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Mandrake install problems
by Russell Ward 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Thanks for these answers. I forgot to mention that the machine won't boot from the CD, only a or c drives. I have tried changing this in the bios setup but for some reason it only give those two options. It will boot from c drive into Linux, apparently with no problem, giving me access to the CD player (using mount/dev and so on). I would like to ask how to then reinstall the entire OS, from the CD, starting from Linux. Is there a simple command that will start the install? Cheers Russell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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by J 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

>> Beg borrow or steal a server and run our own. >That's effectively what tsw is. Then why not use tsw? J

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Craigo said: >> The round table thing sounds intertesting. > >And we introduce women dressing up very nicely with tons of food in the >centre while discussing life in general ;) You can *talk* - the only women likely to be there will be most likely to be in full bike gear (including the baggy waterproofs) eating rapidly through the mountain of food. MJRay wrote: >> The round table thing sounds intertesting. > >What topic? Will Adam be able to come? He was going to do a talk on debian apt. Would anyone talk on security? I've always been hazy on this subject. Does anyone want me to see if I can bring an iPaq embedded with a modified version of debian, used to run a speech program? Was it Andrew that got the job doing graphics on none other than HP2 etc etc who was going to do a talk on how it works? Did I miss that? Jen

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> wrote: > Yeah i was going to talk about apt and dpkg, but then I am scared of all > the Debian people who will heckle... >ITYM *help* not heckle... ;-) At least when people heckle it shows they're listening! I promise not to throw any rotten fruit at you! -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

>What topic? Well, I have worked as a (NT) network admin in some large companies, and I would be interested in discussing the problems Linux would face on the admin side within that kind of situation. I couldn't give answers... -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Mandrake install problems
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

> It will boot from c drive into Linux, apparently with no problem, giving me > access to the CD player (using mount/dev and so on). I would like to ask how > to then reinstall the entire OS, from the CD, starting from Linux. Is there > a simple command that will start the install? If you root around on the first CD there should be a folder called "images", with .img files. You could then make a floppy boot disk for Mandrake and do it using that. If you are in Windows, you can use rawwrite.exe (in dosutils on the CD), if you are in Linux: su to root mount the cdrom insert floppy disk, then do this command:- dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/cdrom.img of=/dev/fd0 when it is done copying files, issue "reboot" or "shutdown -r now" with the floppy in the drive, and hey presto, the install will begin. Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Debian Install
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

> I believe progeny also uses some > type of auto-installer, that could be another avenue for Paul to look at. ...You can d/l a Debian 3.0 (Woody) Progeny installer ISO at:- http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/pgi/ I haven't tried it personally, though. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Mandrake install problem
by Russell Ward 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Whilst installing Mandrake from a CDROM the machine crashed, at the config X Windows stage (the long list of video cards). One result is that 'startx' doesn't work , server error no. 2. I posted a couple of weeks ago on this topic. Thanks to those whose responded. I have since tried installing the various XFree86 packages, but with no success. My idea now is simply to reinstall the entire OS from the CD, but I no longer have Win 98, so could someone tell me what command to use to start the install again? Again, I am new to Linux, so please excuse my sounding clueless..... Russell _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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Re: [Alug] .sit files
by Ricardo Campos 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

> Whats wrong with Mac Users? They have a strange look in their eyes. They smell funny. They spend all day on photoshop designing things. ;) It was a tongue-in-cheek gesture, this mac user is my beloved eldest sister, and most of my partners have been artists and therefore Mac users. But Mac users still smell funny, though. *giggle* >These I think are stuffit files see > http://www.stuffit.com they do Linux binaries (see the > download section) but these have a buy or evaluate option. Yeah, that was what I was trying to avoid. It seems macutils doesn't have it, and I dislike adding things that aren't .debs ... (unsit isn't in Woody) I think I'll ask her to zip it. I'm sure she can do that (famous last words)... -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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.sit files
by Ricardo Campos 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Does anyone know a linux app that can uncompress Mac .sit archives? Darned Mac users... ;) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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