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DOUGHBOY6
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25. July 2006 @ 10:59 |
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ok this is da problem, i got a Dell dimension desktop 4400 from my friend (it windows has viruses up da @$$), so i wanna get linux on it, the problem is when i pop in a linux live cd it just goes to thte menue wich it askes choose os, the choices windows xp home edition, and windows ex home edition, i go to one it says its messed up and i go the the other and and it boots, it has a worm i think files keep dissapearing, i poped in anti virus and it doses't ditect the disc...it ditects da drive, when i put a audio cd it shows the music thing on the drive but won't play it... i'm gettin off track so idk what to do...i changed the cd-drive but the same thing happed
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dolphin2
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26. July 2006 @ 04:02 |
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What distribution of Linux are you using?
Did you boot from the CD into Linux and then try to install it?
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DOUGHBOY6
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26. July 2006 @ 11:27 |
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well i tried diffent live cd's, then i pop in the suse linux 10.0 (free version) and it just goes the black screen with white text saying choose operating system,just like there isn't a cd in it at all, and there both windows, the options. so it dosen't boot the disc at all, i checked out the bios and that didn't help at all. so i'm already thinking about just dump the dell and build a brand new computer.
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27. July 2006 @ 12:53 |
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In dell`s bios (at least my mothers machine) you have to check out hard disk and floppy and leave only cd for boot. I just installed Suse on it. Works fine.
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DOUGHBOY6
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27. July 2006 @ 23:13 |
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hey yeah ur right it did boot, but the problem is that i think the pc dosen't match da system requirements for suse. it has 128 mb of RAM and has a 1.0 ghz intel pentuim 4 proceccor (not hyper threatneing) and to also throw in how old it has windows xp sp1 no service pack 2 but i still apertiat da help...when i poped in the first disc of suse 10.0 it had the welcome thing then it asked...boot forom hard disc, install, install asp (idk), install safe, memory test and, rocovery. i did memory test but that took like 10 minuts so i just said f*** it, and whent to install, then after that the screen whent black and the comupter just cept running but the screen whent to standbuy :( so i'm guessing i need more RAM or a better CPU, most likely da RAM
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28. July 2006 @ 02:19 |
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DOUGHBOY6
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28. July 2006 @ 12:21 |
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Yeah thx man, i'm gonna think about it suse wich its gonna cost me like $50 for a 512mb, or just go with vector.
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28. July 2006 @ 15:56 |
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Vector works, but if you get more ram go to Suse. It`s greate really!!!
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DOUGHBOY6
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28. July 2006 @ 20:09 |
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k i'm gonna buy some more ram...then i'm probably gonna buy suse with firewall and other stuff so that'll probably take me a few weeks to get $100 for RAM and SUSE. will it be worth paying for?...suse i mean.
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28. July 2006 @ 23:21 |
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dolphin2
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29. July 2006 @ 13:10 |
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k i'm gonna buy some more ram...then i'm probably gonna buy suse with firewall and other stuff so that'll probably take me a few weeks to get $100 for RAM and SUSE. will it be worth paying for?...suse i mean.
IMHO, no. There are many other distrubutions of Linux that are the same or better than SUSE without having to pay for them.
Why are you set on SUSE?
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DOUGHBOY6
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29. July 2006 @ 15:35 |
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idk, i guess i just trust it, my school uses the novell windows client for thier login and LAN system it's pretty stable...most of the time. and i'm intersted of makeing my own file network for home and see if i can a WAN...i'm into it b/c of the networking. pluse that was the first linux i've tried, i tried fedora...i didn't really like it, the feel of it. btw when i tried suse it was only for a couple of weeks then i got rid if b/c it took half of my pc and didn't like the dual boot so i'm useing it on this old dell.
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29. July 2006 @ 16:53 |
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DOUGHBOY6
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29. July 2006 @ 17:20 |
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already took it like a couple months b4 i've even got da dell...suse man that's what came up
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DOUGHBOY6
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1. August 2006 @ 12:46 |
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Ok, i got my 512 MB ram today and i plugged it in and i popped in suse but it just did the same thing :(. so I'm gonna try another distribution now, probably ubuntu.
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2. August 2006 @ 14:51 |
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DOUGHBOY6
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3. August 2006 @ 09:31 |
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cool thanks,
...no problem, cut the text chat
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3. August 2006 @ 10:46 |
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thanks..
@dolphin2 - i just tried that test (good test, am going to have to remember that one), and... it recommended i use Mandriva. Gave me a chuckle as that's been my fave distro for quite a few years :)
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dolphin2
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3. August 2006 @ 13:09 |
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@DOUGHBOY6
Is it possible you have a bad disc? Did you download and burn it yourself? I usually burn my ISO's at 24X any faster could lead to errors. What speed did you burn at?
@creaky
Yes, it's short, sweet and simple. Plus, it gives good results.
I was going to try Mandriva but I don't like the idea of having to pay for the "club".
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3. August 2006 @ 13:19 |
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you don't need to join the club; i've been using it since 8.1, so been using/messing with Mandrake/Mandriva since something like 2001.
you really should try it out, i've even revived an old Celeron PC for my Ma which we have in the kitchen, i put Mandriva 2006 on there with a Linksys wireless PCI card, it's awesome. just looking on eBay now for some P3 pc's to get for a couple more distros, like Ubuntu and DSL (Damn Small Linux) (or Arch Linux instead of DSL Linux)
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dolphin2
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3. August 2006 @ 14:16 |
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I thought if you didn't join the club you didn't get all the updates as they are released. Also, you don't get the latest software versions (without downloading them yourself).
I'm currently testing PCLinuxOS. It's in Beta but very stable.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/news.php
I'm also keeping a close eye on VideoLinux (it's in Alpha stage. Going to be a good system for movies!)
http://videolinux.net/news.php
Ever heard of them?
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4. August 2006 @ 01:25 |
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I've got an old PCLinuxOS cd somewhere, didn't think much of it if i remember, but as i say it was ages ago so probably a real early version. haven't come across videolinux. just looking thru www.distrowatch.com gives me a headache as there's about 6 million distro's out there.
edit- shows how long since i tried PCLinuxOS, forgot it was based on Mandrake.
as to Mandriva, not being in the club simply means you can't download the latest and greatest version when it comes out - it's just a way for club members to feel priviliged, us meer mortals just wait 'til it's made available for download, then burn our own ISO's :)
i did buy one version once, 8.1 back in 2001 or whenever, and if i recall correctly than entitled us to 90 days support. Never needed it and since then have always fixed stuff myself and downloaded most different versions as they come out. I say most as some versions were awful (and i don't use the 'community' versions either, i wait for 'official' versions).
As to updates, you can just chop and change your update sources via something like this - http://easyurpmi.zarb.org. I look for updates every day, there's updates most days.
We used Mandriva 8.1 in our Production environment at work, it ran an Oracle database and had an uptime of just over a year before we decommisioned it. 8.1 was great, as was 9.1 (9.0 wasn't), 10.0 was ok i think, 10.1 was great, then i skipped 2005.0 and went straight to 2006.0. Not that i love Mandriva or anything :)
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DOUGHBOY6
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4. August 2006 @ 14:22 |
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@ dolphin, no it can't be a bad burn, they are the same disc i used to install to my gateway (i don't like this comp, and don't recomend this brand) and it worked perfectly fine, on the dell i don't know what's wrong.
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4. August 2006 @ 14:33 |
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you just need to go into the BIOS and enable booting from cd
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