Simon Exley wrote:
>
> I am extremely new to mandrake linux, about 6 hours to
> be exact, i have managed to configure most of my
> hardware including dvd decoder card, however i am
> having problems configuring my network card to run
> properly. I am trying to connect to the internet
> through an NT network, I have entered all my Ip,
> subnet masks etc, however when i boot up it says that
> "etho Delay" has failed, once in Mandrake 7.0 i cannot
> access the internet, i am using a dual boot system
> with win98 so i have the configs which work from that.
> Any ideas?
You have a very usefull tool to configure your network. It is called
netconf.
>
> I am also wanting to begin gaming using linux and was
> wondering if it is possible to play existing
> dos/windows games using linux. I am particularly
> interested in Halflife and counterstrike.
No. They won't. You can download some games from loki.com like quakeIII
or Unreal.
HTH
Flupke
