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I'm not sure that I agree wit the previous statement. This is one of the problems of urpmi (opinion) that you don't have files to check after the install. Whatever happened KDE is now broken and the one thing you could do is print out the list of files from Texstar's ftp site and make sure you have them all. Otherwise use another Window Manager until 9.1 comes out unless someone else has a better solution than mine. Counterspy

Using Partition Magic forget about the C boot drive and concentrate on downsizing the other extended logical XP partition leaving a large empty space. Do nothing to this space from PM. Start the reinstall in Expert Mode which will give you control over the partitioning and not leave it to Mandrake. You want a root "/" partition, a /home partition, a /usr partition and a /var partition. Create a swap partition up to twice the size of your memory up to 512 Mb. The /home and /usr partitions will hold most of your user files and /var is to stop log files overwriting root. Your problems are that you are getting partition types confused. An extended partition will always be zero acting as a large partition for the creation of logical partitions. Also be aware that the designation of disks in linux is hdx, hdx1, etc. not C and D etc. Ideally, you could downsize the boot partition and move the extended XP partition after you resize it. If I am understanding you correctly, then you would be ready to install Linux. Look at the partitioning section in the old docs section at the top of the page for more information. FYI, Windows handles up to 4 primary partitions and you will have only two. To answer your second question, there is no problem with dual booting XP and any version of Linux. If you do damage your boot sector, you can use the XP recovery console. See M$ KB article Q307654. If you find anything confusing in this post, wait until tomorrow after 3:00 P.M. EST when I will have had a chance to read it and reply or someone else will sort it out. Counterspy

Have a look at parted from Gnu wich will deal with mangled partitions and has excellent docs. Find the program docs here: http://www.gnu.org/manual/parted-1.6.1/htm...ono/parted.html and the prgram here: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html . I hope this meets your needs. Counterspy

I need to read more carefully. I see the reference at the beginning of the post. How stupid questions get asked. Counterspy

That occurs when there is a problem accessing the whole Linux kernel. If there is a fix other than a reinstall, then wait a day to see if others post it here. You could also check the translator's forum to see if there is someone there speaks your language who can translate all of your questions into English. Counterspy

I am not sure what your question is. If you are trying to image a reiser partition then go here: http://www.partimage.org and see what they say about reiser partitions. According to their front page reiser is supported. There is limited documentation about it but you should see what it has to say. Counterspy

You are missing the libraries and some of the other programs kde needs to run in your list. To install it properly, you need everything in Texstar's KDE 3.1 directory and perhaps some others on your install CD's. Verify the integrity of the rpms. See man rpm from the command line. I had a bad kdlelibs which screwed my system including X causing endless problems. I don't know how you managed to get those installed without dependency problems unless you used the --nodeps option in RPM. If you used urpmi, it should have caught and installed them. Check to see that they have already been installed. How much searching you need to do to find them is another problem, although a reinstall of the whole KDE directory will tell you what is already installed. Do this from a ctrl/alt/F3 terminal command line so you can see what is happening. Also shut down KDE by logging on as another user using Gnome or another Window manager or by just going straight to console mode without logging in any users. Counterspy

I will try those suggestions but I suspect it is what you described about paper paths through the printer. I was using Arocread 5.1 in Windows since Mandrake is currently screwing my drivers and I can't print at all there. Counterspy.

BVC, where did you get that list and do you have any more gems like it? Counterspy

Look up Texstar's dowload site at http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...drake/9.0/rpms/ and download the realttime monitor gkrellm and its related files and watch your memory, CPU and swap space in real time. This should help you make up your mind. Counterspy

I am not sure if this is true for Compaq laptops, but there is often a hidden partition to support the reinstallation of Windows. Since it is hidden, it may be a problem getting rid of it and it may be the source of the freeze if your existing partitioning is overlapping it. One would expect that Linux partitioning would overwrite it but perhaps not. Take a look at the docs for Parted at http://www.gnu.org/manual/parted-1.6.1/htm...ono/parted.html . If it will delete hidden partitions then get Tom's Rboot here: http://www.toms.net/rb/ which is a complete Linux os that fits on a floppy and will let you run Parted. Parted may even be on Tom's. Whether there are any Windows programs that will do this is another question. You could look at the free Ranish Partition Manager at http://www.ranish.com or Testdisk at http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html . Use a Windows startup disk if either one will boot its software to floppy from the DOS prompt. The minimal install is a good way to narrow the problem. When you are ready to do a complete install do it from expert mode so you have control of the partitioning. Create a "/" root, /home, /usr, /var partition allocating the most space to /home and a /usr with a minimum to /var to stop log files from filling up root. Counterspy

