stable release of if you accidently downloaded a development version. Also: When you downloaded the iso-image, did you verify that the iso matched the md5sum check (thus preventing a corrupt download)?

     

    the download was from the mandriva site so it should be ok. the md5sum matched

     

    Restoring the bootloader with the live-cd is not as easy as with the normal install-CDs, I admit. If you have the normal install CDs, you simply pop in the 1st CD, start rescue mode, select "reinstall bootloader" and that's it. So, if Mandriva One is too problematic, either try the default install set (3 CDs) or try another distro like Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Fedora or whatever you think might be useful for you. (take the distroquiz: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/)

     

    I dont really care what distro I use... one that installs would be nice. I have already tried ubuntu.. that didn't install properly either!

     

    Linux is ready for mass adoption (otherwise millions of users wouldn't use it), but every operating system is only as good as the hardware you throw at it and the knowledge the user posesses about an operating system. Whenever you use an operating system, you have to learn how it works. This is the same in Linux, Mac and Windows. Or did you know everything about Windows the first day you tested it? ;)

     

    no, but it did install - so I had a chance to learn how to use it...

  9. not very newb friendly is it! [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    not sure what you meant so i just carried on and as you can see it didn't work.. is this what you meant to do?

     

    [root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/hda5 /mnt

    [root@localhost ~]# chroot /mnt

    chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

    [root@localhost ~]# chroot/mnt

    bash: chroot/mnt: No such file or directory

    [root@localhost ~]# mount -t proc none /mnt/proc

    mount: mount point /mnt/proc does not exist

    [root@localhost ~]#

  11. not very newb friendly is it! [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    The version I have is the official download as obtained yesterday.

     

    I logged in as root (not sure what you meant by root/superuser/administrator) and did as suggested as you can see below I ended up with a 'cant find' when trying to mount hda5...

     

    [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 8622 MB, 8622931968 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1113 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *		   1		 677	 5118088+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2			 678		1113	 3296160	5  Extended
/dev/hda5			 678		 909	 1753888+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6			 910		 956	  355288+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7			 957		1113	 1186888+  83  Linux

[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/hda5/mnt
mount: can't find /dev/hda5/mnt in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
[root@localhost ~]#

  12. not very newb friendly is it! [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    is it 2007 already?

     

    i tried to install the latest version of mandriva one - downloaded yesterday.

     

    i have 3 partitions

     

    1=windows 98

    2=mandrake linux

    3=user linux

     

    i answered the questions to install on part 2

     

    it never asked me anything at all about lilo, grub, dual boot etc it just went right ahead and installed - i thought from the lack of questions it had seen my current setup and assumed correctly that i wanted dual boot.

     

    my comment 'please make it work' really implies how can mandriva one have such a poor install routine? i believe my setup is very typical of a windows user who wants to try a dual boot. I am just surprised that the install failed so badly.

     

    how do i sort out the bootloader?

  13. not very newb friendly is it! [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Booted up mandrake one cd.

    Tried the live install.

    Selected a non-windows partition for the install.

    After install finsished my pc would no longer boot because Mandrake one had wiped out my lilo and deleted my Windows 98 MBR.

     

    Managed to get windows back by restoring the MBR.

     

    Still lunux-less...

     

    Not very newb friendly is it?

     

    Why is it so difficult to create a linux distro which actually installs as a dual boot correctly?

     

    Please make it work, or you'll never get us newbs to switch from windowz...

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