[newbie] Boot from external usb drive (hdd, flash pen drive)

2006-12-13 Thread Nuno Ferreira
Hi * I have an old laptop (Armada E500) with a dual bootup (win2k, mdk10.1). Though I'm very satisfied with my setup, the hdd is too small for my current needs, so I though on buying an external hdd (usb) or usb pen disk. But, my laptop does not boot from usb (at least, I do not see any usb BIOS

[newbie] Help fast on boot problem - Please

2006-12-13 Thread Fr. Johnny
Hello I am new to the group. I am a newbe to Mandriva 2007. I downloaded Mandriva one 2007 and installed it on my computer as a try before buy. I like the OS but am having a small problemI have a dual boot system Windows XP Professional and Mandriva 2007 and After 2/3 boots from one system

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - Please

2006-12-13 Thread Fr. Johnny
One more note for those in the know.I tried to look at the archives first but got the following message. Module not found The requested module linux could not be found. Possible reasons for this are: * The module name was misspelled, try changing the URL. * The module does

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - Please

2006-12-13 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 11:13, Fr. Johnny wrote: One more note for those in the know.I tried to look at the archives first but got the following message. Module not found The requested module linux could not be found. Possible reasons for this are: * The module

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - reply

2006-12-13 Thread Fr. Johnny
Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 11:13, Fr. Johnny wrote: One more note for those in the know.I tried to look at the archives first but got the following message. Module not found The requested module linux could not be found. Possible reasons for this

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - reply

2006-12-13 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 12:35, Fr. Johnny wrote: Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 11:13, Fr. Johnny wrote: One more note for those in the know.I tried to look at the archives first but got the following message. Module not found The requested

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - reply

2006-12-13 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 12:53, Fr. Johnny wrote: If you are new you should set up your urpmi sources go to this site http://easyurpmi.zarb.org open a terminal go to root then set up your sources and cut and paste into your root terminal [better do it late at night as the first time is a

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - reply

2006-12-13 Thread Fr. Johnny
Thanks Grumpy_Penguin - Just changing to GRUB GUI solved it must have been something with LiLO! This is the unregistered 2007 so may not be able to do the sources until I register the OS. Well with the boot problem out of the way I still have one more issue2007 is not seeing my Motorola

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - reply

2006-12-13 Thread Ian
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 15:55, Fr. Johnny wrote: Thanks Grumpy_Penguin - Just changing to GRUB GUI solved it must have been something with LiLO! This is the unregistered 2007 so may not be able to do the sources until I register the OS. Well with the boot problem out of the way I still

Re: [newbie] Re: installing amsn

2006-12-13 Thread Miark
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:01:15 -0500, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:28:25 GMT John Bowden got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: last time I used gaim it was not always sending my display picture to my windoz friends. Kopete seems to work better. Hmmm, KDE plays nicer

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - Modem

2006-12-13 Thread Ian
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 16:45, Fr. Johnny wrote: Not showing the modem Ian. I also have a Conexant HSF PCI modem in hand but do not quite comprehend how to install the Linux driver for it so for quickness (I would like to get out of XP permanently and into Linux ASAP) I thought I would

Re: [newbie] Help fast on boot problem - Modem

2006-12-13 Thread Fr. Johnny
Yes I understand and have cable modem at home but uncomfortably at work I can only use dial-up as the business cost of cable modem is too high. Thanks for help Ian I will look at the pages. Johnny Ian wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 16:45, Fr. Johnny wrote: Not showing the modem Ian.

Re: [newbie] Building MDK 10.1 RPM

2006-12-13 Thread Chris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 11 December 2006 9:12 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:40:00 -0600 Chris wrote: Replying to myself, everything is now installed except sendmail-command which I can only find so far for 10.2 at rpm.pbone.net. Is

Re: [newbie] Re: installing amsn

2006-12-13 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:51:41 -0500 Miark got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:01:15 -0500, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:28:25 GMT John Bowden got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: last time I used gaim it was not always sending my

Re: [newbie] Boot from external usb drive (hdd, flash pen drive)

2006-12-13 Thread RickS
Nuno Ferreira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi * Hi Nuno, I have an old laptop (Armada E500) with a dual bootup (win2k, mdk10.1). Though I'm very satisfied with my setup, the hdd is too small for my current needs, so I though on buying an external hdd (usb) or usb pen disk. But, my laptop