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Thanks again. Still, if using Linux taught me anything, that is 'Never give up'. Update: Well, it looks like I have to use 2.4. Shoot. I'm back to square one.

I figured this post isn't getting much attention because it's in French: "Since version 10.0 I no longer have my scanner. xsane replies 'peripheral busy'. I don't remember what to do. Thanks in advance for your help. Michel."

Dude, You may already have the links to your NTFS partitions. Double click the house (home) icon on your desktop. That will launch konqueror, the file manager (explorer). Type /mnt in the address bar. You should see a few subdirs in there and one of them may be win_c. That one is your c drive, unless you have some weird configuration. Give it a try and post what you see.

Thank you for your reply. I did. I have the sources in /usr/src/linux/ Actually there's a soft link to 2.6.3-7mdk/... Do you think I'm missing modules? If I look at the errors as they occur, there's a bunch of .h files that are missing. If these files are specific to 2.4 kernel, is there any way to make it compile with 2.6?

Does this work if you? ifup eth0 If so, add to rc.local ifdown eth0 ifup eth0

Try launching the server manually with XFree86 and see what you get. Also, XFdrake is the Mandrake configuration tool. KDE and X are separate entities, one is the desktop manager and the second one is the graphical server. It appears that your server isn't starting. You should have a log: /var/log/XFree86.0.log that can give you additional info as to why the server isn't starting.

Hi everybody, I am trying to install 10.0 on a PATA drive hooked up to a Promise SATA/UDMA133 TX2plus card. Since the CD does list a driver but the file is nowhere to be found, I decide to compile my own driver from the source code on the Promise site. The README is somewhat comprehensive and I was able to pass all prerequisites. Unfortunately, the driver won't 'make'. I get make: *** [pdc618_mod.o] Error 1 There are many errors reported by make, though, I I don't know whether they are all critical or just one, which is what the error message leads me to believe: Error 1. This is what I am getting from make: .... make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pdc-ultra/cam' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D__LINUX__ -D_MMIO_ -I/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include -I/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build -Icam -I/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/arch/i386/mach-generic -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fno-common -march=i386 -c pdc618_mod.c In file included from pdc618_mod.c:29: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/irq.h:16:25: irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory In file included from pdc618_mod.c:42: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/blk.h:1:2: warning: #warning this file is obsolete, please use <linux/blkdev.h> instead pdc618_mod.c:43:26: linux/tqueue.h: No such file or directory pdc618_mod.c:46:27: linux/wrapper.h: No such file or directory In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from pdc618_mod.c:47: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:70: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function) In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:72, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, from /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11, from pdc618_mod.c:47: /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:28: error: `NR_IRQ_VECTORS' undeclared here (not in a function) /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:31: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function) pdc618_mod.c:50:29: drivers/scsi/sd.h: No such file or directory pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_init_ioport': pdc618_mod.c:370: warning: `check_region' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/ioport.h:121) pdc618_mod.c:373: warning: `check_region' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/ioport.h:121) pdc618_mod.c:375: warning: `check_region' is deprecated (declared at /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build/include/linux/ioport.h:121) pdc618_mod.c:378: warning: passing arg 2 of `request_irq' from incompatible pointer type pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_cbk_ata_rw': pdc618_mod.c:1289: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_cbk_atapi_dma': pdc618_mod.c:1346: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_ata_rw': pdc618_mod.c:1458: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c:1463: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_atapi_dma': pdc618_mod.c:1566: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c:1568: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_atapi_pio': pdc618_mod.c:1648: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c:1650: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_queuecommand': pdc618_mod.c:1746: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c:1750: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c:1759: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_scsi_reset': pdc618_mod.c:1913: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c:1915: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_scsi_eh_device_reset': pdc618_mod.c:1934: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c:1938: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_scsi_eh_host_reset': pdc618_mod.c:1959: error: structure has no member named `host' pdc618_mod.c:1961: error: structure has no member named `target' pdc618_mod.c: At top level: pdc618_mod.c:1977: error: parse error before '*' token pdc618_mod.c:1981: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype pdc618_mod.c: In function `pdc618_bios_param': pdc618_mod.c:1986: error: `disk' undeclared (first use in this function) pdc618_mod.c:1986: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once pdc618_mod.c:1986: error: for each function it appears in.) pdc618_mod.c:2000: error: `geom' undeclared (first use in this function) pdc618_mod.c: At top level: pdc618_mod.c:2210: error: unknown field `next' specified in initializer pdc618_mod.c:2210: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type pdc618_mod.c:2210: error: unknown field `command' specified in initializer pdc618_mod.c:2210: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type pdc618_mod.c:2210: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type pdc618_mod.c:2210: error: unknown field `slave_attach' specified in initializer pdc618_mod.c:2210: error: unknown field `use_new_eh_code' specified in initializer pdc618_mod.c: In function `init_module': pdc618_mod.c:2216: warning: implicit declaration of function `scsi_register_host' pdc618_mod.c:2226: warning: implicit declaration of function `scsi_unregister_host' make: *** [pdc618_mod.o] Error 1 Sorry for the lengthy post. I would really appreciate some guidance with this issue. Thank you very much. Kernel: 2.6.3-7mdk Distro: Mandrake 10.0 OE gcc 3.3.2 Make 3.80 (GNU) Ld 2.14.90.0.7 20031029 (GNU)

I was always successful resizing partitions in two steps with Norton ghost. Unfortunately, you need a second drive or another computer. Step one, make image. Step two load image back and resize it. The benefit is that you have a backup partition image that you can use to restore your entire system, in case all hell breaks loose.

Hi everybody. I've installed Linux (mostly Mandrake) many a times but never on a hardware configuration like this: Two ATA 133 (Maxtor) drives on a Promise SAT150 TX2plus controller - PDC20375, PCI ID: 105A:3375 Rev 02 I only have the two drives on the ATA 133 channel, no serial ATA drives. The installer detects the Promise card, but 'no valid devices' are found to install the OS. This seems to be due to the card not being supported in 2.6 with PATA drives. It is however supported in 2.4. I tried booting with the floppy they provide for Mandrake 9 and installing 10 from the CD. Didn't like it. Must match the floppy to the CD. This is the only time my drives were recognized by the pdc-ultra driver. How can I create a floppy that contains the right driver? The driver is not an .o file, instead it seems to be part of an .rdz file?!?!? I tried loading the alt1 image so that the 2.4 kernel is used. I then insmod pdc-ultra and I got a warning, the drives were detected, but the partition table was messed up. Possibly due to an incorrect detection of the drives. Plus, it was slow as it can be. Any ideas? Is there any way I can use the Promise driver with the MDK 10 CD, so that I can install the OS? Thank you very much.