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How do I get a floppy to work in Mandrake10
MrX:
thanks WMD. this should fix the problem. after i can get my x to boot!!
Refalm:
Could you post the actual conf file? I have somewhat an idea what you did wrong (something I did wrong too ;) ).
WMD:
quote:Originally posted by MrX:
really, i didna edit the file that makes it say from driver=vga to driver=nv or whatever it was. last time this happened to me i was playing armagetron and it froze(intel 440 chipset) that is not supported by mandrake.
this is what the screen sais :( i have to copy it on paper first)
Local host log in_ (my log in name)
i type 'kde'
yadda yadda xfree86stuff errors
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the nvdia kerel module
(EE) NVIDIA(0):***Aborting***
(EE) Screens found, but none have a useable configuration
Fatal server error: no screen found
then that same screen came up after i installed the nvdia drivers wrong. the first time this happend i then reformatted it and uprgaded to a 600 athlon from a 500 katami and i have some biostar motherboard with amd chipset. but hurry! this over ends soon. for a limited time only. aka- help me quik i need to do my important emails and armagetronning!!!!
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Your nvidia driver self-destructed. I've noted this to happen a lot on Mandrake 10. Just reinstall the driver and reboot.
MrX:
i will try what wmd sais. i dont know how to bring up the conf file without my x enviroment (kde) and even if i did i would haveto copy it out on paper then re-type it on this computer. so i will log into it, cd to the dekstop where the file is, but last time i remembered just type 'vd then Tab ' and it will fill out the rest of it. but when i was in the linux kernel it didnt do that. how do i get it to do this?
MrX:
wmd: my fstab looks like this now.
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy autofs user 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
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i fixed my nvidia drivers. uninstalled them now 3d games work now.
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i edited the fstab then saved.
went into Konsole and typed:
mount /mnt/floppy
it still sais permission denied. i saved an mp3 on the floppy with win98.
problem not solved yet.
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