Hi, well, there is a way out of MS windows. It can be a painful and slow one, but I think worth trying for those not wanting that stuff. The first time you...
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kent.vahlen@...
Dec 1, 2000 11:06 am
hi i am trying install red hat on my laptop. boot on cd. I start good but after i choose install mod the laptop are haning. Do some have som new way to go...
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Tony Molloy
tony.molloy@...
Dec 1, 2000 12:10 pm
Hi all, Just to say that here ( University of Limerick ) we can buy machines from DELL Ireland without the great virus being pre-installed. We have to include...
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Richard Simpson
rsimpson@...
Dec 1, 2000 1:25 pm
... When I bought my 7500 a few weeks ago I asked about getting it with Linux installed. Since I am in the UK, it also came from Dell Ireland. The sales guy...
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Art Delano
adelano@...
Dec 1, 2000 2:20 pm
... Don't rule out the Dell Factory Outlet, either. It sells refurbished systems for reasonable prices (my Inspiron 3800 was bought for $1499 from there in...
1617
ashley_pond@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:04 pm
there is a difference between not knowing and not caring because another monolith has made life simpler that way... seriously folks, there are several...
1618
ashley_pond@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:28 pm
be very careful not to confuse issues here. the issue is not "how to get less with less", the issue is "how to get rid of both the LINUX stupidity and the MSFT...
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Art Delano
adelano@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:59 pm
... That's not true. The 30-day policy only covers full refund for hardware return for defective merchandise. The warranty is otherwise identical to the new...
1620
Johnnie Dunberg
dunberg@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:27 pm
Hi.. I want to buy more memory for my laptop but buying memory from dell is really expensive. Four times more expensive (sometimes) than for Toshiba. Is it...
1621
Tarun Anand
tarun_anand@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:47 pm
Well, I am a linux newbie and I was having the same problem. I have just installed the barebones version without X windows/GNOME etc. Also, the version of...
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Richard Simpson
rsimpson@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:23 pm
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000, you wrote: I recently got some new memory for my i7500 from Crucial (www.crucial.com) and was very pleased with the price and the ease of...
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jah jhah
w4n@...
Dec 1, 2000 8:32 pm
Does anyone have a working XF86Config file and info for a CPxJ650? Regards, w4n...
1624
spitz@...
Dec 2, 2000 12:10 am
After a long and painful saga trying to get this information from Dell, Linxcare and Redhat, all without success, I would appreciate it if someone would email...
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Ralph@...
Dec 2, 2000 1:36 am
Using the ppp.o for Linux 2.2.16 from Christoph Hebeisen's web site www.heby.de/computer/ltmodem I was able to get RedHat 7 to successfully connect to my ATT...
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Rob Yale
robyale@...
Dec 2, 2000 4:45 am
I'm using an Inspiron 4000 (that I just succeeded in installing RH 7 on) and I'd love to be able to eliminate that obnoxious click-by-tapping feature on the...
1627
ddurbin@...
Dec 2, 2000 12:17 pm
I am attempting an install from scratch, no dual boot. Settings are to read bootable media from floppy, then CDROM, then HD. Red Hat 6.1 CDROM shows start...
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Richard Simpson
rsimpson@...
Dec 2, 2000 2:26 pm
... Get the touchpad driver from http://compass.com/synaptics. Mind you, the version I downloaded (which I think is the latest) doesn't seem to come with any...
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Shane O'Donnell
shaneo@...
Dec 2, 2000 2:28 pm
When I bought my Inspiron 3800, a 128MB memory stick was close to $250 through Dell. I opted for the same stick from Crucial Technologies for $116 plus...
1630
Vance Wheelock
vance@...
Dec 2, 2000 4:29 pm
Well this sounds more like you should be setting it up with the text install rather then the Graphics install. You can supposedly do a graphics install by...
1631
Roberto Cariggi
acgt@...
Dec 2, 2000 6:44 pm
Hi guys maybe my problem is uncommon I have a DELL notebook (latitude CPx) with 2 HD the standard internal HD one and another (in the modular bay). Windows is...
1632
ddurbin@...
Dec 2, 2000 8:23 pm
... That solved the problem! Thanks....
1633
leonard@...
Dec 3, 2000 1:53 pm
I have a 5000e running rh7 and I'm having the same issue. I've tried all versions of r128_drv.o and combinations with the XF86Configs available from the...
1634
Carsten Borchardt
Carsten.Borchardt@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:34 pm
... i use the mandrake rpm's on a redhat 7 system - works fine. there was only a small problem with starting up the x-font-server, i had to change one line in...
1635
Rob Yale
robyale@...
Dec 3, 2000 11:43 pm
Hello, I created an extra partition when I installed RH 7 on my Inspiron 4000, and I'm unable to mount it. I get a somewhat ambiguous error message that ...
1636
Vance Wheelock
vance@...
Dec 4, 2000 12:38 am
... You did execute a mkfs.msdos on it correct? I'm asking if you formatted it? See question 3 below though especially because you want it to be a FAt-32...
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Vance Wheelock
vance@...
Dec 4, 2000 12:47 am
One minor correction to my last message. If you do use the mkfs.msdos make sure you use the "-F 32" option to make it a Fat-32 partition. man mkfs.msdos for...
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Rob Yale
robyale@...
Dec 4, 2000 1:26 am
Thanks Vance, it worked brilliantly! Rob...
1639
leonard@...
Dec 4, 2000 3:53 am
Thanks -- it was the vga= in lilo.conf that did the trick... ... tried ... perfectly". ... not, ... for ... had. ... support....
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Vance Wheelock
vance@...
Dec 4, 2000 4:48 am
Does anyone have a Dell Inspiron 8000 besides me yet? If so, do you have all video modes working? (not just 1400x1050) If so, how is it that you did it? (exact...
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Martijn van der Valk
m.vandervalk@...
Dec 4, 2000 10:00 am
Hi all, Please accept my apologies if this has been asked and answered before... I own a Dell Inspiron 3800. (How) can I setup my X server such that it will...
