Germ

sud_crow, The whole partition is backed up. You can use drakebackup to backup your system and any other files.

Chris, I've never tried, but I guess you could mount the cdrom on /mnt and partimage should find it. ;)

With supermount, you really don't mount/umount. You basically use the floppy/cdroms like in winders. Notice the bold? it's umount instead of unmount.

/germ :wink:

Chris.....no apologies. We're all here to help each other. :wink:

You will have to burn the image after you create it. partimage doesn't support writing directly to cdr. Wish it did.

Boot the CD and there will be some instructions during boot. I have a vfat partition that i save images to and here's how I do it:

1- boot the partimage cd. when you get to the boot prompt, just hit enter.

2- there will be some instructions on how to save images. after you read them, hit Enter to activate the console.

3- then I mount my vfat partition. you have to mount the partition you are writing, but never mount the partition you are imaging.mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt Hit Enter.

3- now type partimage and hit Enter.

4- highlight the partition you want to image using the up/down arrow. it defaults to the first partition at start.

5- Hit the Tab key to go to image file to create/use

6- Enter the path and name of the image file. since your save-to directory is mounted at /mnt, it would be something like /mnt/hda1-partimg.gz imaging hda1 and using gzip compression.

7- Tab to action to be done and choose save partition into a new image file

8- hit F5 to go to the next screen. choose your compression level and size to split the file in kilobytes, if you want to split it. hit F5 again to start the process.

9- now just OK through a couple of dialogs, enter an image description if you want and sit back and watch it go.

To choose or un-choose options, use the space bar. To restore an image, it's basically the same process only in step 7 you would choose Restore partition from an image file

Hope this helps....

/germ

Hi Chris,

I would advise you to use partimage. The boot CD works great. Fast and easy. It's just as easy to use as ghost, just different. :wink: And best of all, it's GPL.

Here are a few good tutorials:

http://www.partimage.org/doc/index.html

http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/os/mis.../partimage.html

http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc....1&group_id=6212

/germ

Texstar now has .66 up. :wink:

I purchased a LG GMA-4020B combo drive. It's not the fastest, but it didn't break the bank. $152 @ newegg.com w/free shipping.

Works fantastic!

That's a good read. Thanks for the link.

/germ

Thanks for the info. :)

/germ

I'm ready to get a DVD burner, -R/-RW I think. I need some recommendations. I would like a good one, but don't want to get a bank loan to afford it. :wink:

Thanks,

germ

I thought you'd like it. :wink:

I used the PLF install disk with MDK 9.0 and was very impressed. You boot with the plf disk and the install starts very similar to the mandrake install. You can select all the goodies you usually grab post-install. When the plf disk finishes it prompts you for the Mandrake install disk. Pretty straight forward.

I'm sure the PLF 9.1 disk is just as good, if not better.

/germ

Open XF86Config-4 in an editor and scroll down to Section "Device"

Add this line, substituting the AGP mode you want to use:

Option      "AGPMode" "1"

/germ

I get that sometimes, but I haven't figured it out yet. I'll bet someone here knows. :wink:

It's a Mozilla thing. I haven't noticed it in the 1.4 versions. Seems like there is a hack for it, but I can't recall it. I'll post it if I remember.

/germ

Yes, the partition you save the image to must be mounted. I'm not sure what is causing your problem. I haven't ran into it.

You might try the partimage forum.

http://www.partimage.org/forums/

/germ

BVC,

Thanks. 

 

In my xfree86 config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config-4), the NVidia instructions tell me to make sure I have

Load "glx"

in the Module section. In my file it says

Load "glx" # 3D layer

. Is that ok, or should I change it?

#3D layer is just a comment and is not read in the configuration. It's just information for we humans.

If your boot graphic is MIA after a kernel upgrade, you probably need to edit lilo.conf and change vga=normal to vga=791, or whatever resolution it used before.

Texstar has a new kdm package. Grab it and you should be fine.

xaff.........check this site: http://dri.sourceforge.net/

I'm getting excellent performance with my Radeon 7500. :D 4x AGP, direct rendering, the whole nine yards.

/germ

Thanks, I'll check them out.

Notice several packages that "fix multiple bugs". It would be nice if they listed details to those.

At the Mandrake Secure page, The Advisory Number to the right of the Date of each update is a link to detailed information .

Here is the list of updates for 9.1

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisorie...tes.php?dis=9.1

Thanks, but I have already been there. Ati's Linux drivers don't support the 7500.

I'm using the vanilla driver that comes with xf86 4.3 in the Mandrake install. I would like to use the digital and TV outputs on the Radeon. I don't have any equipment to test.

My questions............Is the TV-Out and DVI-I functional? If not, what do I need to do?

Thanks,

Germ