tranceybowler

I'm looking for some help, I have Mandrake Community 10.1 but now I'm looking to install Windows XP aswell for a dual boot system. I only have one hard disk, and the partition arrangement is as follows:

Mount point: /

Type: ext3

Size: 44GB

Mount point: swap

Size: 1004GB

Mount point: /matt

Type: FAT32

Size: 73 GB

The remaining 67GB part of the hard disk is empty and unformatted. The /matt partition was intended for documents to be shared between linux and windows but is pretty much empty.

I'm just wondering what the best way to go about installing XP is. Ideally I'd like to not have to re-install linux. Can I just install XP in the empty partition? How do I go about configuring the boot loader after installation?

Any help very much appreciated, thanks!

Hi again,

Resurrecting an old topic unfortunately as for some reason the wireless connection has decided to stop working!

The only thing I can possibly think off which may have triggered it is something I did a few days ago, I can't remember the exact command but it was one which was supposed to update some of the software.

Now upon starting up the wlan is not connected. I've checked the settings and they appear to be correct still.

I know it's a bit of a shot in the dark, but any ideas? If it helps I could probably find the command I used (sorry, I'm still a novice at Linux!)

Thanks,

Matt

Hi,

Ever since I've downloaded Firefox, every time I run the program it asks me if I would like to make it the default browser. Every time I click yes but the next time Firefox starts it says the same thing. Anyone know how I can make Firefox the default browser? I'm having the same problem with Thunderbird. I'm using Mandrake Community 10.1 with KDE.

Thanks!

Many thanks to Steve for helping me out with this one! He did a good job! :D

Hi Steve, thanks for your reply, I think you're right about eth1 being a firewire chip, I think it was detected as a ethernet controller in windows too. Anyway, I ran the command you said, and I've included the ones which I think are relevant below:

00:0b.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
       Subsystem: Abocom Systems Inc: Unknown device ab90
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
       Memory at eb024000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
       Memory at eb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
       Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
       Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device e000
       Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
       I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
       Memory at eb026000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
       Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
       Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:14.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
       Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 1000
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
       Memory at eb027000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
       Memory at eb020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
       Capabilities: <available only to root>

Does this make any more sense now? I do have the driver disc for the wireless card, but I don't know if I have the correct version of ndiswrapper installed. I'm running 10.1 Community Edition if that helps. Thanks in advance!

OK I'll have to admit I'm completely stuck. I've run the Kanotix Live CD (nice distro actually!) and I think it detects some things but the internet won't work. However there's so many options on that to configure networks / wireless stuff I wasn't sure where to begin!

I had a look in the /etc/network directory and there's some files there but they don't mean anything to me.

Just in case I didn't explain correctly to start with, In my house there are 2 computers: one upstairs running windows XP and connected by USB to a Belkin Wireless ADSL modem.

My computer (downstairs) is connected wirelessly to this ADSL modem, via a 802.11g Wireless LAN card (although I can't find out what brand / chipset it is, it's a cheap one I think!).

Is ndiswrapper definitely the key? If so I guess I should really start reading up more on that. If I can provide any more information which might help you guys understand what my situation is, please ask! I can post the .inf and .sys files for the wireless LAN card if that's any use? I really appreciate your help so far, if anyone can point me in the right direction then that would be great. Thanks again!

Matt

A google for kanotix gives the correct website as the first result for me :)

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Thanks Qchem, I was confused because Gowater spelt it "kantotix" in his post! I'll have a look now.

The latest liveCd from kantotix actually boots and configures them (to the point of connecting to the internet if you have a non-encrypted wireless router configured with dhcp.) and this then tells me what driver is being used :D 

 

If you have broadband you could do worse than boot the kanotix liveCD with the cards and see how it configures them :D  then copy the /etc/network directory :D  after making sure you have the modules (mine is prism54) in the modules dir in MDK..

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Hi Gowator, I'd like to try this method you suggest but I can't find anything about this "kantotix" you speak of. A search in google only gives about 50 results, am I missing something?

Matt

Hello guys, thanks for your replies.

I'm pretty new to Linux to be honest (I only installed it a few days ago) so I'm quite confused about this whole ndiswrapper thing, I don't know if I have it or whether I have the correct version etc. I've tried searching on here but there's so many posts I'm not sure where to start!

Also I'm not sure whether my modem is a 54g model, how do I find out?

Sorry for the lack of knowledge, I want to learn all about Linux but first I need to get the internet sorted out so I can read tutorials etc. from my Linux desktop!

Any help appreciated!

Matt

Hello all,

I just installed Mandrake 10.1 community edition from some CDs which came with a magazine here in the UK. Installation was flawless, nearly perfect and in general I'm very pleased. However I'm having some difficulty trying to set up my wireless internet connection.

We have a Wireless ADSL modem (Belkin F5D7630-4A) connected to another computer in the house. And my computer is connected to this wireless modem by a 802.11g wireless LAN card.

Upon install, mandrake has detected two ethernet cards:

eth0: Realtek|RTL-8169

eth1: IEEE 1394 IPv4 Driver

I've tried tinkering round with the settings but so far no luck. Does anyone have any hints as to how to get this working? Any advice appreciated! Also if you want any clarification please ask as I'm sure I'll have missed something out in this original post!

Thanks!

Matt