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  1. Hmm, the invisionboard download without support option is free.

     

    So far I am leaning away from phpbb, the only thing keeping me away is this ability to have custom objects in the profile.

     

    Like right now, a profile has gender, but with IBB if I wanted, I could add a box for linux distro, or processor speed or whatever i wanted. I could even have it display under a user's name. IBB calls them custom profile fields.

     

    Using PHPbb's demo version I have yet to see an option for that.

  2. I while back, I used to have a considerable knowledge of php boards. But many new versions have come out and things have changed. Which one would most people here prefer. PHPbb is open-source but Invisionboard has more features. I was just wondering what people's expeirences are.

     

    I am considered about a few things:

    -Speed

    -Intuitive-interface (for users)

    -An option to add things to profile that aren't there yet (such as a division or something)

    -Portal capability (good portals that go with a certain forum). Basically just a portal that can have some people post news on the front page and make seperate pages for viewing such as About Us and Contact Information or whatever I desire.

    -Security

     

    Thanks, I'd appreciate anyones advice. My webserver is a Red Hat server with MySql and Php.

  3. -boot cd1

    -press F1 at the splash screen

    -type rescue and press Enter

    -choose Mount your partitions under /mnt

    -choose Got to console

    -type chroot /mnt and press Enter

    -varify grub is installed with rpm -q grub and if it is not do urpmi grub

    -install grub to the mbr with;

    grub-install hd0

    or

    grub-install /dev/hda

     

    After mount your partitions. I got a frownie face and a cannot find root partition error. When i typed chroot /mnt, an error message came up saying Program quit abnormally (step 2) or something close to that.

     

    I've never done it myself, but I'm told the above also works with winxp, win2000. For these, you can also boot off the install cd, go into rescue mode and do "fixmbr".

     

    I am afraid to try this, because Windows said the mbr was irregular (probably because of grub). It later said CAUTION: This process may destroy all partitions and all information on those partitions. That caution leaves me a little afraid to go ahead with that.

     

    My plan right now is to copy the broken hard drive, put the copy in the computer, and maybe it'll work temporarily. Does anyone else have any ideas?

     

    Thanks for the continued help,

    SwiftDeath

  4. Put in the Mandrakiva install CD1, reboot, hit f1 and type rescue. Install the bootloader again.

     

    I tried that and it did nto work. I stuck in my old Mandrake 10.0 Official First Cd. It said it could not the find the bootloader. I think the problem is its a GRUB bootloader that was installed by Fedora Core 3.

     

    I've never done it myself, but I'm told the above also works with winxp, win2000. For these, you can also boot off the install cd, go into rescue mode and do "fixmbr".

     

    The above should restore your windows boot loader.

     

    I hope that works. I'll try it once I am out of school. I have Windows XP Professional installed with Service Pack 2.

     

    Thanks for the help,

    SwiftDeath

  5. My primary slave hard drive broke. It was holding my unusable version of fedora because I could not even boot to a console on it. Eventually that hard drive broke (said hard drive error in the bias) so I removed it. Unfortunately it screwed up GRUB and now I can not even boot the first hard drive. Which is support to work. When it gets to Grub, it just says GRUB HARD DRIVE ERROR or sometimes if I am somewhat lucky it'll bring me to the grub console.

     

    I need to solve this solution fast because finals are coming up and I do not have time to mess around with Linux or Windows for that matter. Does anyone know a way to fix grub and boot into windows or just flat out reinstall the windows boot loader (desperate times means desperate measures). I will probably have more time to experiment more with linux this summer, but unfortunatly right now I am still in school.

     

    Thanks for the help,

    SwiftDeath

  6. Cannonfoder. I need to have grub recognize a config file. At the moment I have to manually boot to windows.

     

    My first hd is windows. My second bios drive is linux. My old grub that worked is still on the second harddrive. But I had to install a new one on the first drive. I hope that clears it up for you cannonfoder.

     

    Note: To all still answering. Please understand this isn't the basic of problems. I don't believe this is a basic newbie problem and it may require some more work than a normal one would. I have looked at various tutorials and I dunno what is going on.

     

    Thanks for the help,

    SwiftDeath

  7. find menu.lst

    Error 15: File Not Foud

     

    I get that.

     

    As for this suggestion:

    that's knoppix's fstab

    to get hdb6's --->

    root@ttyp0[hdb6]# cat etc/fstab

     

    root@ttyp0[hdb6]# cat /etc/fstab

    /proc      /proc      proc  defaults            0 0

    /sys      /sys        sysfs  noauto              0 0

    /dev/pts  /dev/pts    devpts mode=0622          0 0

    /dev/fd0  /mnt/auto/floppy auto  user,noauto,exec,umask=000    0 0

    /dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom  auto  user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0

    /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/auto/cdrom1  auto  users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix                                                              0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb3 none swap defaults 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5 reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb6 /mnt/hdb6 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb7 /mnt/hdb7 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

    root@ttyp0[hdb6]#

     

    I did do that, thats not the knoppix fstab, I think knoppix will just add some lines to the bottom temporarily.

