On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:09, Charlie M. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tuesday 11 November 2003 7:20 am, Thinker wrote: > > I tried to ftp install it but something has gone very wrong. > > > > Using the mirror > > ftp://ftp.cs.ucr.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/9.2/i586/ > > > > I made the network.img floppy using rawwritewin.exe (on my Windows 2000 > > box) from the dosutils directory. I booted to it, brought up the network > > and directed it to the proper location on the server. > > > > Once everything loaded into memory, I only selected LSB, Workstation, > > Configuration, for the installation options. Something like 700MB or so. It > > took about 90 minutes and then the installation was complete. I rebooted > > and once in, I brought up the MCC to update the installation. Once I > > updated the install, everything seemed to be fine. Then I noticed the > > 'writing' light was on on the front of my HP 9150 8x4x32 CD-R/RW Drive. Of > > course I wasn't writing anything (There was no disc in the drive). The > > eject button gave me no response so, in true newbie fashion I assume, I > > rebooted. When the machine came back up and I logged in to KDE, half of the > > information that had been in my menu was gone. I couldn't get to the MCC, > > no terminals or anything. Only a few items, none of which can help me get > > my system back to the state it was in before I rebooted. > > > > HELP! > > > > > > -=Thinker > > Would you please, in the name of all that you consider Holy _remove that > fscking reply to_ from your mail client?
Charlie M. Um.. I am using Evolution 1.4.5 for mail and a quick check of Tools>Settings>Mail Accounts>[EMAIL PROTECTED](edit) shows that the Reply-To field you are so upset about is empty. It has been since the last time you made a big deal about one of my posts. Newbie me doesnt quite know what else to do to make it so you can get more sleep at night. :-) <snip> > To your menu problem: > > Log out, or don't log-in as user from a fresh boot. From the log-in screen use > Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log-in there as root. Then run the following commands: > > (Note: ALL commands are one liners. You can assume there are only single > spaces between flags and options, mail client word wrap kills that though.) > > urpmi.addmedia > ftp://ftp.cs.ucr.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS with > ../base/hdlist.cz <Enter> > This did not work. I tried it twice and all I got was a help menu. Since the first command didn't work, I didn't go any further. I did Clt+Alt+F1, logged in as root and ran update-menus -v Then Clt+Alt+F7 and all was well. Thanks Haywire/Derek. > Next prompt: > > urpmi --auto-select <Enter> > > After you install all the relevant updates, run the next compound command. > rpm --rebuilddb && updatedb && update-menus -n -v && ldconfig <enter> > > Next prompt: > > Ctrl+D > > to exit, then Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the log-in screen. You should be OK. > > For the CD-RW problem; is that drive a re-badged LG by any chance? If so you > likely killed it, which you would know if you had read any of the multitude > of posts, or the warnings on the Mandrake site, in the past three weeks. > I read the multitude of post and warnings on the Mandrake site. Remember, I am one of the few that keeps asking when the ISO's will be released with the fix (which you would know if you had read the multitude of posts I have made concerning the desire to install 9.2). My drive says HP so I assumed it was an HP. However, now my drive isn't even showing up in the BIOS. When I boot the machine, the lights come on but there is no mention of it in the BIOS (used to be IDE Secondary Master) and no desktop item for it in KDE (after the installation there were two CDROM icons on the desktop, now there is just one). Still, I just physically removed it from the machine. No mention of anything LG. 8x4x32 IDE Recordable/Rewritable HP C4462-5600 HP S/N PHCH02482C Where should I go from here on the drive? Is this a new issue or am I missing something? -=Thinker
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