K1n6 Paranoia

hi. Its been a awhile! I just to let you know that I finally installed Mandriva successfully. But I virtualized it using Virtualbox. Thanks for those who helped me before. I always wanted to have a Mandriva on my own. Here. Thanks a lot. Mark p.s. Hi SilverSurfer60!

SilverSurfer60, Mandriva Live CD has no problem in my laptop..It run smoothly but video card is not recognize... Ubuntu wont work..Even installation CD...huh.. I am now downloading the OPEn SUSE..its AMD 64 compatible..maybe it will work now.. Thanks for your time..Ill just post if i have question.. Maybe in MUB , linux is linux also. Nice to know you. Mark

is the linux /swap,/,/home are the same in all linux distribution.....?So that i will not partition anymore.. i read ubuntu need only two linux-swap ,/.. mandrive is 3....swap,/ and home... Maybe i should consider other distribution.. mark

when i try scarecrow advise....i hit esc...it will show 4 selection..i choose linux and hit c for commandline... GRUB> acpi=off error 27 unrecognized command If there is still some suggestion Thanks SilverSurfer60 and scarecrow....

i still did not try that acpi=off...i dnt know about it...i try this one Im using AMD 64 athlon x2...i guess it is a 64 bit machine...am i right? Thanks

SilverSurfer60 , Sorry. It did not work. I tried reinstalling it. But it seem the problem is on booting again. Thank you. Mark

The result: Hope to here more advise. May my snapshot will help analyze the failure. Thanks mark

Hi MUB and to those who patiently answered my questions, Im very sorry. Linux wont still boot. I tried already every to the extent of my knowledge in everyones advise. This was my fourth failure. I still want to install linux in my laptop. Here some snapshot from my installation in partitioning. I tried to partition it again after the 3rd failure. sda1 where my xp sda5..where my vista.. If you will notice..it skipped. I dont know why.. And the partitions after auto-allocate.

hi, Thanks guys for your answers... i already downloaded it and check with md5sum and the files is ok. Very large file indeed. when you are ask where to install the GRUB bootloader...should it be on sda5 or any drives will do. At my last installation i think I installed on sda1...Should it be a problem..or ? Thanks..

I think the installer is the problem. You see, I been trying to install Mandriva One live CD. I will download later the Mandriva Free, and try if it will work... I think it will work this time...................................... thanks

Thanks Wahur and SilverSurfer60... I will check the ISO after I get back home tonight. Or download it. I got fast connection. If I download, http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/free has I think only CD iso with KDE available ..so it leave me no choice...But Ill try to download it again the Mandriva linux one 2008. BTW, how would i install it again when their is already an installed Mandriva 2008 as you said I install it again. Would I install it in normal process.. Use custom partition. Select the drive and auto allocate? Thank you for your time. mar

I downloaded the Mandriva Linux One 2008 - Free Download (Recommended: contains all drivers and common plugins) from http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/free The file is mandriva-linux-2008-one-KDE-cdrom-i586 I burned the iso image using UltraISO burned it on a DVD. Then boot. Any problem with this? Thanks for the help.

It stirs up my head David. Quite confusing for a beginner like me. I dont know where to start the fix or should I reinstall it again. BTW, I have no USB drives connected during installation. I hope I can install MAndriva as soon as possible. Ill dump all my windows OS....also install other distribution. And become a full pledge linux user. Its was the first time i uploaded a photo for forum use. Sorry about the size. Im quite surprise that the noob from your link did the same thing. Get the camera and took the shot. and upload. Thanks for the answer.

