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Ok, we may have narrowed this down. Let me confirm, 128 mb of DDR ram? This is the smallest amount of ram that is needed to do an install. 256 is recommended for a graphical installation. This motherboard passed the linux install tests by Asus. This included the cdrom test, so this is likely not the issue. Make sure that the disks are in good working order - no scratches, smudges or defects. The major issue, what method did you use to make your partitions? Are you using the Mandrake utility to partition the drive during install, or did you pre-format using something like PartitonMagic? I assume XP was installed first, then RedHat next, then the Mandrake install (on the same hard drive)? When I installed Mandrake, I had to put in disk #2 to boot, then when prompted, switch to disk 1 to continue the install. A fluke in the Mandrake install process.

I think that may be the issue. Qtparted itself - I had funky things happen with it before...or qtparted and how it interacts with the kernel. This has been a known issue, since qtparted uses parted and parted has known issues with the kernel 2.6 series. Mepis should allow an install with ext3, from what I remember. I can try this kernel with ext3 and see what happens, but it may have to be the "Debian way" (on my test box). 8)

Good, now that we have moved on, I have been seeing some discussions on various forums about others experiencing the same thing. Let's look at the issue. I saw Jim43's post on Mempis Lover's forum. Yoper users have noted an issue with reiserfs and the new kernel also. That's the key...a new kernel, so that many users may not have posted their experiences yet. It's too new. Some have suggested the support in kernel 2.6.8 and a conflict with reiserfs 3.6 vs. version 4. There appears to be support in the kernel for version 4...I wonder if something went wrong in the process of building suport for reiserfs 4, oo if it lies in how the systems are partitioned? For example, what tool/distro was used to make the partition to start vs. the support built into the kernel itself?

Just a note that my old Agfa Snapscan 1212 USB scanner has worked in Linux for some time. No problem. My new Microtek C6 hates sane and grinds and snarls. Some posts recommend not using it in Linux. I can see why. So, I would stay away from this inexpensive model. I like Jim's recommendation. Interesting!

I assume that you downloaded the cd disks? Did you check the validity of the cd disks before starting the install? What kind of system are you installing to? Desktop or laptop? Possible problems; 1. Bad download or burn. Check the validity of the disks at the start of the install. Or, check the md5sum of the downloaded iso files. 2. Bad burned iso images. Did you burn the disks at a speed of over 4X or 8X? Iso images like to be burned at a slow speed, not the top burn speed of the drive. Are you using cdrw disks or cdr disks? Are they good quality disks or a "no brand" variety of cdr media? 3. Are you trying to install on a system with an "old" cdrom drive, or installing from the cdrw drive that you burned the disks with? Some older cdrom drives have difficulty reading disks burned with a cdrw drive.

Just a couple of points. Linux does not need defrag. This is done automagically. I was forunate enough to get the free version of Star Office a while back. Bout the best office package out there! I can work on all my MS Office documents at home. I can also make my documents into PDF files to share with all our offices. All my web page designing and family albums for my web page are done using Blusfish, NVU, Quanta Plus and jalbum. My Nijon Coolpix camera works in Linux, so All my editing is done in Gimp. Two weeks ago, each of my family members called to say that their Internet Explorers were highjacked. After solving each problem, I found out that my sister had a variety of spyware and virus files on her system. She was sharing the wealth. They all said Aren't you having any problems? Nope, I said, I have Linux. None of them will allow me to put Linux on their systems. Until IE and Outlook Express security issues are dealt with, I will stick with what I have. Yes, I have windows XP on one of my systems. My Microtek C6 scanner does choke and grind with Sane, so I use it in XP. I can remotely connnect to each family's XP system and troubleshoot easily. There are some benefits. I admit, I had a heck of a time getitng some things to work in Linux, but as time goes on, these problems dwindle, as each new release comes out.

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mkfs.msdos will usually make a fat 12 or 16 partition and automatically determine the size, unless you specifiy the size and fat type in the command line. So, the issue is that it made a fat 16 filesystem and determined the size, based on those limitations. You need to use fdisk, as suggested to make the fat 32 filesystem, or use other partitioning software. I bet if you look at fidsk for the drive, it will list the partition that you made as a fat 16 filesystem.

There area few ways to do it, depending on the distro that you are using. One is to try LinNeighborhood, the other is to make a link via your browser using smb, or as martouf suggested trying smbclient. Which distro ar you using?

timw, yes, it seems to be a bug with Fedora and the system board and kernel 2.6 packaged in Fedora. Do you have a sata drive on the system, or ide drive? See the RedHat bug report here.

Yes, apparently, if you have the trial version, it will not burn over 300 mb, unless you buy the product with the full features. I just ran into this myself. As Dan said, Nero is very good. I use it all the time. There is also another product called CD Burner XP Pro, if you are using Win XP. It can be found here.

Syslinux.cfg? Let's start from the beginning. How did you make the boot floppy? Did you make it during the install and tell Mandrake to use Lilo at /dev/fd0?

I'm looking at this product right now. Don't get hung up on too many details. What it looks like, is that you need to use the Magic cd burner to burn the iso image. Do not extract the image to a hard drive. You want to burn the image, which should make the cd bootable. I noticed that the default burn speed is the fastest for the cdrw drive. You want to burn it at 4X or 8X, no faster. You need to burn the pristine iso images for Fedora to a cd. So, do not extract the iso or try to rebuild it. Once it is downloaded, you burn the image to the cd. Ignore the boot.iso file in the Fedora 1st cd directory, you do not need to do anything with this iso file. It is only there if you need to make a bootable floppy... Also, go into the bios and disable network booting as an option. Then try to boot the 1st fedora cd, which should start the install process. Finally, as Dapper Dan said, you need to make sure that the iso images themselves were good downloads, by checking the md5sum to see if they downloaded correctly and intact. If this is too confusing, try to burn only the 1st cd, wich is the bootable install cd, and see if you get the Fedora flash screen.

