Ok tell me you created a boot floppy disc. :)

well if not you can put the rescue cd in that they have online and boot from there and re-install grub to the master boot record. you dont need to...

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html

yes they can i currently have linux running on my laptop which is a toshiba pc with nothing that is different when the computer shipped with win xp :)

actually for lilo to work dont you have to run the lilo command to make it work. this is what i have always thought and i have always had to do to make it work but maybe not but you shoudl try it jst...

i have never use or looked into phalk but if you jst want a cdrom distro that you dont have to install but jst run from the cd i would recommend knoppix its a great distro. or look into knoppixSTD...

redhat 9 will only take up maybe 1-2 gigs of space for a full install. if your second hd is completely clear and there is no partitions on it the when you pop in the cd and reboot the computer....

i do most of the things i need to do in linux like install stuff and move files and folders and stuff like that in console but when im jst using linux for other things like surfing i use x but i...

i also will recommend you leave both drives connected and pop in the linux install cd and reboot and when the isntallation begins for mandrake it will reconize the openspace/linux partitions you...

if you decide to go with linux i would recommend taking a look at winex this version of wine is ment for gaming so it works alittle faster for game play. and sorry i have never used cygwin.

hope...

well first off did you create a boot disc for rh9? and what bootloader is it? if i remember correctly rh9 uses grub. ok now pop in the boot disc from rh9 and get into rh. once in do a locate...

guilty :oops: . i have customized my root desktop the way i want it and dont want to have to recustomize my user. and it jst a pain to have to su into root when you need to use root. i dont know...

http://www.rpmfind.net
go here and search for SDL_perl, it gave me alot of hits for it so one of them mite work. sorry i dont know what could be wrong with the make command tho.

well im not exactly sure but when looking at www.sendmail.org there is never a mention of IMAP but it talks about SMTP alot so im guessing its a SMTP server. but check out there site and maybe you...

yeah thats what i thought :) . i was jst seeing if anyone had personal experience with it.

one more thing has anyone heard much about Paragon Partition Manager like is it any good and is it as good as partition magic cause i refuse to fork out 70 bucks for a software im only goin to use...

its jst that i seem to like redhat better then mandrake. but the mandrake i tryed was an older version. and i dont want to do the download again it takes so long even on cable. but if it comes down...

which partition program do you recommend. and where could i get it. prefferably free. thank you

can i partition the drive and it wont disturb my windows installation. if not i mite jst say heck with it since im finding everyone is having problems installing linux on this laptop

ok i know that was a long subject but has anyone heard of someone dual booting xp and rh9 on a Toshiba satellite 1405-S151 and know what kind of problems they have come up with. andhow do i go about...

Redhat 9 : mite not work right away but keep trying http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/

Mandrake 9.1 : list of mirros http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3

I couldnt find...