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Pzatch

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  1. I would try, when you get and install the power pack to use a reiser file system. It seems much more stable to me. I had my ext2 file system tank on me once. Just once though and I still don't know why since after a clean and new install it ran fine for almost a year untill I installed 9.2 and reiserFS. During your install I would probably just use the standard security level and then later install a nice GUI front end app to help with the firewall. The firewall is still there even on a standard level. Don't worry to much about viri in linux there are so few you'll hurt yourself trying to find one loose on the net. Read up a little on the EASYURPMI web site and urpmi updating methods. It really helped me once I found out about it and started using it.
  2. The iso is designed to be burned to a disk as an 'image'. Without extracting anything from it. Unless you can't change your bios to 'boot to cdrom'. In that case then you'll need to extract the floppy iso to do a network or hard drive install. Thogh your problem sounds like it could be an over clocking problem or the memory chips are getting bad. If you can run a memory check on them.
  3. What hardware and in what configuration is it? That OTHER OS is designed to run on some real funky setups. Or even when something isn't set up quite properly. In many ways linux is picky about how hardware is plugged in and used.
  4. You should get it from an official mirror. Then run the md5sum on it to make sure the download was good. Then you should burn each ISO to a disk. Burn 'as an image' with out extracting the ISO. Opening it up tends to trash it. If the first disk doesn't boot try the second disk.
  5. From the command line type in XF86config This will give you a text based way of changing vidio settings. No need to reinstall each time. Try to find out the vidio screen settings you need to get the laptops monitor running. Try to find what the vidio chipset is that you have. That will help you choose what driver to use.
  6. Its good to hear that things turned out good for you in the end. Even though it was a real pain I'm sure and getting a new card is a hassle.
  7. Have you tried calling Visa yet? More than likely you'll have to attack this from both ends of the problem to get prompt service. And remember. If someone doesn't have the answer for you just ask to talk to their supervisor. Everyone has a supervisor or boss. I know someone who didn't get prompt service from a local Sears store and inside of one hour was talking to someone in the Sears Tower. Within 30 minutes of that he had the service he wanted. Late on a friday. I know something like this can be upsetting but remember. Be polite and don't accept the answer, My supervisor is busy. Tell them you'll wait on the line but NOT on hold. They always tend to start calling out for them real fast, and you can hear them do it also. Its funny sometimes.
  8. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/100amd64beta.php3 They have the AMD64RC1 mandy 10.0 out now for download. No community version yet. You can pre order Mandrake 10 AMD64 now though.
  9. Its good they are porting it over but will they at least SAY IT on the box? If the word 'linux' starts showing up in stores or on game boxes, more people will look up what it is. And that will make even more companies port games over.
  10. Yep thats the guy. Good strings.
  11. Mandrake has an AMD64 iso set out now.
  12. http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php This site helps get your URPMI repositories set up correctly. man -a urpmi urpmi --help
  13. Sometimes having the reader and writer on the same ide cable causes transfer problems. Try using the writer as the reader also. This makes a temp file of the data but it gets around the transfer troubles on the same ide cable. Make sure the cd media supports speeds greater tham 4X. You probobly knew that one already but hey its a shot in the dark.
  14. Pintos were never boring. Just wait a while and something will 'light your fire' about them. I know a wrecking yard near me that has one. I was thinking of getting it a fixing it up as a hot rod road racer.
  15. A third party partitioner like PM8 works well.
  16. Pzatch

    URPMI

    Sorry, missed that.
  17. Pzatch

    URPMI

    Have you tried using the --wget option. Or has that been removed in 10.0?
  18. Have you tried formatting one as FAT32 just to see if it will work in both systems? What happens if you let linux partition amd format the drive?
  19. You should just have to set the bios to boot from the cdrom. Lilo will be overwriten after the install. make sure the cd's were burned correctly.
  20. I bet a linux common game environment that ran on top of the GPL stuff and didn't include any GPL would make good money for someone who could sell it to the game developers. Your not selling to the general public but instead your selling to someone who is selling to the general public. Didn't windows have something like this?
  21. I have a phone and could give then that service. Seriously, would or even could, a service like that make a buck for Mandrake?
  22. Your right. Just how much can it cost to call a few news outlets and make the same anouncment? What does it cost to have a few adds on the net on M$ centric sites? M$ has them on linux sites. A coworker came in today and asked if I was hit by sasser yet. I told him no. He then asked what anti virus software I was running because I never complain about my computer. You know what I told him. Everyone here sings the same song. He'll never switch though. He's the type who beleives that the more money you spend on something the better it is. If I told him Mandrake was 500 bucks a copy he would switch. Hes also 68 years old so he's kind of set in his ways also. But still, if I priced it right he would buy it. How many stories could we come up with for Mandrake to use in adds? I can come up with a dozen quick. Games really are the only thing holding linux back from being accepted in the main stream now. Face it all kids want the latest games. All parents want is a stable web browsing system and a net filter would be nice. All schools want is stability a nice GUI for the little kids( my 8 year old likes KDE but really doesn't care about it much) and a good net content filter. Everyone wants easy updates and thats here now. Linux has it all except the games. I know they are out there and some of the best new ones run nativly on linux, but it just doesn't say it on the boxes yet. If people read 'linux supported' on the box they would start asking about it more.
  23. Been there as long as I've used URPMI. A little over a year. Don't see why it wouldn't have always been there since erasing them is an extra step.
  24. If your using a USB hub those tend to scew up Mandrake somewhat.
  25. I hope that is the problem as those numbers you gave were a little hard for me to accept being a faithful linux user. I'm still amazed at how well M$ prossess data coming out of bad hardware. And why can't linux incorporate this amazing technology into its kernel so everyone could do it?
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