daragh

Okay - it seems like although you are prompted to 'make mrproper', this is NOT the correct thing to do anymore. It will remove some configuration file on you (and I can't remember how I got it back, but it was making a copy of some boot file in the root) Here's what I do now - in a terminal (I got this from a board - kudos to the original poster): su init 3 cd [dir where the NVIDIA installer is] sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1-custom.run vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 [make changes as per doc] startx Ta-da! You're done. This has to be done EVERY time you update the kernel, and you WILL need the kernel source to do it. p.s. can someone please update the hardware FAQ to reflect this?

THANKS!! (again)

Hi, is it possible to uninstall LILO and boot directly to Windows, and consequently remove Linux from my system? I'm considering re-installing Mandrake from scratch, with new partitions, or removing it altogether and putting it on another machine so this one can become the family video and photo editor. Thanks, and no flames, please. I'm in the I.T. business, and fight these fights every day. Cheers, Daragh

Hi, I managed to make Mandrake bootable again by deleting the FAT32 partition which was a LOGICAL partition in the same extended space as the Linux partitions, and then making it a PHYSICAL partition. Gotta love PartitionMagic. Of course, it wouldn't be a problem if I could commit to being 100% Linux on this machine... Cheers, and THANK YOU for the quick responses! Daragh

Hi, I installed Mandrake 9.1 on my Windows XP (NTFS) box after creating space for it using PartitionMagic 8. I got 9.2RC2 as soon as it was available, and when 9.2 Release was available, I installed that on top. Everything worked fine - my biggest issue was RPMS (plf keys) and trying to decide between KDE and Gnome. Then, after looking real hard at how I can share files between Windoze and Linux, I found out that neither can write into the other's partition, and I had to create a FAT32 partition, which I did with PartitionMagic. Knowing that it's not fair to pull the rug out from under someone (especially anal OSs), I resized the Windows partition and created a FAT32 partition. It put it in the extended area before Linux ext partitions, but worked fine from Windoh!s. Now Mandrake won't load. I see LILO and the initial screen, but quickly it complains about not being able to mount the filesystem. When I try to delete the FAT32 partition from PartitionMagic, it says something about an unsupported OS version (no indication if it's talking about Mandrake or Window$) [i also have a related question about uninstalling LILO without reinstalling everything - My last option is moving Linux to a differerent box, and leaving this box for the multimedia (video, photo) work for my family - the XP wizards are compelling!] HELP!!!!