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  2. suggestions on setting up a new drive...

    in Other Linux and Unix Distributions

    Posted

    If you upgrade and want to save your /home partition amke sure you hit F1 and type in expert. It will ask you later if you want to format the partitions and you say NO to /home. It will save everything in the /home directory including most all of the settings and all your Documents folder stuff.

     

    Swap has to be on a seperate partition on Linux. Not like windoze on that one. You can have one swap that the OS's can share though. Just point Redhat and Mandrake to the same partition. It wipes it out during the shutdown and reboot anyway. No harm done there.

     

    Later

     

    :D :D :D :D

  4. Boot problems

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Just two. I have Mandrake 9.1, Gentoo 1.4 starting of Linux from Scratch and a Mandrake 9.2 that is really pi$$ing me off. Everytime I boot I get something new, error that is.

     

    I'm going to fix it though. Where's that 3lb sledge hammer at? :twisted::twisted:

     

    I'll be right back . . . . . . .

     

    :D :D :D :D :D

  5. Boot problems

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Thank you :)

     

    Your welcome. bear7 appears to be a bit new at this. No need adding to the confusion, by accident of course. We all want to help bear7 get that thing running again. Especially Linux. :D

     

    :D :D :D

  6. Boot problems

    in Hardware

    Posted

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    "You can then restore lilo by booting to cd1 and pressing F1 at the splash screen>then typing rescue>then choosing 'restore the linux bootloader'."

     

    That CD will be the Linux CD, not the XP CD. Just to make that more clear.

     

    Later

     

    :D :D :D :D

  7. request for /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub files stuff

    in Everything Linux

    Posted

    Here's my lilo.conf. I have Mandrake 9.1 and Gentoo 1.4.

     

    boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

vga=normal

default="linux"

keytable=/boot/us.klt

prompt

nowarn

timeout=100

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux"

root=/dev/hda6

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"

vga=788

read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux-nonfb"

root=/dev/hda6

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"

read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="failsafe"

root=/dev/hda6

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"

read-only

image=/boot/bzImage

label=gentoo

read-only

root=/dev/hda10

other=/dev/fd0

label="floppy"

unsafe

     

    Hope that helps a bit. Please post a link to what you are writing. We may need to point to it on occasion.

     

    :D :D :D :D

  10. Package Selection

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    I know how. There's so much stuff in there to go through. It's like picking a box of cereal. There are so many to pick from you can't find what you want. Thing is, most all of them are made from corn. Think about that a bit. Careful, it can make you :screwy: if you think about it to much.

     

    I've been thinking way to long.

     

    :D :D :D

  12. Package Selection

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Yep. Go to start thingy, everybody has a different name for that thing, then Configuration then Mandrake Control Center. Root password. Then click Boot and then the floppy with Drakautoinst. It should walk you through the rest.

     

    I assume you know how to make it look at the floppy when you install. You can also create one during the install but I have never got that one to work. Your way should though. I think :?

     

    Later

     

    :D :D :D

  18. Linux compatible cd-writer

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I bought a Samsung SW-248 and couldn't get it to work. I currently have a LG GCE-8520B. It worked when I booted. No problem!

     

    I don't know why the Samsung didn't work. It may have been bad out of the box. I don't run windoze so not really sure.

     

    :D :D :D :D

  21. Please help me report a bug

    in Software

    Posted

    Send all you can find as posted above. If they need more they will let you know. Make sure to tell them if you are a newbie. If you are they should give info on how to get the info.

     

    You should also tell them as much as you can with your hardware and about your file system. How you partitioned and ext2, ext3 etc.

     

    Do report though. They are asking for the help.

     

    :D :D :D :D

  22. how do i disable that annoying start up test??

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    I bet if he knew what went on behind the scenes with windoze it would understand that all OS's have to check and start services. Even windoze does that. You just don't get to see it.

     

    Well, with windoze it actually has to do it more often, because of the crashes and frequent reboots, ya know. :lol: :lol:

     

    You may be able to cut off services that you don't need and speed up the boot process. That's the best way to handle the problem. Making the screen not show it will not make it boot faster.

     

    My crappie ol two cents worth.

     

    :D :D :D

  25. how do i exit x on mandrake 9.1??

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Actually that kind of the same thing I posted above. init 3, install then init5. That is how I do it. Mine works. I do get a agpgart error but thats another story.

     

    I did a how to on this that's different. But this way works. I don't really understand why failsafe doesn't work. I think it should but it didn't. I tried it twice to make sure. It installs without a single error, but it crashes everytime.

     

    :D :D :D

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