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Installing Mandrake...
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| Hi,
I am currently downloading Mandrake 8.0.
I want to dual boot win2kser and Mandrake. Should i do this, first fdisk my 10 gig hdd into 1 5 gig partition, and leave the other freespace just how it is without fdisking it? And then install nt first, and then linux?
Thanks,
Azam | |
| ccieToBe 2001-07-23, 2:14 pm |
| Yes, that's exactly what I'd suggest doing. Always install Windows before Linux if you want to dual boot. | |
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| What is the best way to burn mandrake.iso?
I tried Fireburner, and it messed up the cd, whenever I try opening it in windows it says invalid 32win application or whatever.
What program is the best for burning isos?
Azam | |
| ccieToBe 2001-07-23, 4:34 pm |
| In Windows I've had a lot of luck with Adaptec's programs (other then getting a few coasters). Once you get Manrake installed KToaster's a nice app. Make sure you tell the burning software to create a cd from the image. Copying the ISO image directly to the CD won't do you much good. | |
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| Well, I couldn't get Mandrake to install, I tried making boot disks but it the boot disks didn't even work. So I installed Slackware, and the installation went well, but when I try to get into the gui (startx) it says buffer problem. This is my graphics card, it is a Ati 128 rage fury 32 meg. I all ways have problem with this card in linux installations, for instance when I was installing Redhat, the screen was totally blurry so you couldn't see anything. So guess I need a new card if I want to learn *nix. Anyone have any suggesstions on a good *nix card, I know any card will work on it even those cheap 8 meg ones 
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| See:
http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html
for compatible video cards. Might want to try the Ctrl-Alt-+ key combo to see if it is just a res problem. Still, most of what you need to know about Linux/UNIX can be learned via the command line, and all cards supposrt that. Linux will usually be used as a server anyway, so you don't usually even need the GUI. | |
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| Thanks for the website, yeah I agree with you 100%. This is what I'm going to try, I have installed WinME, and am now going dual boot with Win2kser, and I have thius program called VMWare, which basically lets you run a "Virtual" Os under NT. Hopefully that will work, and if not, I can always learn the command line
Thanks for your help Randy,
Azam | |
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| Hey I installed Redhat 7.0 on VMware, and everythng went smoothly except when I enter the gui mode, the res is very bad, how do I get it to get more colors and depth?
Thanks
Azam | |
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| You may need to tweak your XF86Config file by hand. Or try to use a piece of freeware called 'xvidtune' which should come with your distro. It will generate some modelines for you to place in the XF86Config file. To change the res, you can also try Ctrl-Alt-KeypadPlus or Ctrl-Alt-KeypadMinus to see if that cycles the resolutions. If you are starting X with coloyrs that are too low, you can try : startx -bpp 32 to get into 32 colour mode (or 16 or whatever) and see if this improves things. Make sure you have chosen the correct server for your card as well. Let me know if these things don't help. | |
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| Hey Randy,
Well I was playing around with the XF86Config file and now when I try to get into startx it just messes up and goes back to the console. Is there a way to rebuild all of it from scratch?
Azam | |
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| You can run XF86Setup or xf86config and try to set up your X Server all over again. If you cannot find an appropriate server for your card, try the generic SVGA or VGA server, as one of them will usually work. | |
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| Hey, I installed Caldera on a free partition. Everything went perfectly
I have a couple of ?'s though,
My screen is still a little messed up, when I get into the gui, the screen is all messed up, like it is all to one side of the monitor, I played around with the settings on the monitor adn got it all set up but I cant make the horizontal fit perfect, it looks sort of like this...
{, }, =, symbols present the actual monitor itself
-, |, present the caldera screen
{============}
{| |a }
{| |a }
{|________|a }
{============}
Ok, the a's represent black screen, or unused space, how can I use that space? I tried hitting ctrl+alt++/- and that just makes it more messy. Also, my screen is at 800x600, how can I make it 1080x768 ?
My other problem is that I dont know how to mount my burner, the first cdrom works, but I dont know how to install the secnond one.
My final problem is that I cant connect to the internet using my dial up modem. It is a win modem, and whenever I try to connect it says some error msg about chat or something.
I'll try to get the exact error msg later.
Thanks
Azam | |
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| OK, go to a xterm and type in "xvidtune &" at the command prompt. This will start an application that will allow you to "tweak" your modelines. If it isn't installed, it should be on one of the install CDs. Click "auto". This will allow you to see the changes in the screen as you change it. Then you will see some buttons like "left", "right", "up", "down", "wider", "narrower", etc. Click these until your screen is the way you like it. Then click "show" and it will print out your modeline on the xterm. Copy that and paste it in your XF86Config file. Then save it and restart X. Ctrl-Alt-KeypadPlus should alter your res for you. Remember it MUST be the "+" on the keypad and not just the one on the top row of your keyboard.
To mount the CD burner, first create a mount point in the /mnt directory. Just do mkdir burner or something like that. Then you need to find out where your CD burner is attacjed to your system. Serial port? Which one? USB? parallel? ou will need to know this to address it. Once you know what its address is (like /dev/ttyS2 for the third serial port), then you will mount it to your mount point by issuing:
mount /dev/ttyS2 /mnt/burner
and then whenever you want to address your burner, you will use the mount point, /mnt/burner and if you like, you can configure it to be mounted automatically on startup.
WinModems are useless. Get a normal modem and we can work with it. You will need to edit your /etc/options file and the etc/ppp/chap-secrets, /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and create a chat-script to log on to your ISP. I can post some more details here soon if you like. |
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