Forum: Installation

I am a newbie to Linux and I plan on installing YellowDog Linux on my iMac 233 MHz G3 with 160 MB of memory. I'm just sick of Mac OS locking up and...

i cannot load the module for my firewire controller by using "modprobe ohci1394". dmesg gives me this output ohci1394: $Rev: 693 $ Ben Collins...

I am attempting to get SuSe 8.1 running on my Dell Inspiron 8200. The laptop has a CDRW/DVD-ROM combo drive that comes up as mounted 9 times. How can...

Has anyone successfully used an IDE controller card with RH6.2? If so, which chipset was on the card? I checked the hardware list on TLDP, but it...

Ok I decided to go with mandrake instead of Redhat. I got the boot disk set up and I can get to the install screen but when it says "loading program...

Hi all, I would like to use my Apacer handydrive (USB memory stick) on RedHat 8.0. I have searched the RedHat site and www.google.nl/linux for...

someones having a go....... :roll:

i downloaded the cygwin and installed it on win xp, on my ibm laptop, after the installation is over, i tryed to run it but i only get like a dos...

This is a very general question, from a newbie. I was just wondering what possible difference in features could you have between different...

well i just want to know if there is any software that might be installed on xp and that can give u some of linux tools and apperance i would...

I can't eject the CD by pressing the eject button or by right clicking and pressing eject. When I click the details to find out why, it said umount:...

Well, after lurking, reading, trying to pick up as much knowledge as possible, I am still swimmin in a sea of confusion. For someone fairly new to...

I am using RH 8.0 right now, and a very newbie at Linux. I installed RH 8.0, which 'kernel' or whatever I don't know. Just whatever was on the...

I recently purchased Linux Suse 8.1 from Ebay. The purchase included 7 CDs with one bootable. I have Power Quest so the hard drive is partitioned...

I am installing Redhat 8.0 onto my server machine. I downloaded all of the i336 images from an FTP and burned them onto a bootable cdrom. When I...

I'm having a hard time booting Mandrake 9.0 after installing Promise Ultra ATA/133 Controller. This IDE controller controls my DVD and CD-RW players,...

I'm a newbie in linux, I have a disk driver for my soundcard but I dont know how to install it, my soundcard installer cd has a directory called...

Hi, what is the command to open the .login file. and where can i find this file under the root user thank you

I have a 20 Gb had-drive that was running Windows 98 (just fine). I decided to completely rid myself and my family of Windows once and for all and...

Trying to install Mandrake 9.0 on an HP Pavilion ze4200 (laptop). During the install process the keyboard works fine, and during the boot menu the...