Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:06 am
Yeah, considering most distros are free.
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:26 am
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:36 am
Do you have a point buried somewhere in that pile of crap?
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:41 am
Um.. issues.. any "nix gurus" around still?
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:56 am
Around.SOAPboy wrote:Um.. issues.. any "nix gurus" around still?
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:07 am
Mabye not ATM, but I have my brother on stand by most times. He's been a dedicated Linux user for quite some time now. He's one of the mods of the linux forum over at gfxOasis. I can hit him up or maybe get him to come over here.SOAPboy wrote:Um.. issues.. any "nix gurus" around still?
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:07 am
Well.. i installed fedora 3 onto my D:\ and it fucks up my MBR..
anyways.. basicly, it wont boot at all after i install. have to break out XP disk, fixmbr fixboot and start over.. were trying something really quick (sigh install #3) if it dont work ill report back.. hopefully youll still be here
anyways.. basicly, it wont boot at all after i install. have to break out XP disk, fixmbr fixboot and start over.. were trying something really quick (sigh install #3) if it dont work ill report back.. hopefully youll still be here
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:16 am
You put your boot manager on the mbr? you might be better off using some other 3rd party boot manager if you have probs. i think lilo is kinda cuntish.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:17 am
Dude for a first install you might want to try Mandrake just to get the feel. No hassle with the mbr. Pretty well set up GUI. Still takes a bit of getting used to but minimal hardware issues and LILO works great. Beginners yeah but I had relatively zero problems installing and running. Fixing to go to Arch Linux myself.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:19 am
Using Grub..DooMer wrote:You put your boot manager on the mbr? you might be better off using some other 3rd party boot manager if you have probs. i think lilo is kinda cuntish.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:20 am
well i used to run redhat in college, and well fedora = redhat for the most part..scourge34 wrote:Dude for a first install you might want to try Mandrake just to get the feel. No hassle with the mbr. Pretty well set up GUI. Still takes a bit of getting used to but minimal hardware issues and LILO works great. Beginners yeah but I had relatively zero problems installing and running. Fixing to go to Arch Linux myself.
might end up biting the bullet and downloading that 2 fucking gig dvd tho..
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:26 am
Ahh, I see. Never messed with Grub. Lilo always worked great for me even with a triple boot. Tried getting a hold of my brother, he seems to be asleep.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:27 am
well i keep reading that the /boot needs to be on the same parition as my windows install.. for some reason i think i can get around that.. is there any GOOD 3rd party loaders? because honestly, its getting installed, its just not booting..scourge34 wrote:Ahh, I see. Never messed with Grub. Lilo always worked great for me even with a triple boot. Tried getting a hold of my brother, he seems to be asleep.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:52 am
ok.. so it didnt work..
question.. anyone know a good boot manager?
thats free.
question.. anyone know a good boot manager?
thats free.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:05 am
and nevermind.. it couldnt find nix.. so im resizing C now.. wo
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:07 am
Woot.. posting from Fedora.. WOOOO
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:49 am
Unf.. and the nvidia driver thrashed my install.. good fuckin game..
if anyone has ANY idea how to get my 6800GT working in Fedora/redhat please post.. im going to bed as of now, but im gonna try again tomorrow..
oh and if anyone has a RPM package or RUN package for redhat/fedora that would be just peachy.. unf man this has been a ride so far..
thank god nix distros install fast..
oh, and i ended up having to use a boot manager.. and honestly, im happy about it.. soooo much nicer than that stupid black and white screen..
if anyone has ANY idea how to get my 6800GT working in Fedora/redhat please post.. im going to bed as of now, but im gonna try again tomorrow..
oh and if anyone has a RPM package or RUN package for redhat/fedora that would be just peachy.. unf man this has been a ride so far..
thank god nix distros install fast..
oh, and i ended up having to use a boot manager.. and honestly, im happy about it.. soooo much nicer than that stupid black and white screen..
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:54 am
I was gonna use Linux once, but then got worried because it had an X in the title. I'm now using XP instead.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:55 am
be stupid else where..o'dium wrote:I was gonna use Linux once, but then got worried because it had an X in the title. I'm now using XP instead.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:56 am
Dont slit your wrists.SOAPboy wrote:be stupid else where..o'dium wrote:I was gonna use Linux once, but then got worried because it had an X in the title. I'm now using XP instead.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:00 am
Fucko'dium wrote:Dont slit your wrists.SOAPboy wrote:be stupid else where..o'dium wrote:I was gonna use Linux once, but then got worried because it had an X in the title. I'm now using XP instead.
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Normally i find your idiotic trolling amusing, but now its just being plain ignorant..
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:08 am
As a concerned member of the interweb, i was just asking you not to do it is all. No need to get angreh.SOAPboy wrote:Fucko'dium wrote:Dont slit your wrists.SOAPboy wrote: be stupid else where..
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Normally i find your idiotic trolling amusing, but now its just being plain ignorant..
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:22 am
So, what do you nerds use Linux for? The only thing I can think of is perhaps for running a webserver, but why the fuck would you want to boot your server from a CD?
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:40 am
you can steal password-hashes.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:55 am
OH SHIT! You just got owned, SOAPboy!!! (For real)o'dium wrote:Dont slit your wrists.SOAPboy wrote:be stupid else where..o'dium wrote:I was gonna use Linux once, but then got worried because it had an X in the title. I'm now using XP instead.