Nooob

Looking good! Thanks Greg2 and Ianw1974, very much appreciated. Nooob [bclark@localhost ~]$ su Password: [root@localhost bclark]# df Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 7.7G 5.7G 1.7G 78% / /dev/sda7 85G 2.4G 83G 3% /home none 1013M 80K 1013M 1% /tmp /dev/sda1 136G 97G 40G 72% /media/hd [root@localhost bclark]# [root@localhost /]# du /var/cache/urpmi 4.0K /var/cache/urpmi/partial 4.0K /var/cache/urpmi/rpms 4.0K /var/cache/urpmi/headers 180K /var/cache/urpmi [root@localhost /]# [root@localhost /]# cd /var; du -ks * | sort -nr | cut -f2 | head -10 | xargs -d '\n' du -sh 187M lib 27M cache 7.6M log 3.8M tmp 280K spool 232K run 16K lock 8.0K state 4.0K yp 4.0K preserve [root@localhost var]#

I'm back! Output follows: [bclark@localhost ~]$ su Password: [root@localhost bclark]# cd /; du -ks * | sort -nr | cut -f2 | head -15 | xargs -d '\n' du -sh du: cannot access `home/bclark/.gvfs': Permission denied du: cannot access `proc/6986/task/6986/fd/4': No such file or directory du: cannot access `proc/6986/task/6986/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory du: cannot access `proc/6986/fd/4': No such file or directory du: cannot access `proc/6986/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory 96G media 4.0G usr du: cannot access `home/bclark/.gvfs': Permission denied 2.2G home 1.6G var 670M lib 434M opt 148M boot 57M etc 20M sbin 12M bin 4.5M root 788K dev 180K dead.letter 44K mnt 16K tmp [root@localhost /]# [root@localhost /]# Thanks! Nooob

OK thanks Greg2. Will not be able to get back until Monday. Will post when done. Thx for the help. Nooob

More info: AFIK did not copy CD/DVD to disk, just ran the update from "New Updates Are Available" pop up. It suggested some install files be copied to URPMI folder. / Size: 7.8GB Used: 7.1 GB Open: 382m Use: 95% /home Size: 85GB Used: 2.4GB Open: 83GB Use: 3% /media/hd Size: 136GB Used: 97GB Open: 39GB Use: 72% Yes / is full. Not sure how it got that way. I really don't have much data on the machine. Since I am as my username suggests, I'm a little lost on the solution. sda5 = / 7.7GB sda7 = /home 85GB Resize sda7 smaller and resize sda5 larger from MCC Manage Disk Partitions, after having move the folders under /home to network storage I have available. ? Thanks.

Good morning... afternoon... evening...! I have the following partitions: /home 85GB / 7.8GB swap 3.8 GB /media/hd 135 GB I ran the upgrade for 2010.1 and IIRC the install failed due to not enough space in /usr/bin I took the default URPMI folder to save the install files. New update packages now also fail. Apparently not enough space on /. Where did I go wrong, and how can I fix it.................? As always, thanks for the help. Noooob

Got it, thanks!

Greetings, After running the updates last night, I now have 5 choices of OS when previously had only the first 3. 1). Mandriva 2009 2). Mandriva Safe Mode 3). Windows 4). Linux with kernel 2.6.27-desktop586rc8-2mnb 5). desktop586 2.6.27.4-1mnb I don't understand why #4 and #5 were added, and what to do with them? Thanks again!

Installed and running now. LOVE it!

I ran the command line update and wrecked it........

Got it, thank you ian !

Currently I am (well..... ummmm.....I was....) dual booting XP Pro and 2008.1 I ran the command line upgrade for 2009 and have wrecked 2008.1 Data was backed up prior, so no big deal really. I have a 2009 Live CD and prefer to reinstall. Questions: Should I remove the existing Linux partitions from XP Disk Manager before installing 2009, or leave them alone? Will Grub update accordingly during reinstall? Thanks again!

No trouble, thanks.

Scarecrow, yes, I see what you mean. Will find a suitable Nvidia card. Thanks! Nooob

Good morning, or afternoon or ............... I have upgraded my video board to a VisionTek X1050, to add some performance to Vista. I am dual booting Vista and MDV 2008. Old card was an Nvidia chipset. First time around got a black screen in MDV. Ran XFdrake from safe mode and was able to get a low resolution screen with no 3D support. fglrx will not load. Found this and installed it: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandriva/2008...8.0.x86_64.html Ran XFdrake again and I chose the "Radeon 9500 to X1050" Again was unable to load fglrx, and could only support low res, no 3D. And to top it off, it took out my USB wireless adapter. I reconfigured it, and it still will not connect. Suggestions? Thanks! Nooob

Had some time to do more testing... I had one stick of mismatched memory, believed to be PC133 but was PC100. Booted with noapic, nolapic and acpi=off. For some reason it did not like the PCI video card, and would hang on boot. Found a spare AGP card, good to go! Nooob

Yes, I tried noapic without success. Will be able to devote more time to it this weekend, and report back. Thanks again.

Just trying to run the Live CD now. Will keep digging. Thanks!

I am having kernel panic installing on a dual PII 333 MHz. Is this related to the dual processor, or should I be looking at something else, like the memory? Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestions. My AP supports WPA, so that will give me something to work on.

Power cycle AP. Turn off WEP. Back on. Turn on WEP, reconfigure MCC, OK. Give me a break....

Not so fast... Up for an hour. Power down. Back in an hour, OK. Power down. Back in 4 hrs, NOTHING.

Good news... I'm typing this from my Firefox browser on my Mandriva 2007 box!!!!!!! After trying everything I could think of, I noticed a message run past the boot screen. Said that "roaming" was invalid... So, I reconfigured my network in MCC and unchecked "Allow AP roaming" and bingo! If anyone can tell me how to save a boot log, I would really appreciate it. There are a couple things going on that I need to see.

First time user, first post... please be kind! I have browsed forums for my problem, solution, no luck. D-link USB DWL-G122 Netgear WGR 614 Mandriva 2007 - new full install Athlon 1.8 GHz 384MB Memory Have both link light and activity light on the USB dongle. Turned OFF WEP 128bit at the AP. Did the following: Control Center, Network Internet, Set Up New, Wireless, ANI802.11g WLAN Adapter, Network=Home (my ssid), Operating Mode=Managed, Encryption Mode=None, Automatic IP, Get DNS from DHCP, Assign Host name from DHCP, Allow Users to Manage, Start at boot, Allow AP Roaming, Start now=yes, Congratulations... Control Center, Wireless Connection: SSID=Home Signal Strength = 2 bars Unlocked Encryption= blank Operation Mode= blank Click connect button, no change. Control Center, Monitor Net Connections I am sending and receiving packets. Click Connect WiFi button = verify config in Control Center. Kills send and receive. I am unable to get an IP address, gateway, or internet connection. Suggestions? Thanks, Brad.