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I am concerned about my windows 2000 install cd getting damaged, and I was wondering what the process is to make a backup to protect from scratches, breaks, etc... :o I have read that you need to create an image, and then burn the image to the disc. I have copied the files to a dir: cp -pax /mnt/cdrom/ /Windows2000/ and I don't know what the next step is. I imagine that I need to create an image from that directory(using mkisofs?) and then burn the image using k3b? Has anyone done this or know how this is suppose to be done? :D

Just a thought..... Sometimes to get what you want it helps to be friendly :D Semantics...

Why can't I boot from a floppy in Mandrake10? I get a message saying something like 'this option is no longer available'. Can I use the install CD's to do this? If so, how?

From my experience with xine, it seems to be quite buggy. Locks up quite a bit. Mplayer has treated me well. B)

I currently have 2 hd's and 13 partitions with different kernel versions, distributions, my home directory, backup partition, etc... I would like to clean it up by ordering my partitions in a logical manner, i.e. /dev/hda1 / hda2 /boot hda3 /swap hda4 Extended hda5 Pictures etc... My question is this: If I copy my root partition from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda1, edit lilo and fstab to reflect the changes and then reboot, will this work? If not, how would I do this without reinstalling?(All of the above assumes that I have my partitions setup and designated correctly, i.e. 83 for linux, 82 for swap, etc...) [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Just to close out the issue, I ordered a 'Lexar JumpDrive Trio USB Digital Card Reader/Writer EXTERNAL'. This is nice because with my SD memory card it will also double as a USB pen drive. Hopefully I won't have any issues using it, but if you have any advice to prepare me ahead of time for when I receive it let me know. :P

If I do give up and get a card reader, should I get an internel or external one? Do I need to be concerned about compatibility with Linux, or can I pick any one I want? Any suggestions for a good SD Flash card reader?

I'm slowly inching closer to a solution.... Here is what I did this morning: Restart computer su into root insert usb from camera into computer, turn on camera rmmod sd_mod usb-storage modprobe scsi_mod max_scsi_luns=1 modprobe usb-storage Now doing this actually creates /dev/sda and /dev/sda1(They weren't there before) So the moment of truth arrives... :unsure: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera mount: /dev/sda1 is not a block device Any ideas?

Just for clarity: should I delete the files that I created with mknod, i.e. /dev/sda and /dev/sda1 before I do this? In other words, if /dev/sda does not exist, then I do what you say above will /dev/sda be created when I plug in the camera? Also: Does this mean that you can not mount a flash drive and write to it like any other mounted partition? I'm new/ignorant on the subject, so please edumacte me. :P I was just getting familiar with devfs. How is it being replaced? When will it no longer be included with the kernel?

Here is where I currently stand. mknod -m 660 /dev/sda b 8 0 mknod -m 660 /dev/sda1 b 8 0 To create the block devices. Now I went to link sda and sda1 to the actual driver, and there was no driver there. In other words, I tried: ln -s /dev/sda /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc ln -s /dev/sda1 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 but there is NOTHING in the /dev/scsi directory.

I have compiled USB Mass storage as a module. Here is the portion of the .config file that I think your interested in: # # USB support # CONFIG_USB=m # CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set # # Miscellaneous USB options # CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH=y CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS=y # # USB Host Controller Drivers # CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=m # CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO is not set # CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT is not set CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=m CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=m # # USB Device Class drivers # CONFIG_USB_AUDIO=m # CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH_TTY is not set CONFIG_USB_MIDI=m CONFIG_USB_ACM=m CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT=y Here is the output of lsmod: Module Size Used by ppp_deflate 6112 0 zlib_deflate 22904 1 ppp_deflate zlib_inflate 22656 1 ppp_deflate bsd_comp 5952 0 ppp_async 11744 1 ppp_generic 29552 7 ppp_deflate,bsd_comp,ppp_async slhc 7200 1 ppp_generic vfat 13760 0 fat 45120 1 vfat md5 3872 1 ipv6 232352 10 nvidia 2068232 24 snd-seq-midi 8160 0 snd-seq-oss 31232 0 snd-seq-midi-event 7552 2 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-oss snd-seq 51024 5 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-pcm-oss 51812 0 snd-mixer-oss 17952 1 snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx 24128 0 snd-pcm 93156 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-via82xx snd-timer 24484 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm snd-ac97-codec 58148 1 snd-via82xx gameport 4480 1 snd-via82xx snd-page-alloc 11972 2 snd-via82xx,snd-pcm snd-mpu401-uart 7072 1 snd-via82xx snd-rawmidi 23616 2 snd-seq-midi,snd-mpu401-uart snd-seq-device 8008 4 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi snd 52484 13 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-via82xx,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-ac97-codec,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device soundcore 9248 1 snd af_packet 20520 0 tulip 45248 0 ohci1394 33956 0 ieee1394 287856 1 ohci1394 sg 38044 0 st 38616 0 sr_mod 17028 0 sd_mod 16832 0 scsi_mod 114648 4 sg,st,sr_mod,sd_mod ext3 111048 2 ide-cd 40548 0 jbd 54680 1 ext3 cdrom 37184 2 sr_mod,ide-cd via-agp 7360 1 agpgart 31016 1 via-agp tsdev 7168 0 joydev 10240 0 evdev 9504 0 usbmouse 5216 0 hid 53312 0 floppy 59444 0 uhci-hcd 29104 0 usbcore 99132 5 usbmouse,hid,uhci-hcd rtc 11576 0 I hope this helps. :D :D