  8. This is my fstab.

    root@ttyp0[hdb6]# cat /etc/fstab

    /proc      /proc       proc   defaults            0 0

    /sys       /sys        sysfs  noauto              0 0

    /dev/pts   /dev/pts    devpts mode=0622           0 0

    /dev/fd0   /mnt/auto/floppy auto   user,noauto,exec,umask=000    0 0

    /dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom  auto   user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0

    /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/auto/cdrom1  auto   users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix                                                               0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb3 none swap defaults 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5 reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb6 /mnt/hdb6 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

    # Added by KNOPPIX

    /dev/hdb7 /mnt/hdb7 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

    root@ttyp0[hdb6]#

    Grub Menu Below (none found)

    root@ttyp0[hdb6]# cd /mnt/hdb1

    root@ttyp0[hdb1]# ls

    System.map-2.6.5-1.358      boot                    config-2.6.7-1.494.2.2  initrd-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.img  vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358      vmlinuz-SD

    System.map-2.6.6-1.435.2.3  config-2.6.5-1.358      grub                    initrd-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.img  vmlinuz-2.6.6-1.435.2.3

    System.map-2.6.7-1.494.2.2  config-2.6.6-1.435.2.3  initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img  lost+found                  vmlinuz-2.6.7-1.494.2.2

    root@ttyp0[hdb1]# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

    cat: /boot/grub/menu.lst: No such file or directory

    root@ttyp0[hdb1]# cd boot

    root@ttyp0[boot]# ls

    grub

    root@ttyp0[boot]# cd grub

    root@ttyp0[grub]# ls

    device.map     fat_stage1_5  jfs_stage1_5    reiserfs_stage1_5  stage2           xfs_stage1_5

    e2fs_stage1_5  ffs_stage1_5  minix_stage1_5  stage1             vstafs_stage1_5

    root@ttyp0[grub]#

    Below is my menu.lst

     

    I dunno if that is the right grub though, because its on the second harddrive (hdb). I dunno how grub works, but I never found a hda1, so I'm assuming grub is loading from here.

  9. I figured some more stuff out.

    I can boot into windows if i Type

     

    rootnoverify (hd0,0)

    chainloader + 1

    boot

     

    I can also start the boot of linux if i type

    kernel /vmlinuz-2.2.6.7-1.494.2.2 ro root=/dev/hdb2

    initrd /initrd-2.2.6.7-1.494.2.2.img

    boot

     

    Unfortunatly, on linux I get a kernel panic. I think its because I swapped harddrives. I added the ro root=/dev/hdb2 because I thought that would fix it. I also tried variations of that like" ro root=/LABEL/ and without ro root at all. They all get kernel panics.

    Can someone please help me boot into linux and then restore grub back to a normal menu?

     

    Thanks,

    SwiftDeath

  10. Hmm, well I got grub to reinstall.

     

    But unfortunatly, grub doesn't work right now.

    Its just a black screen, and its says

     

    >grub

     

    and It allows me to type commands. Unfortunatly I don't know what to do. I cannot boot into eitheir operating system and I'm stuck using knoppix for the moment. Which is incredibly distro btw.

     

    Please Help soon,

    Thanks,

    SwiftDeath

  11. FuzzyLizard: I had linux installed months before windows. And I tricked the windows mbr by disconnecting one of the harddrives like I earlier. Unfortunatly, I did not make a linux boot cd.

     

    Cybr:

    In my first post I said I got an error kinda like this when doing that"

    Chroot /mnt/sysimage

    grub-install /dev/hda (I also tried grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda)

     

    Both times I got an error message saying /dev/hdb1 couldn't correspond with something (which is now the linux harddrive). So now I'm stuck in Windows. Can someone help me fix this mess?

     

    I was using the first fedora cd though, and that site said to use the rescue one. (Which I don't have).

     

    I do have knoppix though, and suze live. But for someone reason, like I said, installing grub is a weird issue. It says something like /dev/hdb1 cannot coresspond with a certain device.

  12. I bought another hard drive that was 80 gigabytes just for windows. I have been using Fedora linux for about 2 months. Yesterday I installed the second harddrive and installed Windows on it.

     

    It wanted to go over my mbr (grub), so I thought I was smart, and i disconnected the main harrdrive. So it put the mbr on the second drive. So when i boot, grub still shows up.

    So anyways I added this to my grub

     

    title windows

    rootnovrify (hd1,0)

    chainloader +1

     

    That boot never worked. It would just sit there for at least 20 seconds. But I could still go into fedora.

     

    So I asked for help from someone in the channel #Fedora. His name was Plixed. He suggested I change the harddrives so windows is the first one, for some reason. So now the mbr boots to windows, and grub is on the other harddrive and disabled.

     

    I was supposed to do 3 steps.

     

    1. Change the fstab entries from hda to hdb.

    2. Switch the harddrives

    3. Reinstall grub over windows mbr

     

    I got stuck on the third one. He said put in the first fedora cd. Type Linux Rescue.

    I did that.

     

    Then do:

    Chroot /mnt/sysimage

    grub-install /dev/hda (I also tried grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda)

     

    Both times I got an error message saying /dev/hdb1 couldn't correspond with something (which is now the linux harddrive). So now I'm stuck in Windows. Can someone help me fix this mess?

     

    I just want to be able to dual-boot Fedora Linux and Windows.

     

    Thanks,

    SwiftDeath

  13. Any linux distro would be suitable. Most have CUPS built in.

     

    For a distro, I'd recommend one you have expierence with and that you like. I tried Mandrake and Fedora as print servers and they both did superb jobs. (I couldn't get shared printer that easily on Fedora yet though).

     

    At first I tried RedHat 9.0 but I couldn't get the computer to be recognized on the network

     

    I dunno what you mean by that, do you mean the Windows Network? Or NFS? Or just by pinging it?

    To get it on the windows network, you must set up Samba. It allows *nix computer to commmunicate on the WIndows Networking Protocol.

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