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ok i got suse 9 pro (took me long enough), but before i install it i want to know if it will support my hardware. if anyone knows of any sites where i can check out what it supports i would be very grateful

Originally posted by danleff: Quote: You mayw ant to see the most recent thread posted by Raist999 located here. This is a good find that you may want to take advantage of. The package includes Suse Pro 9.1! thanks for the link, ordered from novell this morning. see one i got my iso's here

ok, i've got another nic, its a 3com 905 (something) thats not whats giving me hassles right now, it doesnt want to install at all. but it works on my pc at work fine. any ideas about this. work pc p4 2.6 256mb ddr 2x 20gb hdd 52 speed lg cdrom

i saw the bit about the nforce boards being unknown. if it doesnt support something will it install at all?

what exactly oes novell do on your network? does it manage your internet access (border manager for example)?

thanks for the link here's my system specs: amd athlon 2500+ epox nforce2 motherboard - onboard network, sound card 2x 512mb ram 40gb maxtor hdd 80gb maxtor hdd 120 seagate hdd (all 7200rpm) geforce fx 5700 256mb lg dvd-rom lg 8 speed dvd writer pci ide expansion card (this is what i think isnt supported but not sure)

punkisdead, where did you find your lindvd?

just tried the link, it keeps throwing me off, do i need a password username to download as it tells me : site disconnected us at beggining, please try again.

i was wondering if there is a way for linux to be able to write to an ntfs partition or am i fighting a lost cause as i want to share files between windows and linux, and i dont really want to have a fat partition on my pc if i can help it.

just found this what do you think? Quote: I read and studied and found an answer: Captive (captive is a patch/extension for a linux/GNU kernel so the computer can read-write on a ntfs, VFAT, etc...) Captive mount a ntfs drive so it can read, write and compress... Now the problem.... I can: mimithebrain@h___ # mount -t captive-ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows

anyone know where i could get a good list of linux console comands?

thanks everyone, i guess i'll keep a fat32 partition to transfer files, and hopefully soon linux will be able to write to ntfs.

ok, i recently ran out of ide slots so i decided to buy a pci ide controller. are there linux drivers for this kind of card? if anyone knows anything that would help i all ears.

i agree about gnome and kde being good, i've found that kde is the easiest to use, but i quite like icewm but everyone has their personal preference

ok, been using linux for a while now, started with mandrake 9.0 - gave me grief detecting and using some hardware, changed to 9.1 was ok while i was learning, but as soon as i tried to do anything interesting it decided to rebel on me, out of frustration i upgraded to 9.2 - worst thing i could have done. in between all of this i've played with red had 7.3 also was a pain. now i want a new distro that works reasonably well, anyone with suggestions i'm all ears.

thanks for the link, but i'm gonna have to keep looking cause they dont ship to south africa downloaded fedora, looks ok but i think i would prefer suse

ok i'm probably being really stupid but i cant seem to find a working download link 4 suse 9 pro. anyone know of one that works?

thanks to danleff and dapper dan for your help and input. i think ill go find suse 9 pro, ill try fedora too any suggestions on what version? or should i go for the latest fedora? my drives are all ide. how is mandrake 10?

is there a novell client for linux, and if there is does anyone know where to find it?

ok well i'm running mandrake 9.1 at work, with the windows workstations mostly being 2000. i loaded samba for the windows part, and then for novell i loaded ncpfs, and a novell client for linux (the link is in the above posts). i've also got linneighborhood installed. hope this helps.

currently running mandrake, on a network of netware servers and windows workstattions. so if thats what you mean then i guess i am.

ok my hardware specs : AMD Athlon XP 2500+, 1gb RAM, Epox Nforce2 Motherboard, 120Gb HDD space, On board GEforce4 128mb Graphics, LG DVD Rom, LG DVD Writer. ok first all the mandrake versions gave trouble with me trying to run Java SDK 1.4.2 as well as trying to compile Java files (i do alot of Java work), also didnt like me compiling programs from source but on the other hand not all rpm's worked. also wouldnt recognize my writer as a writer, no matter what i tried. red hat gave problems with my rom and writer, and my screen card. i want a distro that has programs that work properlyand wont have a problem with java. i currently have a dual boot with xp.

guess you got it to work :-)

solved my problem - when i installed it it asked for the closest distribution to mine and i chose red hat install, (the other option was debian install) so when i chose the debian install it works fine. i did have nfs installed.

i work at a technikon, for the lab team, basically keeping the computer labs up and running, my problem is that we've been told to set up a linux windows dual boot system, this would be okay except for the fact that windows cant read the linux partition and if you happen to click on that partition, would tell you that it isnt formatted and would you like to format it now. is there any way to somehow prevent this from happening in windows as all the students i know would most likely format that partition. if anyone has any ideas about this please let me know.