Make absolutely sure KDE is not running when you do this upgrade. Log in as another user with a different Window Manager and do the install from a console. Counterspy

The full command is /sbin/lilo -v, I think. Check it out in the Mandrake docs on your system under Documentation. Counterspy

Many people use the D-Link family of hubs. Checkout reviews on the hardware sites like http://www.anandtech.com , http://www.tomshardware.com and http://www.sharkyextreme.com and then visit the D-Link web page for the model that meets your needs. If any of those sites do not review these, try http://www.storagereview.com or do a Google Advanced search with 100 responses to speed up the search. I never like to buy hardware that has not been reviewed by a site which never disses anything in order to keep getting free review copies so watch out for them. C-Net and ZDnet stand out in that category. In their case it's ad revenue. Counterspy

Because with the HP open source driver hpijs and numerous other complications of printing, scanning and copying, printing the odd pages and turning them over results in printing the even pages over the top of the odd pages sending you back to square 1. You must turn the pages over one at a time to get the even pages on the back of the odd pages and then put the stack in the printer, unless someone has a brilliant solution I have overlooked. Counterspy.

From the look of it, supermount is not disabled. Here is mine: /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_e vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb6 /var ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb7 swap swap defaults 0 0 with supermount enabled. and with supermount disabled: /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,sync,unhide,noauto,nosuid,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_e vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb6 /var ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb7 swap swap defaults 0 0 I have never looked at the results of disabling supermount before now and I will reneable it when I install the new kernel from a Mandrake update mirror. Why those none devices disappear is a mystery to me. Could it be that dammed Removable devices icon? I haven't edited the necessary file to take it out using the DOlson tutorial since I have both it and separate icons for each device. To find the tutorial should you wish to use it look here: http://icculus.org/~dolson/mdkxp/?c=ttrls/...ovablemediaicon . For the new kernel look for it in an update mirror. I use: http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distribut...dates/9.0/RPMS/ . They leave it out of your updates list to prevent you from hosing your system. It is described here: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisorie...=MDKSA-2003:014 and the instructions for installing it are here: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php . Counterspy

AFAIK, this is a printer function not a Linux function. My old Canon BJS 240 would do it without setting anything but my new HP All-in-one won't and requires turning each sheet over so the even pages print on the proper side. A real pain with PDF. Counterspy

The important question is whether the drive sounded like this from the beginning or whether it has just started doing this recently. Have you made any changes to anything including software and its configurations, hardware installations and its configurations on any OS on your machine? Some drives fo make more noise than others. I now run Maxell drives but previously had a Quantum and the noise from the beginning was irritating compared to the almost whisper quiet of the Maxells. Counterspy

I tried setting msec to three in vain could not retain changes even in root and had to reconfigure my network and asdl after every restart. This was frustrating enough since the printer upgrades screwed up my printer access forcing me to WIndows and a reinstall of Mandrake. The closest I can come to is that quota got set when I was installing. Mandrake documentation was woefully shortcoming although I suppose we should be greatful for anything in writing from Mandrakesoft. My unfamiliarity with networking didn't help. Counterspy

There is a way to create a cooker iso. Do a search around Mandrakesoft, here and maybe Google for how to do it. I can't imagine that unless you are a developer what you would do with it since many things are in various stages of completion and you may not end up with anything like a proper system. Perhaps you should consider participating in the beta process which will benefit the whole Mandrake community as you swat bugs. See this site for more information: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 . Counterspy

While you may not exactly appreciate a text login, it can be extremely useful if you should have trouble with Linux loading in your machine. I found myself locked out of changing anything due to quota being set as part of the process of logging on. Without seeing that, I would never have got to the problem as fast as I ultimately did. I have tried Redhat and I suppose if you backed everything up in the boot sector and anything related to it , you could try the Redhat Grub to see if it will live with Mandrake. Be warned you could face an install if anything goes wrong. Obviously you will also need to find out where it is on the Redhat install disks. Counterspy

You apparently haven't seen that Mandrake has adopted the Redhat practice as well. So much for Mandrake end-of-life. Counterspy

Thank you for the quick response. In attempting to solve the problem, I found the files were locked in terminal mode even for root and would let me access /etc/shorewall. Emacs offered a way around that and I am now reconfiguring shorewall. BTW, your english is just fine. Counterspy

Thank you very much. First thing for tomorrow. Counterspy

I am just getting oriented to the network world so this may be wrong but I had the problem of no IP number for my nic. I ran Connection Sharing from MCC and now I get on the net with no problem and my nic is happy with its number. Counterspy