Forum: Installation

Hey ! Well, I downloaded Knoppix as suggested, but for some reason I can't boot from the CD when I restart my computer, I am running XP on an...

I have an HP ze4145 laptop and installed RH9 and it just hangs onstarting pcmcia during the boot seqeunce. I don't have any pcmcia cards and just...

I have installed Mandrake 9 and i think it recognizes the 56k modem but i cant get it to work. The only serial ports in /dev are ttyS0 and ttyS4. I...

hi there I am interested in trying Linux. Is there a "mini" distribution that someone could suggest that might would run as if it were a "program"...

hey guyz, How do i remove or uninstall mysql (and php) that was installed from source? (compiled from 'make' and installed from 'make install') I...

Mandrake 9.1 powerpack. Hi, I can now set up my adsl using the alcatel speedtouch usb modem, and a dialup connection using my external hayes...

I have been planning to install Linux into my comp. The newest RedHat 9 looks exciting. But because I still need Windows sometimes (unfortunately), I...

Hello, I have found answers to some of queries doing searches, but not this one, or I missed it. Is there an icon or something that, just like in...

hey guyz, i'm kinda new to linux, and i'm having a problem on removing packages that came with the redhat installation. i'm planning on...

I was thinking about installing Linux, but need to know if it is reliable and in the end, superior over windows.

hiya Sorry if i'm being extremley dense but...... I've put red hat 9 on my pc, it's installed sweet as a nut :P , except it hasn't picked up my...

we live in New Zealand we have XP connected to the internet we have 7 computers connected to the LAN but NO WAY can we get our Mandrake Linux...

I'm having a little problem with sound on MDK9.1... I don't hear anything for some reason even though everything checks out. The drivers for my "7018...

Or is it automatically made once Gentoo's installed?

I have redhat 9.0 and i cant get any scripts i have in cgi to run. Whenever i try and go to a .cgi link then the dowload window pops up and i...

I have an Allied Data Copperjet 800 USB ADSL modem. I'm in the UK, and I'm trying to get it to work with Freeserve Broadband. I found some drivers...

Hey Guys, I was about to install linux as the second OS on my system and was hoping for some advice on which variation of Linux to go for....

Ive got my internet working, and my LAN recognises my XP computers, but I dont know how to share my internet connection, can anyone help?

Ok, so I'm playing around with my brand new shiny install of Mandrake 9.1 ... and I'm trying to figure out how to compile source code to an RPM. the...

I just did a clean install of Red Hat 9 on my main box and installed a bunch of apps and their dependencies. To make things easier for myself down...