Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread charlie
On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 03:44 am, Kwan Lowe had this to contribute :- I have 4 Lite-On burners that work flawlessly. Have to agree with 2 Lite-On burners and one CD reader only. Absolutely faultless. -- A black cat dropped soundlessly from a high wall, like a spoonful dark treacle melted under the

Re: [expert] Dual Boot Linux Windows 2000 with RAID1?

2003-07-06 Thread Sevatio
So Dual Boot W2k/Linux IDE RAID is impossible at this point? Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 02 July 2003 04:16 pm, Sevatio wrote: Have you guys been able to have Raid with two harddrives and dual boot linux windows 2000? What kind of RAID are you talking about? IDE, SCSI, software, etc. If

[expert] Partition resize...

2003-07-06 Thread John McQuillen
Hi everyone, I have just moved my Mandrake 9.1 installation to a larger hard drive. I created partitions on the new drive with larger sizes to fill the new drive, then cloned the partitions from the old drive one at a time with Norton Ghost. After recreating the boot loader from the rescue disk,

Re: [expert] Dual Boot Linux Windows 2000 with RAID1?

2003-07-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 06 July 2003 07:29 am, Sevatio wrote: So Dual Boot W2k/Linux IDE RAID is impossible at this point? I wouldn't say impossible, since just about anything can be done, but somebody has to write some code based on chip specs that have not been released by the hardware manufacturers. --

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday July 6 2003 04:52 am, charlie wrote: On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 03:44 am, Kwan Lowe had this to contribute :- I have 4 Lite-On burners that work flawlessly. Have to agree with 2 Lite-On burners and one CD reader only. Absolutely faultless. Could a few of y'all with Lite-On's post

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 08:56, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday July 6 2003 04:52 am, charlie wrote: On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 03:44 am, Kwan Lowe had this to contribute :- I have 4 Lite-On burners that work flawlessly. Have to agree with 2 Lite-On burners and one CD reader only. Absolutely

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread Richard Bown
Yer Tis [EMAIL PROTECTED] richard]# cdrecord --checkdrive dev=1,0,0 Cdrecord 2.01a16-dvd (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the

[expert] Dvd copy software

2003-07-06 Thread Francisco Alcaraz
A friend of mine as asked me to put linux in his computer, tired of windows XP problems. It has a dvd writer and I haven't used one under linux. I remember that there is a cdrecord-dvd rpm in the Mandrake 9.1, but of course I don't know if it runs fine. Also if it is possible use it from a

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday July 6 2003 08:25 am, ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 08:56, Tom Brinkman wrote: Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC SWABAUDIO Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Mine Using generic

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 06 July 2003 08:56 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: Could a few of y'all with Lite-On's post the results of 'cdrecord --checkdrive dev=0,0,0' Just the ID/Rev, and the last Vendor_info: 'LITE-ON ' Identifikation : 'LTR-24102B ' Revision : '5S54' Device seems to be:

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread dfox
Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] CDRW For CDRW I've got an ASUS (Yes ASUS) CDRW that rarely burns coasters despite my best efforts to teach it how. ($40) One thing I have I have taken Lyvim's comments seriously and also am looking for something not too terribly expensive (say lesss than

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread dfox
Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] CDRW On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 03:44 am, Kwan Lowe had this to contribute :- I have 4 Lite-On burners that work flawlessly. Have to agree with 2 Lite-On burners and one CD reader only. Absolutely faultless. $40 currently at pricewatch for several liteon's. Could

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread dfox
Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] CDRW OK, thanks Ed, same mode supports as my old drive. I don't want burnfree, but it can be disabled. I'm thinkin this old drive has got to be replaced sooner or later ;) Is yours scsi? It might be worth keeping. but I think tese days that atapi is

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread dfox
Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] CDRW I have 4 Lite-On burners that work flawlessly. All were under $60. The DVD/CDRWs tend to be a little higher. I'll keep them in mind. My network card is asante/lite-on fwiw. Are usb drives worth trying at this point? --

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread dfox
Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] CDRW Could a few of y'all with Lite-On's post the results of 'cdrecord --checkdrive dev=0,0,0' Just the ID/Rev, and the last Speaking of lite-on's any thoughts on the ltc-4816? One of the local stores is selling it for $72 - and it's a dvd-r / cdrw

