Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-26 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:57:20 -0700 Cameron MacDonald got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Turns out there was something wrong with the hald and dbus RPMs from SoS. I knew it!!! Not to jinx anything, but since I removed the SOS version of dbus (which somehow managed to stick around

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-26 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 26 October 2006 20:17, JoeHill wrote: including installing a newer kernel, and finding that it had rewritten LILO so that the only entries were for the SOS kernel, leaving me with very few easy options at the time Now that sounds like a top PEBCAK case to me. -- Good luck, HarM

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-26 Thread Dan LaBine
JoeHill wrote: Nothing against Hawkwind, but I have had negative experiences with SOS RPM's in the past, including installing a newer kernel, and finding that it had rewritten LILO so that the only entries were for the SOS kernel, leaving me with very few easy options at the time (I know better

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-26 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:54:41 -0400 Dan LaBine got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Who,...Me? Dan L. Whaddaya have a script that beeps you when your name's mentioned or something? ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 +++ I'm a fraud - a poor, lazy, sexy fraud.

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-26 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:47:52 +0200 H.J.Bathoorn got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Now that sounds like a top PEBCAK case to me. I know, it's Joe, but I swear, all I did was install the kernel and run 'lilo'. Call me crazy, but that should **never** delete the other kernel entries.

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-26 Thread Cameron MacDonald
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:57:20 -0700 Cameron MacDonald got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Turns out there was something wrong with the hald and dbus RPMs from SoS. I knew it!!! Not to jinx anything, but since I removed the SOS version of dbus (which somehow managed

[newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-25 Thread Owen Berio
I don't know how to access the files on my external hard drive? I am a newbie novice so suggestions need to be on a elementary level. Here is what I find in the Mandriva 2006.0 Linux Control Center Hardware Detected Hardware Hard Disk sda Vender: Cypress Semicondurctor Corp.

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-25 Thread Ian
On Thursday 26 October 2006 20:28, Owen Berio wrote: I don't know how to access the files on my external hard drive? I am a newbie novice so suggestions need to be on a elementary level. Here is what I find in the Mandriva 2006.0 Linux Control Center Go into Devices (on your desktop), all

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-25 Thread Owen Berio
Thanks Ian, This is what I found in the desktop Devices folder Devices / Konqueror CD-Rom (hdc) CD-Rom (hdd) Floppy (fd0) Local Network Network Samba Shares Kooka Cannon Inc. Kooka Cannon Inc. Ian wrote: On Thursday 26 October 2006 20:28, Owen Berio wrote: I don't know how to access the

Re: Possible SPAM (2): Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2006-10-25 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 26 October 2006 22:13, Owen Berio wrote: Thanks Ian, This is what I found in the desktop Devices folder Devices / Konqueror CD-Rom (hdc) CD-Rom (hdd)   Floppy (fd0) Local Network Network Samba Shares Kooka Cannon Inc. Kooka Cannon Inc. try disconnecting and rhen