Re: Linux Issues

You're way off topic for the PHP list, and if you are asking this kind of question you are probably going to need a lot of support. If you were in Maritime Canada I'd suggest you post these questions to NSLUG; if not, post to a Linux Users Group near you. Google for your region/country. I'd also recommend buying a boxed version as you appear to be having trouble with your ISO images. If you insist on dloading, get Knoppix as it will run from the CD, then you can go from there. Verify the MD5 checksum's against what you downloaded. Regards - Miles Thompson At 09:36 AM 9/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:

Another question if you will... When downloading Linux ISOs or whatever, which do I need? What is the difference between i386, PPC, and all those other exactly? How do I know which I need? Thanks, Stephen Craton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Craton" <webmaster@melchior.us> To: "andu" <php@archeopterix.com> Cc: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Linux Issues Well, I'm wanting one with a really nice GUI and great functionality. I'll check into Debian and Slackware later today after church. Any other good recomendations? Thanks, Stephen Craton ----- Original Message ----- From: "andu" <php@archeopterix.com> Cc: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:02 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Linux Issues

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 22:41:29 -0500 "Stephen Craton" <webmaster@melchior.us> wrote:

Thanks for the replies. I've tried both 8.1 and 9.1 versions of Mandrake Linux with no luck (I bought the 8.1 CDs a while back) I've also tried making a floppy disk but still no luck with 8.1. In

9.1, I

can't get the autorun screen to make the floppy disk.

Try another distro, I recommend Slackware or Debian. Another option is

to get one

of the distros which run from the cd with the option to copy it to hard

drive like

Knoppix, they have more advanced auto-configuration software.

Thanks, Stephen Craton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Anderson" <dan@mathjunkies.com> To: "Stephen Craton" <webmaster@melchior.us> Cc: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Linux Issues

Oh also make sure you are using /9.1/ and NOT /9.2 RC1/! -Dan On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 22:51, Stephen Craton wrote:

Hello, This isn't really a PHP issue but I have no where else to go to

get help

really. Hopefully someone here can still help me.

I am running Windows XP and have decided to install Mandrake Linux

on

top of it just for the heck of it. So, Friday I downloaded the latest

ISO

files from an FTP server and today I put in the burnt CDs and it takes

me to

the boot screen for it. I push enter (as it says to enter the setup)

and it

takes me to a blank screen and just sits there, doing nothing except flashing the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights on my keyboard.

I went to the online manual for Mandrake and it said to add the

text

"noauto" which I did for the boot sequence. Same error. Any ideas

what's

going on and how to fix it?

Thanks, Stephen Craton

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