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Trouble installing mandrake 9.2

stonefly24
I'm trying to install MD 9. 2. I'm running Windows XP pro on a P4 3,2 with RAID and a LOT of stuff. . . The installation starts normal, but when it's going in to second stage install, it freezes. Can anyone tell me what i'mn doing wrong?.
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Debian and Toshiba Sallelite S105

Fire59
I have a toshiba satellite S105 laptop and i have always want to put a debian distro on it. I really want to learn how to use debian. So far the biggest problem i ran into is xfree and my wireless network.
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Setting up Linux as SSH server

axp
Hi, I have been able to connect to other SSH servers(easily) from my Linux machine (Mandrake 9. 1), but dont know how to set up my machine to be a SSH server. I dont want to compromise any security.
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Linux Software Raid and Dual Boot

erl
I have heard that it is not possible to set up a dual boot system when using Linux Software Raid (md). Is this true? And if so, could anybody please tell me why? The reason is I have a Promise FastTrak Tx2PLus (PDC20735) quasi-hardware raid controller, with Windows and Linux installed on two SATA drives as RAID 0, ...
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Mplayer dependencies

iamroot
Whenever i try to install Mplayer, a whole long list of dependencies come out. Is there like a command that can automatically download all these files and install them form terminal. I tot i read abt it somewhere.
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my web browsers keep hanging

iamroot
I'm using red hat 9 now and whenever i use either mozilla , firefox or galeon for some time, it will hang. But when i use konquerer or opera, it doesnt hang. I was thinking that maybe its the GECKO problem with my installation.
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help on wine!!!

jarves
when i run starcraft with wine my resolution will decrease(from 1024 by 760 to 640 by 480) and my starcraft wont run!!! what shall i do??
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about mandrake 10

jarves
about mandrake 10. when i run the coomand startx, it wont run!!! i think that it really needs the disk 4. is there a way to install mandrake 10 without the disk 4 but still can run startx???.
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dual booting mandrake with winXP

inari_
new to linux,. . i want to install winXP with mandrake 10,. . i'd appreciate it if someone could give me some advice about how to not lose any OS in the process, i'll be installing both clean and formatting most of the HDs,.
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USB Problem with ABIT AT7 and Red Hat 9

Invisible A
Hello, I'm new here, and very stuck (and frustrated) with a Red Hat 9 installation problem. I've got a ABIT AT7 motherboard, which is one of those clever legacy free ones. This means I don't have a PS/2 keyboard or mouse port on the machine.
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FINALLY I AM RUNNING LINUX

kevjo_uk
This is mainly to Danleff I would just to say thank you for helping me get everything set up. My P4 had problems running linux even though i used a IDE drive so i rebuilt my old machine and am running it now with the P4 still running win XP.
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Probs with Mandrake 10 + Radeon 9600pro

blackpage
Good evening, folks I have used Mandrake 9. 1/2 with Nvidia-GFX-cards and varous mobos for quite some time, and no hardware-setup gave me any trouble. Couple of weeks ago I upgraded my machine. . .
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wine

jarves
when i try to run winword or excel using wine i get error message that goes like this: winword has not been installed for the current users, please run the setup to install the appllication. .
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Acer Aspire 1355LC Problems

nroman
Hi. . . I installed fedora on my acer. . . it was quite painless. . . then I updated the video card (VIA KM400), and the driver for the touchpad. The problem now is that when I choose to poewr down, it restarts the laptop.
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Difficulties with Mandrake 10 installation.

Moadib
Hi, I'm a newbie with Linux and I'm trying to install Mandrake 10 from the download version available on their site. I first made a mistake when copying the files, so I pretty much downloaded the whole 3gig content.
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Messaging Software for Linux

kevjo_uk
I am used to using MSN Messenger to chat to people with. NET passports what can use to carry on chatting using Mandrake Linux 9. 2 Thanks Kevjo_uk.
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Internet access with RedHat Fedora

shabat
Please help, I am using Redhat Fedora, but I cannot connect to the net. I can see the other computers in the network (using ping), but I can't connect to the Internet. When using the Public IP address of the network's email server, I am able to access the email.
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HELP!!

iamroot
I just installed the nvidia drivers for my red hat 9 installation and now i cant boot it up anymore. There will be alot of error messages appearing on my screen and i cant even boot into console mode.
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