Hi MUB and Ixthusdan, Here is all I can get when I hit esc during booting. Hope it is readable. Here is shot i got. Also during installation I remember that i have never gone Package Group Selection, I was given right away with KDE neither root password/user account. Nor resolution. Weird? Thanks. K1n6

Good Morning BTW..... Coffee in the morning is great. siiiiippppp..sip.. wow..

hi MUB, I dont know about KDE but at first it intialize...load the GRUB menu aand show the Mandriva picture with selection of Boot in Mandriva (i dont remember exactly the word) Boot in Mandriva Safe mode (i think) Boot in Windows ( if you select this, it will show the black background which is a native window boot, here you can select xp and vista) so, of course. I will select Boot in Mandriva. Then it will show the mandriva picture(with picture and status bar on the left or right bottom) but status bar is not moving. as far as I can remember in the installation....in booting, maybe this is a problem. i dont know... *boot **** ****failsafe ****windows I think this is the order of booting..Maybe................. Thanks for advice and kind answers.

hi MUB, I already installed the Mandriva. I can t hold myself..hehehe.... I think everything went out well. My xp and vista is still there and booting quitely and smoothly. I used ianw1974 s advise to use custom installation. At first, Im still exploring until i figured it out. Setting my drive E as empty. Then auto allocate. /home is quite big so i resized it.Leaving 4 drives for linux. Though when i reboot the Mandriva. It just show the GRUB selection , of course, I selected, Mandriva then it show that picture but wont boot. Maybe there is a problem in booting. I just dont know. Please help me. plssssss I just discover that the drives that Linux has created is not visible in windows. But the good thing is Windows vista became faster after i give up drive E. Ill be waiitng for response on how it will boot properly. Or you just give me a link. Many thanks who help me. Hope my question can also help other noobs like me. Mark

hi SilverSurfer60, and MUB, Sorry for late response. I just came back from work. Maybe Ill install on Wednesday. and see if it will work. I hope so. Ill use my 50gb free. I will just fill every window drives so that there will no free space and mandriva installation will get the free space in my 50gb free space in drive E:. Hows that? My understanding is that installation will only see used space and free space in hard drives. Then it will cut a portion of that free space for its installation where it will get and create its 3 new partition from the cut free portion.... I hope my understanding is right....... B4 i will install....Defrag every windows installation...ryt anymore tips b4 i install it on wednesday. Thanks. Mark

HI, Thanks for the kind answers. Truly where our users feel @ /home.....Thanks Thanks SilverSurfer60, ianw1974 and Ixthusdan. So i see. Based on your answer, I finally made up my mind to install it in my drive E:> I usually used this drive as a common drive for my xp and vista. Maybe I'll just use mu portable harddrive asa common. I only used one hard drive. Which is a 120gb harddrive of my laptop. But..... Is DVD/CD drives and virtual are counted as drives? It would make c,d,e,f and g drives are now used. Will this will be the case /dev/sda1 - C: /dev/sda2 - D: /dev/sda3 - E: (free space) /dev/sda4 - F: dvd/cd /dev/sda5 -G: virtual drive /dev/sda6 - swap ----after installation? /dev/sda7- / /dev/sda8 - /home or /dev/sda1 - C: /dev/sda2 - D: /dev/sda3? - E: (free space) --after installation /dev/sda3 - E: swap /dev/sda4- F: / /dev/sda5 - G: /home /dev/sda6 -H: dvd/cd /dev/sda7 -I: virtual drive I already back-up my computer but restoring it when worst will happen is the last thing in my mind. I dont want to undergo to that. Very stressful. I think. Please explain further. Timezone makes other users a world apart. I will be waiting for your answer guys. Thank a lot. Best regards, Mark

Hi Mandrivausers.org, Nice to say hello to all of you. I have read some articles on linux and its distribution and some are still arent clear to me. I still havent tried to install an linux OS but i tried runnng a live CD of Mandriva. Im confused the partition needed . I am a total noob. I tried searching some of the post but nothing seems to fit my problem. Forgive me if there is the same post like mine. I have questions in installation I have laptop, now it has a three partition hard drive. drive c:,d:,e:, 14gb-50gb-50gb....xp,vista, free space partition respectively... 1. Will the 14gb be enough to mandriva installaltion or should I consider big space? 2. In some installation guide, I have seen that that partitioning option is USE FREE SPACE and CUSTOMDISK PARTITIONING.. Will the installation find my 50 gb free space at drive e:? 3. I also read that you have to make more partition for linux installation, in my current partition should I still need to a new partition? maybe drive f: and drive g:? or Mandriva installation will make a partition on the drive e: if i choose drive e: 4. Is it possible and not too much to have a triple boot? I will love it if it is possible Hope someone could enlighten my mind. Best regards, Mar