[expert] Another Windoze feature in 9.1: kernel freezes routinely

2003-07-06 Thread Peter Møller Neergaard
I have now been running Mandrake 9.1 with the 2.4.21-0.18mdk kernel for about 3 weeks. At this point it is starting to be annoying that this kernel locks up more often than even Micro$oft Windoze. The lock up will happen anything from 5 minutes to 10 hours of boot. It must be the kernel locking

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 06 July 2003 12:37 pm, dfox wrote: be worth keeping. but I think tese days that atapi is getting better and better. otoh, the newer drives can burn really really faxt :). I've had much better luck with SCSI than Atapi/IDE Everyone elses' mileage may vary :-) --

re: [expert] cdrw

2003-07-06 Thread dfox
ok i bit the bullet. Thanks to lyvim and other people's comments, i am going with a 1312 combo dvd/cdrw, from toshiba. i ordered it from micro pro and hope it arrives soon. i'll update folks when i get it. with shipping and a 50 pack of media it comes to a little over $113 - not bad. A little

[expert] installing 9.1 on laptop hangs

2003-07-06 Thread Roger Ellison
I just got a Compaq Presario 2500. The 9.1 install hangs in the graphical installer with the following on the screen: 'installing driver for bus/firewire card Texas Instruments|TSB43AB21 iEEE-1394 controller (PHY/Link) 1394a-2000' The 1394 is builtin and can't be disabled in BIOS. Is there a

Re: [expert] Another Windoze feature in 9.1: kernel freezesroutinely

2003-07-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 07:46, Peter Møller Neergaard wrote: I have now been running Mandrake 9.1 with the 2.4.21-0.18mdk kernel for about 3 weeks. At this point it is starting to be annoying that this kernel locks up more often than even Micro$oft Windoze. The lock up will happen anything

Re: [expert] asus wl-100 wireless pcmcia card

2003-07-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 07:34, Vincent Chen wrote: Hi, all is anyone using this card on mandrake 9.1? i plug it in and card manager told me that this card not supported. how can i configure it to work under mandrake? btw: which chip this product using? prism2? Thanks, as for the chip

[expert] HP is selling MDK 9.1 boxes.

2003-07-06 Thread James Sparenberg
Check it out pre-loaded 9.1 boxes for $349.00 US. http://mozillaquest.com/Linux_News03/HP-Mandrake-Linux-Desktop-PC_Story01.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] HP is selling MDK 9.1 boxes.

2003-07-06 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
James Sparenberg wrote: Check it out pre-loaded 9.1 boxes for $349.00 US. http://mozillaquest.com/Linux_News03/HP-Mandrake-Linux-Desktop-PC_Story01.html And see the Mandrake announcement on http://www.linuxmandrake.com I think the main points of this agreement are: 1. Corporate customers can

Re: [expert] HP is selling MDK 9.1 boxes.

2003-07-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 17:08, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: James Sparenberg wrote: Check it out pre-loaded 9.1 boxes for $349.00 US. http://mozillaquest.com/Linux_News03/HP-Mandrake-Linux-Desktop-PC_Story01.html And see the Mandrake announcement on http://www.linuxmandrake.com I think the

Re: [expert] Re: New 2.4.21 Variable HZ question.

2003-07-06 Thread kiosk
Robert - I'm not in a hurry. I'm not a hardcore gamer. I like the traditional ways of wasting time, like fortune - for me, fortune has always been one of the main attractions of linux. My slackware installation on my old box gives me a fortune every time I log on. With MDK I have to run it. I

Re: [expert] kernel bug still not fixed

2003-07-06 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
I've built a stock 2.4.21 kernel, and applied the patch SGI XFS snapshot-2.4.21-2003-06-23_01:45_UTC and I can run the debugger. There are still a bunch of drivers to get straight, if I want to use it (which is why I prefer getting a kernel from Mandrake). This is 1.3 release.

