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« Reply #30 on: May 04, 2008, 02:11:37 AM »
 It worked !  The reformat to EXT2 W/ the boot flag .  Now to get the network configured on it.
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« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2008, 07:48:10 AM »
Quote from: mudmanc4 on May 04, 2008, 02:11:37 AM
It worked !  The reformat to EXT2 W/ the boot flag .  Now to get the network configured on it.

Why did you go with something so old like EXT2 and not 3?
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« Reply #32 on: May 04, 2008, 09:49:31 AM »
Quote from: dlewis23 on May 04, 2008, 07:48:10 AM
Why did you go with something so old like EXT2 and not 3?
That's what worked lol , although there weren't very many programs installed, including  the network configure  :haha:  I'll try ext3 today.
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« Reply #33 on: May 06, 2008, 10:41:33 AM »
If it works why "Fix" it? cheesy cheesy
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« Reply #34 on: May 06, 2008, 03:28:23 PM »
Quote from: Dark06 on May 06, 2008, 10:41:33 AM
If it works why "Fix" it? cheesy cheesy
Yeah, true, but many time using the newer partition will increase read write speeds, security, compatibility, among other things. But very true either way.
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« Reply #35 on: May 06, 2008, 03:51:21 PM »
Put Mandriva on my new notebook,but it a little buggy,so I am now going to download Kubuntu and try it out. Is there any advanage going with the 64-bit version or should I stay with the 32-bit version.
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« Reply #36 on: May 08, 2008, 03:05:27 PM »
Quote from: dlewis23 on April 20, 2008, 07:26:29 AM
F#@& Ubuntu. I hate that F#@&en thing. Everything on it is done in such a noobish way on there.

Go with opensuse (my fav) or centos.

suse 11 is coming out in about 60 days, and it looks really good, from what ive seen so far.  Suse has this sweet thing called YaST which is a kick ass installer and config tool for it. So no more command line installs  evil6

out of all of them centos is probably the most stable. I dumped RHEL from all my boxes after the first of the year, and switched to centos and wont look back. Ive had one box for 79 days, and its been up for 78 of them with out a restart. I never did that with rhel

i dont even have it an say Ubuntu, because its the cool thing

mind the language BOY Razz
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« Reply #37 on: May 08, 2008, 03:40:11 PM »
Quote from: Buntz on May 06, 2008, 03:51:21 PM
Put Mandriva on my new notebook,but it a little buggy,so I am now going to download Kubuntu and try it out. Is there any advanage going with the 64-bit version or should I stay with the 32-bit version.

 I would stay with the 32 bit. Seems the 64 bit has problems with some software just like xp. I would surff the kubuntu forums and see what problems they are having. I am almost sure they have a special forum over there just for the 64 bit. I almost put it on til I saw the issues the 64 bit had. Just decided to stay with the 32 bit. Sadly the pc world both windows and lynux are just not ready for 64 bit. Just my 2 cents
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« Reply #38 on: May 08, 2008, 05:21:24 PM »
Quote from: ninjageek on May 08, 2008, 03:40:11 PM
I would stay with the 32 bit. Seems the 64 bit has problems with some software just like xp. I would surff the kubuntu forums and see what problems they are having. I am almost sure they have a special forum over there just for the 64 bit. I almost put it on til I saw the issues the 64 bit had. Just decided to stay with the 32 bit. Sadly the pc world both windows and lynux are just not ready for 64 bit. Just my 2 cents

Thanks for the reply. I am still using Mandriva. The bug I was getting in Firefox has disappeared. I am now trying to figure out how to get my Broadcom wireless to work.
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« Reply #39 on: May 08, 2008, 05:52:38 PM »
Quote from: Buntz on May 08, 2008, 05:21:24 PM
Thanks for the reply. I am still using Mandriva. The bug I was getting in Firefox has disappeared. I am now trying to figure out how to get my Broadcom wireless to work.
NDIS Wrapper , or the broadcom one , depending on your card.
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« Reply #40 on: May 08, 2008, 06:10:24 PM »
Quote from: mudmanc4 on May 08, 2008, 05:52:38 PM
NDIS Wrapper , or the broadcom one , depending on your card.

ndiswrapper is not working for me. I keep getting a error.  [unable to find the diswrapper interface ] I have it check off in the software management, is there something else I have to do.
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« Reply #41 on: May 08, 2008, 06:11:48 PM »
Quote from: Buntz on May 08, 2008, 06:10:24 PM
ndiswrapper is not working for me. I keep getting a error.  [unable to find the diswrapper interface ]
That tells me you have another module installed. This is not the first one you tried is it.
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« Reply #42 on: May 08, 2008, 06:14:55 PM »
Quote from: mudmanc4 on May 08, 2008, 06:11:48 PM
That tells me you have another module installed. This is not the first one you tried is it.



What do you mean by another module.
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« Reply #43 on: May 08, 2008, 06:30:37 PM »
Quote from: Buntz on May 08, 2008, 06:14:55 PM



What do you mean by another module.
You tried to install a different driver for the wireless , and did'nt uninstall it.   When I was doing this, I realized that you have to be very careful, you must know the correct one you need, and do it on a new installation, or things happen that prevent the wireless from working correctly.
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« Reply #44 on: May 08, 2008, 06:36:11 PM »
Quote from: mudmanc4 on May 08, 2008, 06:30:37 PM
You tried to install a different driver for the wireless , and did'nt uninstall it.   When I was doing this, I realized that you have to be very careful, you must know the correct one you need, and do it on a new installation, or things happen that prevent the wireless from working correctly.

OK I understand now. That is most likely what I did.    So I am getting ready to do a fresh install of Mandriva.
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