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You'll need to do a few things in order to get a dual system working properly.

The most important thing is to install you boot loader into the master boot record or else you'll never be able to boot the second OS.

Always install any Microsost OS first, Windows always formats the master boot ...

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Yeah, load the proper module (not sure what it is), then mount the partition with:

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/c_drive -t ntfs -o ro

Just replace the partition number and mount point with the proper ones for your system. If all works well, you can edit /etc/fstab so that the partition is automatically ...

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You'll need to load the proper kernel modules before mounting the actual file system.

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Hey everybody, long time eh?

I've been running Debian for some time now. Recently I've upgraded my machine to a P4 3Ghz system w/1.5GB of RAM running on a 120GB SATA HD along with a 128MB Radeon 9200 :D

I've installed Sarge (it's in a frozen state of development and soon to be released as stable ...

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Hey brownsfan, before you hack up a storm within bash hell read up a little :D

The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide

Also, RedHat has a handfull of user support email list that might interrest you.

Red Hat Technical Mailing Lists

Linux has a large learning curve to it, more so ...

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That's right, it's now official. Linux can run on any un-modified XBOX game console.

The XBOX security infrastructure has been completely cracked by Linux geeks.

At first, you could manipulate a saved game on a memory card to boot Linux without the need of a modchip. Now, it is possible to use the ...

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You could always use Lynx to browse SUSE's ftp server and download newer X packages. If you where using Debian you could just use apt to install and configure the latest X packages.

ANother method would be to edit XF86Config-4 and temporarily use the ati driver for your video card.

ALways ...

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I'm glad to see that your finally getting a hint of what a proper Linux system can do :D

Just curious, why did you create a primary Fat32 partition with cfdisk, then later delete it and created a primary and extended Fat32 from the Win98 boot disk?

You could have skipped a few steps by using ...

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If you want to be able to access your CD drive add your user to the cdrom group in /etc/group. You'll need to logout and then back into your host for the changes to take affect.

In order to use your ZIP drive (assuming it's an IDE one) you'll need to enable SCSI emulation in the kernel. Usually ...

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Morphix is another Debian based Linux-Live CD. It's got several different iso's that you can choose from: gamming, lightGUI, heavyGUI and KDE.

I recomended Knoppix because I have never tried Morphix yet, but maybe the gamming iso would be better for your kids.

Let me know how it turns out.

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You can't access the CD drive because you don't have the proper permissions to do so. The ZIP drive won't work untill you configure the kernel to recognize it.

Subscribe to the mandrake user mailling list and ask for more help there. The people on that list are good at breaking newbies, I know from ...

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Glad to hear that your finally making the big switch Tony! Hopefully, I'll be able to brainwash Norm as well :D The dosmaster will fall!!!

ANyway, as far as boot loaders go:

LILO -> Linux Loader, can be configured to dual boot Linux with Windows (9x/ME/XP/NT/2k) and the BSD's, but it's main ...

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Okay, if you want to try linux out I recomend that you burn a copy of Knoppix . It's a fully functional Debian based distro that run's completely from a compressed filesystem on a CD-ROM.

I you like it (it's got all of the same software as any other Linux distro) you can install it on your ...

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Debian is the best to learn from. I say that because the majority of their utilities are still command line driven. Not only that, but they are also very strict about the content of their distro and how it is organized.

It's easy to install, upgrade or compile software on Debian. They're still the ...

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Anything over a 233MHz CPU is plenty of power for any Linux distro!

I have to warn you, Linux is not a windows replacement, it's a windows alternative. Big difference. If you want to install Linux to play movies and run games your probly better off installing WIndows 95 or 98 on that laptop.

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Konquerer is very light and supports the latest HTML specs and netscape compatible plugins. I have used Dillo. It is very fast and very small, but it lacks many features which makes a webbrowser complete. (it does'nt even support tables)

BTW, Slackware is harder to use then Debian

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Run either Enlightenment and KDE or OpenBOX and KDE. Very light setup.

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http://www.linux-laptop.net/

Search the database for a howto on your specific model. Personally, I recomend Debian. It's light, stable and secure.

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As your turn your computer on hit delete to enter the BIOS menu, in there their should be some sort of power management features. Disable all of them. Save and quit. Boot Linux and edit /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf, hash out (#) the lines that contain apm . Save the configuration files, then ...

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Originally posted by Sid
Been looking at the pdf for qmail.... Not newbie friendly at all. I'll give the exim a look.
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Thanks guys. BTW I let the system set for a few hrs last night and when I got back to it, it had some screen saver on and would not wake up. Had to hit the reset button, any ...

