Osee,
Sounds like a lot of problems! I would say (my personal opinion), that your
fighting an uphill battle, every aspect is difficult. Red Hat Sucks, try Mandrake.
Compaq's suck too, if you have any standard (non-proprietary) computers you could use,
it will
be much easier. Netscape requires X, without a windowing system, you can not run
netscape. Onboard
devices (video, sound, modem, ...) are difficult to get working in linux (they are
designed specifically
for windows only, in many cases). So... Your making things very difficult on your
self (it wouldnt be too bad
if you were an expert in linux, but if your learning... you have a lot of unknown
variables.)
What you can do:
Try a distribution that is easy (I know, someone told you redhat was easy...) Mandrake
is a good start for
most newbies, since it is pretty easy.
Bring your computer to one of the weekly clinics, many experts there can help you, at
no charge (although we do like taco's, and cola).
Mounting partitions is required before using (sorry, you dont just get a drive letter
like windows... its a security thing).
If I had windows on the first partition, and redhat on the second (and a swap partion
was third) your disk would look like:
/dev/hda1 <--- Windows
/dev/hda2 <--- RedsHat
/dev/hda3 <--- Swap
If you have a directory named /mnt/windows you could mount your windows partion with:
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows
If that doesnt automount things correctly you may need to specify the filesystem as
such:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows
Once that partition is mounted you should be able to copy files back and forth (only
while running linux however... windows would try to do bad things to the linux
partition if it could).
Jamie
You wrote:
> From: Osee Israel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:53:05 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: help i can't get my x windows running
>
>
> I am a MS windows refugee I bought a boxed Red Hat
> linux two years ago and unsuccessfully tried to
> install it on a series of junkie Pentiums with cd roms
> which would not mount in Linux. My son has now
> allowed me to install Red Hat on a 1.5 gig partition
> on his Compaq Presario 2100. The instillation went
> fine but I the Xfree86 version from the cd will not
> support the video display. OK so I found Xfree86 3.3.6
> which has the card namely a Cyrix Media GX which I can
> download from the net on my computer. The Compaq
> Presario is a wierd little computer with the sound
> card modem and vidio card hardwired into the mother
> board. It has a built in loud amp and speakers. It
> is not hooked up to a phone and is currently used
> exclusively for video games. So how can I download to
> the version onto a zip disc and install it on the
> linux side of the partition. I do not know jack about
> Linux. I can if necessary bring the Compaq and config
> it to the internet with the dos side and download to
> the hardrive on the dos partition but I have no idea
> how to get Netscape running without a graphic Linux
> interface Xwindows. What to do? I am
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will try to make the Linux
> meeting in October I will bring my computer.
>
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