On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Cyltic wrote:
> Hi, when I install the "regular" install option mandrake 7 fails to find
> both my network cards, but if I install the custom/server method it will
> find both cards, the problem with the second install menu is it does not
> boot in to xwindoes as does the first method. is there a fix for this?
>
Yes. Edit your /etc/inittab as follows. Change:
id:3:initdefault:
to look like this:
id:5:initdefault:
>
> The other problem a friend and myself have is that we cannot use out HP
> 8100 cd writers as a primary cdrom as the information on the cd cannot be
> accessed. they are listed as suported and show up in the configuration as
> mounted, but cannot read the media. For some one with two cd-roms this is
> fine but myself I use my HP as my only cdrom.
>
IDE CDR/W? If so, you need to have a second entry in your /etc/fstab
for it as a CDRom, I think. If Linux sees it as a CDR or CDRW, it
only wants to access it to burn a CD for some reason, I think....
Take this with a grain of salt as I don't have a CDR or CDRW (yet!)
Just going by what I recall from reading this list over the past year.
>
> and Finaly, do we realy need 3 or 4 partitions on the hard
> drive just for Linux? or can it all be installed on one larger
> partition? thanks
>
Well, lemme put it this way -- when you do a "fresh install" do you
want to lose everything in your user directory or in the /usr/local
directory tree? If you install it all on one big partition, that's
what will likely happen. Also, if you have a large hard drive, the
kernel MAY not always be within the first 1024 cylinders of your hard
drive, which means your system won't boot. There's a VERY good reason
for having 3-4 partitions on the hard drive!
John