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Exim is another replacement for sendmail. I found it easy to configure, comes stock with Debian, works well.

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Konqueror is lighter and compatible with all of the same plugins as Mozilla. Konqueror is also the basis for Mac OS X's new browser.

BTW, if you find that KDE is running a little heavy use a different window manager like OpenBOX

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Use either Debian GNU/Linux or OpenBSD. Preferbly Debian, OpenBSD is harder to upgrade and their packet filter is still seing heavy development.

You can use OpenSSH or webadmin to access a UNIX host via a network connection. SSH is what a UNIX user would use and webmin is what a Windows user would ...

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I've never dealt with PCMCIA devices or even wireless LAN. But I did manage to find a few links of interrest from google:

HOWTO Wireless Linksys WPC11

Link-sys WPC11 Mini-HOWTO

Unfortunetly, it looks like you'll need to recompile the kernel for this. However, there is some Debian packages ...

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Unless you've encountered a serious bug in your motherboards BIOS an upgrade is not recomended.

For one, if your upgrade fails your motherboard will no longer boot.

Also, you should always backup your previous version of your motherboard's BIOS before attempting an upgrade.

That way if you ...

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As ar as I know, Seimens wireless cards aren't supported.

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/

http://www.linuxhq.com/ldp/howto/Hardwa ... O/nic.html

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It a sign from the great Linux god, REdHat and Mandrake suck!!

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Don't forget to read the installation manual:

Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 For Intel x86

There's plenty of other documentation available on Debian's web site. Don't be shy, subscribe yourself to the Debian-User mailling list to get envolved in the community :D

Here's a list of a few Debian ...

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Install Debian, the stable branch of development will run fine on a p120, Debian only needs a minimum of 12MB of RAM and 110MB of disk space!

The BSD's need to run a lot of software under Linux emulation to get a decent desktop.

Use the enlightenment window manager, you can use enlightenment along ...

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You need to wipe the existing MBR off the HDD, you can use the inferior WIndows partition utility to accomplish this:

fdisk /mbr

Read:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=69013

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The don't need to pay for anything when your running a GNU system. THere's always a equivelent program for free:

GNU Stuff:

http://www.openantivirus.org/

http://clamav.elektrapro.com/

http://jvirus.sourceforge.net/ :D

Freeware:

http://www.pandasoftware.com/com/linux/linux.asp

I have ...

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If your running Debian and want the security of OpenBSD take a look into Trusted Debian and Gibraltar Firewall .

Just add their deb sources to your list and apt-get dist-upgrade.

The BSD's are okay, but they have less hardware and user support then Linux does, just something to think about :D ...

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In UNIX there's these things that they call man pages, once you read them you gain this thing called knowledge

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In Linux, you can tweak SAMBA to transfer a little faster:

Use these global settings

socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192 IPTOS_LOWDELAY

Sometimes, a lower setting like 4096 might work a little better, read the samba manual for more...

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Here's the first place you should look, you actually can read it on your computer by typing " man bash "

Then again, if you drink a lot of coffee and don't have much to do you could always read these:

Bash Reference Manual

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

Also, IBM has got a Linux Zone that has ...

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Well, if you know how to stop and stop services, edit configuration files, and configure a network device from the command line SlackWare would be easy.

You can also install X with a lightweight windowmanager (blackbox, enlightenment, WIndowMaker). I've done that on a 486-66, ran fine, just don't ...

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All the more reason not to run NT on it. NT is too bloated and too resource hungry for an old 486.

I would recomend that you install FreeDOS on it. FreeDOS has several GUI's for it, the most popular one is SEAL .

You can also network FreeDOS and use it in a Microsoft Network.

If FreeDOS isn't ...

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Fibre optic is like 6 bucks per foot. It's the connectors and the manpower involved terminating it that's costly.

You would want to install multimode fibre, account for 80% growth in your network. Get an electrical contractor to install some PVC conduit between your buildings, I would recomend at ...

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http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/

Cool site that details the introduction of the PC. They even got a nice article on the introduction of WIndows among others.

I managed to find some nice pics of my first Atari PC. I had one of them when I was between 5-6 years old :D They got board pics ...

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BeOS never had support for a lot of hardware, only the generic stuff. The problem in the free OS world is that Linux steals all of the top developpers. That's why Linux has got so many apps and is ported to several different platforms.

If your into other OSes but not Linux or BSD try QNX .

You ...

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