It is like any OS. You change the location of where the bootloader tries to look for the boot and system files, then you need to tell the system where you changed the files to. You will also need to change your entries in Grub or Lilo, whichever bootloader that you are using.

What's nice about k3b, is when you have it available to you, the newer versions will automatically check the validity of the iso for you and show the md5sum results. This way you can compare it to the value given by K3b with the md5 sum number in that file, before you burn the iso to a cdr or cdrw. If they match, you have a good downloaded iso file.

Boy, I wish I had a sata drive to try this on! The usual disclaimer applies, ..don't try this on your main production system. Again, I have not tried this, but if one is ambitious, and you want to try it..realizing that you may muck up the works on your XP system... The first issue is the partitioning scheme in Mandrake using the 2.6 series kernel. Make sure that you have partitioned the drive the way that you want it BEFORE installing Mandrake, with a utility like PartitionMagic. There are issues with allowing the Mandrake install utility to partition the free space or actually doing the partitoning during the install, next to Windows XP (NTFS). If this is not your main and only system, try the following; 1. Boot the Mandrake install cd 2. When you get the main menu screen, press F1 for more options 3. Type in linux noapic. If you want to do an expert install, expert noapic. 4. Allow the install to continue until the partitioning menu comes up. Choose the option to manually assign the partitions (expert). 5. Tell Mandrake where to assign root (/), swap and home, depending on what partitions that you set up for Mandrake beforehand. 6. Make sure that you choose Grub as the bootloader. This allows you to alter the boot options at the Grub menu "on the fly." The problem is now passing the boot options to grub to allow a proper boot for sata. 7. re-boot the system to the Grub menu. 8. Make sure that the Mandrake option is highlighted (I think "linux" it should be the first option). Hit "e" to enter edit mode. 8. Make sure that the kernel= line is highlighted and press "e" again. 9. At the end of the kernel boot line, add acpi=off noapic, making sure that you leave a space between the last entry and acpi=off noapic. Also, there is a space between acpi=off and noapic. 10. Hit the enter key to allow the entry to take effect. 11. Hit the "b" key and see if the system boots. If it works, you then need to edit menu.lst once you are in Mandrake to add the options in step # 9 and make them stick. For a reference, see This link

What OS are you using to download Fedora now? There are various packages that you can use to resume downloads, depending on what OS you are using. Remember, Bittorrent is designed to also use your bandwith to help others with their downloads. The idea is to share bandwith. In Linux, there is gftp and in Windows SmartFTP, as examples of programs what will resume downloads. SmartFTP can be found here, where gftp is usually included in most Linux distros, or available on the install cd's (or by download).

Take a look at this thread which may help. How are you accessing Grub now to edit it now?

Understood. However, sometimes the cost of the drivers far outweigh the time and effort of findng the answer, then being able to make it work. I finally broke down and purchased the Linxant drivers, as I have wireless on my laptop. The trial drivers worked and I figured that it was worth it. Why I posted the data above was to make a point. Even a modem model series can have a different chipset driving the modem, as is the case with your modem brand. So, you need to know the exact model number or ID number of the modem to know what to look for in a driver. Another good example are motherboards. Different version numbers of the same model may need a differnt flash bios to update the board. Physically looking at the modem and finding what the ID number or model number is (stamped on the modem surface) may be the only way to really know, if you don't have the box or manual it came with that clearly tells you this information. I see this especially with folks in other countries than the USA. Laptops, for example, will have different hardware in them if you live in the US versus Italy. HP and Compaq are examples of this practice.

I've got Nero 5.5, which should be the same. You need to burn the image, not as a data disk. Look at the disk you already burned, if the ISO file is there only, this is the problem. To burn the image and make it bootable, you need to get to the main window, Choose from the dropdown window, File--> burn image, then choose the iso file to burn. Another issue, burn at a slow speed, like 4X or 8X, as iso images don't like to be burned at a fast speed. Stay away from burning at the fast speeds. When the cd is done, you should see (when you view the cd) a list of directories and files, not just the iso file.

Go into the bios and turn off the option to boot from the network. There should be an entry in the boot sequence that reads, "boot to LAN" or "PXE." See if this allows the boot to occur from the cd. Make sure that you have an entry, the first option, to boot from cd.

I can be of little help here, but a quick search on google came up with some results that may be of some help. Try searching with the key words samba pdc bdc windows or some variants of this and you should come up with some useful links.

I have one of these card readers (not your model), What I have found is that the usb-storage module needs to be loaded for the device to be detected. What version/distro of linux do you have? The problem, which you may have already found, is that often just the first port gets recognized correctly. In my case, it is the compact flash port, which happens to be the one that I need. Look at dmesg and see if the ports are detected. You need to have the flash card inserted at boot time, in most cases, for the card's port to be detected,

I usng Fedora Core 2. Up2date seems to freeze when it is retrieving packages, but if you wait a while the download and install completes. I know, the screen seems to freeze, but the screen eventually comes up and completes. I bet this would be even more dramatic on a modem download. Not a good thing for Fedora users. Dapper Dan´s suggestion using apt-get rpm is a good one, since this does not seem to be a problem.

Doing a google search reveals; If it is Model FM-RIB3HC, then it is a Rockwell 20410-14 (two-chip) HSF chipset (ID # H4TFM-RIB3HC 1B9USA-33032-M5-E). If it is model FM-5687/FMSFT56i, then it is either a Rockwell RS56/SP-PCI R6793-11P1 (single-chip HSF) chipset or Conexant RH56D/SP-PCI R6795-11 (HCF) chipset (ID # H4TFM-5687 1B9USA-27236-M5-E).