Posts by randy82103

bsmith -thanks had the /mnt/gentoo/boot loaded not the /boot Booted into XP and Gentoo with lilo! but gentoo can't locate /dev/BOOT any help for that

in fact you are correct, the framebuffer settings were to blame, however I solved it by deleting the linux partition, ha.

Bratag, about always having the GUI in mandrake to fall back on, try downloading a new kernel and hitting make install instead of make bzImage, it will get rid of that silly GUI for you, lol. On to my new problem, configuring Gentoo...

fun fun fun... I agree that lots can be learned by doing. Now that I am past my compiler issue, I am having great success. Also I am finding "running Linux" to be more and more useful. I have caught up to the...

Ok, I got it now. The program "rpmdrake" allowed me to install the development pack of libraries. I successfully installed glib, but it found the old version too, so I need to remove the old one and mod the environment var....

Ok, so I am calm, and not upset, but I am ready to ditch mandrake. My question then becomes: Will Redhat 9, Slackware, and Gentoo come with the basic compiling stuff included?" an answer for each system would be very nice ...

I tried that but it did not work, I think I am going to give up. My disks turn the dcomputer off in graphical install, and the text install just says "choose the packages you wish to install" there are no options to go with...

Ok, I need to get a compiler on my computer and I can not do it. I tried using the mandrake disks but to no avail. so I dl'ed the GCC off their website, but it needs to be compiuled too! I am really getting mad! If I started out with...

Thanks for the advice, I am trying to install xmms right now, proving to be interesting. GS I ordered the CDs at a dollar cd place because my internet connection is very slow out here. we have 512K and about 300+ users on our...

Well, I finally decided to take the "plunge" into linux, so, after about an hour with my "Running Linux" O'reilly book, I dropped in my copy of mandrake 9 and away I went. Or, away it went. All the things I...