Re: Newbie: Can't mount USB flash drive on 'Sarge'

Running 'sudon mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb' returned the following error: "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, missing codepage or other error" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie: Can't mount USB flash drive on 'Sarge'

It works!! Running (as root) "mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb" did the trick. Thanks D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie: Can't mount USB flash drive on 'Sarge'

Everything is cool. Message #5 indicates that a solution was found. Message #6, which was submitted prior to #5, somehow ended up being posted after it predecessor, leading readers to believe that there still was a problem. Everything works now. Thanks to everybody for the support. I really app

Gnome screen shifted up on Dell Inspiron

I've just installed Debian's "Sarge" distribution on a Dell Inspiron 3800 and the display is shifted up by about a quarter of an inch (6mm) so that I only see about half of Gnome's control bar (I don't know it's proper name) at the top of the screen. The keyboard does not have any controls for hor

Linux (w/GRUB loader) doesn't recognize additional memory

I've just updated a Dell Inspiron 3800 from 64MB to 192MB of RAM. When Linux boots, a message says "System memory has changed" followed by "Decreasing memory" and only the original 64MB are recognized. I understand that the LILO config file could be changed ... except I'm not using LILO. I'm usi

Re: Linux (w/GRUB loader) doesn't recognize additional memory

Let me supply a little more info ... I'm running Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-2-386) with GNU GRUB v 0.95. The problem has gotten worse ... When I boot, Linux does not reduce the available memory and hangs after the first few boot progress messages are displayed. The last line displayed is "In idle task

Re: Linux (w/GRUB loader) doesn't recognize additional memory

It works now. I'm not sure why. I repeated the following procedure various times: 1) Disconnect power (AC and battery) 2) Reconnect power 3) Boot. After leaving the machine without any power for several hours, I noticed that the machine would recognize the new memory (perhaps the BIOS self-clea

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Re: Java-vm on Mozilla

Hi taken from http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Java 1. Install Java Runtime Environment. 2. Make a symbolic link to libjavaplugin_oji.so (JRE 1.4.1 and above) in your Mozilla Plugins directory. Do not copy the file! i hope this help you bye Mauricio Alvarez Help with this step