Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > Cyn wrote: > > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > > was in before suspend. > > It's still booting. When you hibernate, the system pow

dell 4100 and made how to page

2002-04-29 Thread Dutch
got debian and X more or less running on my dell 4100. made a how to page to share what I learned from that ordeal... http://buoy.com/~dutch/4100/4100.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:02:59PM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > Apt-get install grub grub-doc > > Read the docs and create /boot/grub/menu.lst file :) > Run grub-install /dev/hda can't grub read filesystems at boot, and let you pick from whatever kernels are there? It would be nice to not have

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:41:15PM +0200, R.Stepanyan wrote: > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo from the manpage for lilo.conf: Alternately, if the boot-menu.b boot loader is installed, a menu of boot options will be presented for your selection. The title of this menu is overri

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: > Cyn wrote: > > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > > was in before suspend. > > It's still booting. When you hibernate, the system po

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread adcarlson
Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for your use, yet. I'm still using the old OS/2 (IBM) Boot Loader, which is menu-driven. That and also something called BootManager were known to

dell 4100 and made how to page

2002-04-29 Thread Dutch
got debian and X more or less running on my dell 4100. made a how to page to share what I learned from that ordeal... http://buoy.com/~dutch/4100/4100.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:02:59PM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > Apt-get install grub grub-doc > > Read the docs and create /boot/grub/menu.lst file :) > Run grub-install /dev/hda can't grub read filesystems at boot, and let you pick from whatever kernels are there? It would be nice to not have

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Marcus C. Gottwald
Hi! cyn wrote (Mon 2002-Apr-29 07:19:19 -0400): > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming Don't know if this is what "RS" is faced with, but recent Dell computers come with a weird mode of suspend-to-disk: They save the contents of RAM to a special partition, rem

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread rob
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:41:15PM +0200, R.Stepanyan wrote: > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo from the manpage for lilo.conf: Alternately, if the boot-menu.b boot loader is installed, a menu of boot options will be presented for your selection. The title of this menu is overr

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread adcarlson
Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for your use, yet. I'm still using the old OS/2 (IBM) Boot Loader, which is menu-driven. That and also something called BootManager were known to

sony vaio model # PCG-R505JL, difficulties with optical cdrom drive

2002-04-29 Thread Walter Tautz
just wondering what people's experience are with respect to getting the cdrom (optical) drive to work. Any special things I need to look for? how do I tell the exact model. What driver do I need? I am trying to get the owner to recall this information but perhaps the model is that is well-kno

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Cyn wrote: > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > was in before suspend. It's still booting. When you hibernate, the system powers off. So then you have to be able to boot from that

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Walter Hofmann
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo You can do menues with LILO, even graphical ones! I cannot comment on the win98 problem, but I assume LILO can handle this. Walter -- To U

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Marcus C. Gottwald
Hi! cyn wrote (Mon 2002-Apr-29 07:19:19 -0400): > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming Don't know if this is what "RS" is faced with, but recent Dell computers come with a weird mode of suspend-to-disk: They save the contents of RAM to a special partition, re

sony vaio model # PCG-R505JL, difficulties with optical cdrom drive

2002-04-29 Thread Walter Tautz
just wondering what people's experience are with respect to getting the cdrom (optical) drive to work. Any special things I need to look for? how do I tell the exact model. What driver do I need? I am trying to get the owner to recall this information but perhaps the model is that is well-kn

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Cyn wrote: > 3) I don't see what a boot loader has to do with hibernation - resuming > from hibernation isn't booting, it's resuming the computer to the state it > was in before suspend. It's still booting. When you hibernate, the system powers off. So then you have to be able to boot from that

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Walter Hofmann
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo You can do menues with LILO, even graphical ones! I cannot comment on the win98 problem, but I assume LILO can handle this. Walter -- To

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Mark Janssen wrote: > On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > >>I used to use NT loader (it was Win2k + Linux on the machines), but now >>is going to downgrade to Win98. The reason is: Windows has to reside on >>its own partition, but be able to boot: >>A. normally, using this boot loader

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Mark Janssen wrote: > On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > >>I used to use NT loader (it was Win2k + Linux on the machines), but now >>is going to downgrade to Win98. The reason is: Windows has to reside on >>its own partition, but be able to boot: >>A. normally, using this boot loade

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Why not? My lilo is menu driven, and always has been. Use boot-menu.b. > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo i

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread cyn
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > hda3 to boot linux) - I know, win98 writes smth to the boot sector

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Why not? My lilo is menu driven, and always has been. Use boot-menu.b. > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Grub ;) (menu mode, with command-line fall-back) > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > hda3 to b

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread cyn
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > hda3 to boot linux) - I know, win98 writes smth to the boot secto

Re: Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 12:41, R.Stepanyan wrote: > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo Grub ;) (menu mode, with command-line fall-back) > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > hda3 to

Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread R.Stepanyan
Hello, everyone My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 series laptops. Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on hda3 to boot

Boot Loader

2002-04-29 Thread R.Stepanyan
Hello, everyone My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 series laptops. Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on hda3 to boo