Re: [expert] Another Windoze feature in 9.1: kernel freezesroutinely

2003-07-06 Thread Jack Coates
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 07:46, Peter Møller Neergaard wrote: I have now been running Mandrake 9.1 with the 2.4.21-0.18mdk kernel for about 3 weeks. At this point it is starting to be annoying that this kernel locks up more often than even Micro$oft Windoze. The lock up will happen anything

Re: [expert] installing 9.1 on laptop hangs

2003-07-06 Thread Jack Coates
in case you're lucky enough to have your CD on that firewire, I've got instructions for making a network boot disk at http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/vx88/ On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 15:09, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 13:15, Roger Ellison wrote: I just got a Compaq Presario 2500.

Re: [expert] Re: New 2.4.21 Variable HZ question.

2003-07-06 Thread Jack Coates
X or no? you can just put it at the end of .bashrc, but you'll break less and probably some other stuff :-). If you want it when you login to X, look for a fortune-shower for your favorite DE (say http://gfort.sourceforge.net/) and put a link to it in ~/Desktop/Autostart. On Sun, 2003-07-06 at

Re: [expert] Re: New 2.4.21 Variable HZ question.

2003-07-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 20:29, Jack Coates wrote: X or no? you can just put it at the end of .bashrc, but you'll break less and probably some other stuff :-). If you want it when you login to X, look for a fortune-shower for your favorite DE (say http://gfort.sourceforge.net/) and put a link to

[expert] CD Burener

2003-07-06 Thread Joseph Loo
I tried looking around for some information on burning CD's. I have a Plextor 12/10/32 scsi on a ultrawide scsi card. When ever I try to burn a cd on the burenr, I can only get reliable burns if the write speed is set as 3x on gnome toaster. If I try to do anything faster than that 4, 6, etc.

Re: [expert] galaxy skins

2003-07-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 20:47, Jack Coates wrote: anyone had any luck finding Galaxy-clone skins for gkrellm and xmms? I started futzing with making one for gkrellm and quickly remembered why no one pays me for graphic design :-) Have you looked on kde-look.org? They do have a fix for Galaxy

Re: [expert] CD Burener

2003-07-06 Thread Jason Greenwood
I can't help with GT but I recommend K3B. Cheers J Joseph Loo wrote: I tried looking around for some information on burning CD's. I have a Plextor 12/10/32 scsi on a ultrawide scsi card. When ever I try to burn a cd on the burenr, I can only get reliable burns if the write speed is set as

Re: [expert] Another Windoze feature in 9.1: kernel freezes routinely

2003-07-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 06 July 2003 11:21 pm, Jack Coates wrote: You've probably got a hardware problem. I saw James suggest memtest86, which is a good idea -- I'd also drop a Knoppix CD in or better yet boot with a LEAF disk and see what happens after a few minutes. If it barfs after running LEAF for ten

Re: [expert] CDRW

2003-07-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 06 July 2003 04:52 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: It's not so much the difference between the atapi and scsi drives, it's the data bus. Copying a CD on the fly is a much safer and faster thing using scsi. wobo Agreed. Less system resource/cpu time, responsiveness, etc, etc. Its more

[expert] GPG and signing rpms.

2003-07-06 Thread James Sparenberg
Ok, Went to this page. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 following the instructions I created the .rpmmacros file edited it as it outlined. then I did gpg --gen-key filled in the blanks ... generated a key. now when I do (as the same user) rpm --sign --clean -ba

Re: [expert] installing 9.1 on laptop hangs

2003-07-06 Thread Roger Ellison
I tried 'linux nofirewire' and the install died as before with the same message. Roger On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 18:09, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 13:15, Roger Ellison wrote: I just got a Compaq Presario 2500. The 9.1 install hangs in the graphical installer with the

Re: [expert] GPG and signing rpms.

2003-07-06 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 00:38, James Sparenberg wrote: Ok, Went to this page. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 following the instructions I created the .rpmmacros file edited it as it outlined. then I did gpg --gen-key filled in the blanks ... generated a

Re: [expert] CD Burner

2003-07-06 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 23:53, Joseph Loo wrote: I tried looking around for some information on burning CD's. I have a Plextor 12/10/32 scsi on a ultrawide scsi card. When ever I try to burn a cd on the burenr, I can only get reliable burns if the write speed is set as 3x on gnome toaster. If