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I just downloaded a copy of fedora core 1 I upgraded from an old soyo motherboard to a new Asus A7N8X-Deluxe with dual on board lan. It reognizes some lan drivers, but has irq labelled as unknown. Logically my network card wont activate when i try to activate it. I had the same problem with my old d-link network card, but I fixed it some how, it's been years however and I can't remember. Help Anyone? Thanks.

I downloaded those drivers, installed them, and it found some network card called nvnet on eth1. However, when I tried to activate that nic card, it tells me that the module for it can not be found. Shortly after, the other network card it found initially [by itself during setup] (3Csomething EMB) was able to activate, but my internet still didnt work. I think maybe I should format it all and re-install fedora. I have a feeling, however, I'm going to get the same problem when I install those nvidia drivers again.

I have just a quick question. I want to be able to access my NTFS (WIN XP) partition via redhat in the /mnt/ directory. In other words I guess I need to mount it., So I have learned that fstab is the file I need to edit. however I'm not sure what the line of code I need is. Would it be something like mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ? Anybody know what the exact line I need to put is? Thanks in advance.

Well, as I said previously, I did manage to get it working. The name of my NTFS partition is not hdA1 but hdC1. The "Can't read super block errors" got me thinking thati t was more of a partition problem and then it hit me that perhaps i'm using the wrong name for the patition. So now the partition auto loads on start up and everything. It's working perfect, except for one minor thing. I need the drive to be both read AND write. I thought it might be just the permissions however, when I try and change the permissions (as root) it says can not enable write to read only device. So I'm thinking that it has something to so with the line in fstab? As in, I need to mount it as read/write correct? Sorry if I'm being a real pain, I've only been using linux for a limited ammount of time, but I'm trying to learn! =)

Well, she works =) It turns out that my NTFS partition is hdC1 not hdA1 Werid, as they normally are hdA1. Thank you a million !!!

The word ntfs does appear when I type cat /proc//filesystems | grep ntfs Which means that the module is loaded. However, I have no success. I don't even get errors or anything anymore, it's as if the whole editted part is by passed. Also while I boot (close ot the end) I get three lines something like this: UP[censored] FSTAB {OK} FLUSHING ALL USER EDITTED bla bla bla {OK} REBUILDING bal bal bla [OK] is there an option perhaps that I have to enable it to use a custom fstab? kind of like a safety feature?

I tried the longer command, and it didn't work either. I get the same error. It actually told me I had a bad line when I put it in the longer way. I guess that way is dropped? because all of the other entries are in the /dev/###/ /mnt/### format.

I personally switched to linux because I got tired of point and click. After widnows trashed DOS, there was nothing but point and click. I've recently started using Redhat, and even though I know it's not the optimal distro, it's still good for the level of knowledge I have. I wouild suggest moving to mandrake, then up to redhat. Once you are comfortable with those two go to debian. Finally, if you like you can switch from debian to gentoo or slackware. I really like the concept of how there are different learning curve distro's. I find redhat to be great for exploring and learning the ways of linux. Slowly I will learn more and rely less on GUI, which is my goal. Just keep in mind that linux is not a gaming platform as is windows. Yes you can play games here and there, but it will not run everything. Aside from checking your hardware compatibility, check that the games you like to play are offered in windows versions. As another note, make sure that if you are using dial-up or send faxes that you. a) Don't have a winmodem or be prepared to set up a winmodem. Thats my .02

I add these lines to rc.local modprobe ntfs noauto mount /mnt/windows However, I still have no luck. I get the same error:: Mounting Other Files systems: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) Anything else I could try? Thnx

My kernel version is 2.4.20-19.9 (the newest one). The version I got matches the kernel, aswell as my CPU (athlon).

Well after about 30 minutes of tinkering I have made some progress. Turns out I didn't have the NTFS RPM's installed. Anyways, I installlation went fine, but I get an error while botting up, hence my partition isn't mounted Quote: Mounting Other Files systems: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) I get the same error when I try to do it through terminal. Any suggestions? Thanks