You make a good point. And I might end up doing that, but I like the challenge. If I do: /sbin/makedev sda /sbin/makedev sda1 Will this set up the necesary device files correctly?

More information. I tried this on the kernel that I compiled myself(2.6.6) and it is very likely that I could have left something out that wasn't important to me at the time, i.e. some kernel component which would have created sda1 automatically for me. Also, I have the install CD kernel which I will boot into tonight and see if /dev/sda1 exists there. Also, maybe I could just create the /dev/sda1 file myself. What are the properties of your /dev/sda1 file?

When I plug the camera in, an icon does appear on the desktop. Next, I looked in the /mnt directory, but nothing was there. I tried to right click on the icon on the desktop and look at the properties, but it only had the properties for the gtkam. I tried what you said and here is the output: mkdir /mnt/camera mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist ls /dev/sd* ls: /dev/sd*: No such file or directory Thanks for your help so far, and please give me some further guidance. Thanks. :P

Just looking for a confirmation before I go home and try it. Can anyone verify that my previous post is accurate and/or won't damage my camera. Thanks.

Very helpful reply. Thank you for the information. That's what I was looking for. :D

I would like to add a USB 2.0 PCI card to my system, however I am a little concerned about adding any pci card after learning about 'winmodems'. Is it safe to assume that any USB 2.0 PCI card will work with linux, or do I need to do some strenous research to ensure compatibility? :lol:

Is it as simple as: mkdir /dev/sda1/Pictures cp /mnt/Pictures/2004/06_June/* /dev/sda1/Pictures Can I go through gtkam to do this? B)

I just received a 128MB SD Memory card, and I was thinking how convenient it would be to be able to write to it for storing pictures, which I would then take to a retailer and have printed off(better that writing pictures to a disc!). So I was wondering first if this is even possible, and if so how can it be done. I don't have any adapters so I would have to write from the computer through my camera(Kodak DX4530) to the SD Memory card.

Anyone?

So from your response, I got this: #!/bin/bash ifconfig eth0 dhcp put this in ~.kde/Autostart/ and also type hostname in the cli to make sure that I have a hostname assigned. What I didn't get was how to disable eth0 on bootup. Could you be more specific

I built the 2.6.6 kernel, and when I reboot both of my hard drives shut off completely. Then I have to wait an additional 5 seconds(I know, no big deal just slightly irritating) for the drives to start back up while the BIOS is doing its POST test. However, the Install from the CD(kernel 2.6.3) doesn't do this. Any idea how to change this?

Well it works like a charm, but I found a problem in doing so. KMAIL(bundled inside of kontact) locks up completely when trying to send an email. Very strange problem. If I started to type an email address in the 'TO' field, it would lock completely and I would have to kill the process. Puzzled me for a while, then I changed the option back to 'on boot' for network, rebooted and the problem went away. It seems like there is some sort of time-out mechanism. Like I said earlier, it stalls for about one minute before it fails. Is there some kind of code that I could modify to change this?

That's a good point, and I have come across that before. However, it says that the nvidia drivers default to AGP 2x mode. I can't even get that. I guess that I could try to force it to AGP 2x and see what happens, it's worth a shot.

I have tried on a kernel with and without agpgart compiled in. I have tried the patch from minion.de. I have posted on nvnews. All to no avail. And finally, my last hope is to email nvidia directly. In summary: cat /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status Status: Disabled The closest I have got is using NvAGP "2", of course the system locks up with ascii garbage everywhere. But when I boot to run level 3 and check the /var/log/XF86.0.log file, it does say that AGP 4x has been successfully initialized. So close.... I fear that my chipset is the problem(VIA KM133). Almost.....giving......up......