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Effing newbie here...
ErwinJ:
quote:OK let's talk turkey.
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Allrighty...
quote:When you installed did you get a boot loader install prompt?
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Yep
quote:If you did and it installed then you should be able to access it easily.
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Nope :confused:
quote:Try holding down the ALT key when you boot up your computer.
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Okay. Will try that in a minute.
quote:I have my Lilo set for 0 second delay so it boots into WinXP almost seamlessly, but i can "see" it by holding fown the ALT key when I boot.
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What's Lilo?
quote:what version of Mandrake are you installing anyway?
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9.1 Got it off almostfreelinux.com. With a 56kb modem you don't d/l the iso's yourself. 'specially since over here you pay for that time.
quote:You'll probably need to re-install it either way and make sure the install goes all the way thru, and configures your video AND boot loader before it's done.
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Well, I'll first try the 'Alt' thingy. After that I'll try to re-install. Not much else to do is there?
quote:I'm Mandrake for life now :D
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Well, yeah. That's kinda the idea I was aiming for too.
BTW, can I re-install on the already existing partition? Or do I need to get rid of it? And if so: How? The Drak thingy in the installer?
BTW partII: Strykers suggestion for a separate partition: Do I need to do that? And if so, how big does it need to be.
Oh, and Stryker
quote:Don't go jumping in the deep end before you can swim.
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A habit that's a bit disaster prone, I'll grant you. But thus we learn quickest IMHO.
Anyway, I'm a bit of a control freak, especially where my comp is concerned. That's the reason I started on Linux to begin with. Had a taste of XP at work. So much shit going on there I do not have control over... Almost went down on my knees before the IT-guys to have them install 2000 on my comp (Linux is still a four letter word over there. Something to do with the licenses, susprisingly :rolleyes: )
Thanks for the help, anyways. Much appreciated.
askani:
Okay. First off LiLo stands for Linux Loader and it is the ever popular linux boot loader that nearly everyone uses.
There are 2 good linux boot loaders that i know of and have used, namely Grub and Lilo. These two come with most linux distributions, and if you picked the advanced setup, as i do you get to pick and choose and configure everything to death.
Next time you install, if the ALT key doesn't work for you make sure you also make a boot floppy for yourself. If you have one already i don't know why you're sitting around asking questions. Boot into linux with it and see what the deal is.
A last point, also for the reinstall, would be to make sure you have the boot loader installed in the MBR of your primary partition (your windows one i'm assuming which is usually /dev/hda1) because if you have it in the linux partition it is useless.
solo:
ok i didnt read the last 2 posts because yall seem to have this going nicely but I believe swap partitions should not be any larger than your current ram (i believe thats what redhat installer told me...) could be wrong tho. it said otherwise performance decreases
but hell i cant remember very well, the redhat install just went so goddamn fast (25 fucking minutes)
Stryker:
yeah, you dont want too much of your memory going to the hard drive. keeping a low swap (if u have lots of ram) will increase performance. otherwise it'll use the swap when it feels like and decrease disk performance.
generally:
200mb /boot
256mb swap
5-10gb /
rest /home
That's what I do, works fine. You might want to go into rescue mode and install lilo again from there. lilo --help will tell u how.
ErwinJ:
Well, I got it sorted. Didn't even have to re-install. Just update and look what the configuration actually was like.
Turns out qua bootloader GRUB was installed but Mandrake was configured for Lilo. Changed it over to GRUB and hey, presto.
Anyways, thanks for the help and the tips. I'll see if I can change the swap some. See if that ups the performance (though as of yet I'm not complaining).
BTW, what's the MBR? (told you I'm a noob )
Been rummaging around for a little while. This'll take some getting used to. 'specially configuring wise... As of now just about nothing is working. You guys have any links for linux drivers of different hardware?
Particularly the modem would be cool to have working. It's an integrated Sis900 modem and Mandrake doesn't have the drivers for it. BTW, the SBive, even though the drivers are loaded, doesn't do anything. Well, if you can't be bothered don't sweat it. I'll go and read up on all if this stuff anyway.
Anyways, thanks again. I'll go sleep now. Waaay past my bedtime.
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