[Linux-Anyway] Re: I give up
- From: "Meph Istopheles" <Meph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:41:07 -0700
John,
> >As it turns out, I can't even get RH 7.1 to work. Booted
once,
> > then nothing.
> >OK, so the hard drives may be bad.
> >hda (40GB). There are two Linux partitions
> >hdb (27GB) &
> >hdd (80GB) nothing on
> This was to be an all linux machine ?
Yes -- it was. And it ~was~ an all Linux box till yesterday.
I don't mind that much about running W98, as I can finally have
my games back. My domain will soon be pointed back to my Web
host's server, & I'll upload the files. Annoying, but it means I
have a working 'puter.
> What does bios say about your drives ?
Heh. The most recent bios for this 'puter can't deal with an
80GB drive, but both Linux reports the size correctly, & W98 sees
only 33GB. Oh, well -- I don't fucking care any longer. If I do
start caring, I can download a utility from the drive manufacurer
to make W98 use it all.
> Does it recognise them ?
Sure.
> Does bios recognise their size correctly ?
No. See above.
> You have your drives,
> IDE line 1 with hda+hdb , master/slave ?
> IDE line 2 with cdrom+hdd, master/slave ?
Yes. That's right.
> You attempted to install a linux OS on one of the linux
partitions on hda ?
> Did you create any other partitions for that OS, ie /home,
/swap ?
Yes. All this is moot, though.
> If you had the choice, would you prefer to have a dualboot
W98/Linux, or
> all linux box ?
Heh. I hate M$, but I can't play games in Linux. Sometime
befor July I'm buying a lap-top on which (with all that virgin
hardware) I'll go back to Linux. Everything is in stasis right
now, as I'm simply waiting to have the money to make my move to
Poland.
> During installation , especially in hardware detection(the
early
> part of the install procedure) did you receive any warning
> messages.
No. Except with RH 7.2 -- it aborts early in the installing of
packages without warning. I forget the error now.
> During the various install procedures were there any warning
> messages ?
No.
> The installer installed a bootmanager ?
Gentoo wouldn't -- regardless of drive -- I'd tried on both the
27GB & the 80GB.
> Have you tried the floppy disc you ought to of created during
the install ?
Gentoo wouoldn't make one, RH 7.1 made one, but wouldn't work.
> Do you get a linux bootloader flash screen , if so, have you
tried
> failsafe ?
Only with RH 7.1, & there is not failsafe option with that
release, except with the CD.
> There are many options available to you yet before you need to
write
> linux off.
I'm not writing Linux off, I've been a Linux user for years.
I'm only saying that I've had enough of all the hassles with all
my "outdated" hardware. Like M$, recent Linux distros don't like
the older stuff unless it works flawlessly. Minor problems which
won't effect data -- for some time, anyway -- won't cooperate.
This is all in ~my~ experience. I fully understand that I
don't know crap about 'puters, & that I'm always the one who
fucked up -- not the coders who created this or that OS or app.
I'll get over it.
> The reason I ask about dual booting with W98(which you
obviously
> are familliar with) is that it is surprisingly easy to install
a linux OS
> together with windblows, and then at least you do have a
working
> OS for the time being, plus if you find yourself in a position
where
> you are having problems getting a piece of equipement to work,
and
> you may need for instance to import a file via that device
then you
> can import it in W98 and transfer it across to linux.
Oh, I know. And I will have to dual-boot to move the files
stored on the ext2 drive to a vfat to get my files. All I'm
saying is, for the time being, I'll endure Windows. I hate it,
but it's a painful reality -- unless I want to waste many more
days just trying to get my old hardware to work adaquately.
In addition, with W98 -- guess what? I get to use the
horrendously expensive burner I'd bought a couple of years ago as
a burner. The only Linux OS I find claiming to support it is
gentoo, but, of course, I can't get gentoo to work on this
dinosaur.
Anyone want to discuss the actual questions I'd put in my
post...?
Meph
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IBM = I Blame Microsoft.
WINDOWS = Will Install Needless Data On Whole System.
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