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| 370966 | 2005-07-17 04:04:00 | Windows ME Graham. I've Googled around and tried a variety of suggestion none of which work. :( There's quite a few claiming Linux wrecked their Hard Drive. :o I thought running FDISK up to the "make active partition" might have worked but got told it was already active. :o I've got a book out of the library called "Moving From Windows to Linux" so I'd better see if they've got a counterpart "Moving back to Window" :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 370967 | 2005-07-17 04:22:00 | Do the F8 trick on your windows ME CD, and boot to DOS (Command). FDISK /MBR will see you right. ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 370968 | 2005-07-17 05:57:00 | Well done Graham, that fixed the sucker . :thumbs: :thumbs: What I don't get though is that I did that from a ME start-Up floppy and it didn't work . :confused: What's the difference between The Floppy and the CD when it comes to the fdisk /mbr command?? |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 370969 | 2005-07-17 07:17:00 | Shame Ubuntu didn't work for you with your modem. As Graham suggests, a distro which includes the kernel source on the installation CD is more helpful in cases like yours. It would of been no problem at all. You do know DSE has Mandrake disks .... ;) | Jen (38) | ||
| 370970 | 2005-07-17 07:28:00 | Um, I know for a fact TradeMe has one.. (I put it there :p) If you are interested PM me and I will pull it off for you :D |
Myth (110) | ||
| 370971 | 2005-07-17 07:47:00 | This “Kernel Source” still intrigues me Jen . It may well be on the disk for all I know, but it’s a matter of knowing how to extract it if it is there . Is there anyway to check if what’s required is on the disk? If we know it’s there we just have to find out how to recover it . Is it downloadable off the Internet? If it wasn’t for the Modem issue Ubuntu looks quite neat . After all, the Hype on the CD cover describes it as the Linux answer to XP! One could reasonably expect that if that were the case it would easily handle a PCI Modem . The other thing is the small issue of the mates’ computer that runs fedora . In the beginning, this was what started the whole saga . We’re still no closer to getting the Modem running on it . Might put the modem back there and have another try . Still seems strange that a distro advertised as being the answer to XP wont run a PCI Modem and comes minus kernel source and headers . There’s got to be something real queer here . I’ll ponder it over tea . :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 370972 | 2005-07-17 07:53:00 | I'm confused Tazz . :confused: What is it you have on Trade Me? I've a desk covered in Linux disks and PCI Modems, unfortunately I cant get any of them to work together . They all, (the modems) work on Windows . |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 370973 | 2005-07-17 07:57:00 | Ubuntu still has a way to go to be a replacement OS for XP (or 2k), IMO . My advice is, grab yourself a Mepis live CD and see if that detects the modem . It's a very similar concept to Ubuntu . except it's more mature . Or, do as Graham L suggest re Mandrake, my only reservation with that is that it is (by default) a much larger installation and not as good at hardware detection, but certainly configurable . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 370974 | 2005-07-17 08:04:00 | This “Kernel Source” still intrigues me Jen. It may well be on the disk for all I know, but it’s a matter of knowing how to extract it if it is there. Is there anyway to check if what’s required is on the disk? If we know it’s there we just have to find out how to recover it. Is it downloadable off the Internet?If you browse the disk and look at the packages, it might be called kernel-source or kernel-devel. You can download it, but you need to find the exact source version for your current running kernel version. I will take a look around the net later and see if I can find something more specific. :) The other thing is the small issue of the mates’ computer that runs fedora. In the beginning, this was what started the whole saga. We’re still no closer to getting the Modem running on it.Fedora will be easy (famous last words!). It comes with all the development tools and kernel source on the installation disks and you just need to choose to install it via the Add/Remove packages application. Just select the "Development Tools" section and click update. If your friend has already updated his kernel via up2date (or similiar package updater), then you will need to select the matching kernel-devel package for whatever kernel he has installed with up2date (you cannot use the one off the CD in that case). |
Jen (38) | ||
| 370975 | 2005-07-17 08:45:00 | I'm confused Tazz. :confused: What is it you have on Trade Me? I've a desk covered in Linux disks and PCI Modems, unfortunately I cant get any of them to work together. They all, (the modems) work on Windows.Someone suggested Mandrake 10.1.. thats what I have on TradeMe. Unfortunately I don't know of any internal modems that will help you and your mate. However, consider buying a cheap external modem.. they usually work well with Linux, and don't require a driver (well the one I bought didn't) |
Myth (110) | ||
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