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No blurbs...I'm into computers.My idea of fun is installing several operating systems at once and making them bootable with grub. I like to chainload grub with about 9 or 10 bootable operating systems. Read this link to see how to boot 145 os's on one…
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- This is my son's computer;Dell Gx150 933Mhz Coppermine pen 3 512 Mb pc 133 ram He dual boots MEPIS and…
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 | If you guys are already using linux then you don't need any extra apps to check an md5sum. Just open a konsole or a terminal ad cd to the place where you have the iso. Then enter this into the terminal md5sum followed by the exact name of the file. …  |
| | Re: Internet [QUOTE=Carebare47;376949]umm.. i am not sure it is proper linux. It is backtrack 2.0. basicly it is a disk you put in whilst your computer starts, and it boots the entire operating system off one disk, no need to install or anything. i have two disk drives so i can still … |
 | Has anyone ever chainloaded multiple operating systems with lilo the way you can with grub? I mean added the extra systems later than when PClinuxOS was installed ? I want to install PClinuxOS but I don't want to wreck my chainloaded systems so they can't boot. Will PClinuxOS see all …  |
| | You could try antiX on an older computer. It runs well on 128 Mb of ram. It has synaptic package manager. AntiX is a stripped down re-mastered version of the newest mepis. It is based on SimplyMEPIS 6.5. It has a gui. Uses fluxbox instead of kde but you can … |
| | [QUOTE=Grum;388761]In the past few weeks I've essentially bricked my laptop. XP won't boot any more and in an attempt to sort it i've stuffed the hard drive. I won't go into detail mainly cos i can't be bothered. Anyways, I'm away to go reformat the hard drive but I can't … |
| | There's a new version of MEPISLite out. It is called AntiX. It is based on SimplyMEPIS 6.5 and is designed to work on older boxes with low ram. It comes with fluxbox and doesn't come with kde. It has the MEPIS installer as well as some other MEPIS goodies. It …  |
| | If you are trying to start the new SimplyMEPIS 6.5 and it won't boot to a gui screen that may mean that it is trying to load the wrong video driver at boot. Some things to remember to do at first boot, before you log in a demo.... 1) Press … |
| | Wow. The new MEPIS release is geared a lot more toward Mac Tel users than ever before. Quote from Warren Woodford "The MEPIS CDs contain an experimental "SimplyMEPIS Assistant" for OSX that helps prepare a MacTel computer for the installation of SimplyMEPIS. And the MEPIS installer detects MacTel hardware and … |
| | You'll like ubuntu better than knoppix. The knoppix-installer is a bit vague. And when you are done you might not have the same system as the live cd. If you install knoppix and choose to install like the live cd you won't have a root password option. If you install … |
| | Another method to install or try beryl is to grab a linux version that has beryl installed for you. Sabyon, MEPIS and some others all have beryl installed as soon as you pop the live cd in so you can check it out. Sabyon and MEPIS both can install the … |
| | I've heard of linuxmint. Heard it comes with the audio and video codecs. The new K3b 1. I thought gnome was the desktop but I see from distrowatch that kde 3.5.6 and xfce 4.4 are available too. [url]http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint[/url] If the mirrors are too slow you can also get it at … |
| | I've been reading some posts where some newbs have had trouble installing slackware. So I have put together this little how to so they can get slackware installed. I usually only help with MEPIS as I feel it is the best linux but for those who want to try and … |
| | MEPIS is one of the easiest versions of linux to use. Especially for a new user. Here are some good reasons to choose MEPIS over some other version of linux. 1) Support is readily available 2)MEPIS Network Assistant 3)MEPIS System Assistant 4)MEPIS User Assistant 5)MEPIS X-Windows assistant 6)It is very …  |
| | Just thought that I would let everyone in on the fact that the new SimplyMEPIS 6.5 Rc1 can read AND write to windows NTFS file systems. :)  |
| | To install MEPIS using the 'Custom install to existing partitions' option that is in the MEPIS installer you first need to create your custom partitions. You can create the custom partitions using gparted. Gparted is used like a live linux cd. It is downloaded as an iso and burnt as …  |
| | The release of SimplyMEPIS 6.5 final is now available. It's a nice, easy to use and install, edition of MEPIS. There were quite a few alphas(2) and betas(7) as well as three rc candidates so a fair bit of work went into this version. It has better wireless abilities than … |
| | MEPIS has been on the top ten list at distrowatch for over three years. It usually is at #4, or 5 but it does go up and down in the ranks depending on new releases of MEPIS and other versions new releases of linux. Here is a partial excerpt from … |
| | I have installed MEPIS, debian, knoppix, kanotix and ubuntu countless times. And many other operating systems. If you want to do it so you can install easily then I would advise getting a good partition editor. There are many out there. I use gparted. It is run like a live … |
| | Re: Linus Distro? 288Mb of ram is barely enough but you might be able to run MEPIS and if you couldn't run MEPIS then I would say to try damn small linux. DSL will run on most any computer and doesn't need as much ram. Of all the MEPIS versions 3.3 was the … |
| | The new SimplyMEPIS 6.5 Rc1 32bit can read and write ntfs now so MEPIS can really save windows users when windows crashes, again. |
| | Re: Red Hat Linux You could try these links to dowwnload red hat for free. [url]http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html[/url] [url]http://iso.linuxquestions.org/distro.php?distro=8[/url] [url]http://dir.linuxforums.org/[/url] [url]http://www.madtux.org/[/url] [url]http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat[/url] Redhat is rpm based. As we all know. Good if you like rpms. |
| | [QUOTE=Infarction;304801]Sounds horrible :twisted:[/QUOTE] Don't knock MEPIS till you have tried it. A remark like yours seems biased. I have used every version of MEPIS since 3.3, released in 2004. I can boot to 3.3.1-1, 3.4.3, 6.0, 6.5 beta 7(two installs) 6.5 rc1 (also two installs) knoppix 5.1.1 and the latest … |
| | Re: Custom Debian CD jbennet I was reading this thread and i wondered how you made out. Did you get a debian cd re-mastered? I have heard of guys using bootcd. Build an image of your running Debian System with the command bootcdwrite. Or cdbootstrap. cdebootstrap is used to create a Debian base system … |
 | Re: Dreamlinux jbennet does dreamlinux have the option of installing grub to root during the install or does dreamlinux even use grub? Dreamlinux A Brazilian Linux distribution based on Morphix, Elive, Debian and Kanotix. It can boot as a live CD or can be installed. Uses a customized Xfce environment with exclusive … |
| | Re: Dual Boot Check out this thread. In particular my post # 13. It will explain how to load as many linux systems as you have room for on one computer. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread72095.html[/url] I currently can boot 11 systems on my computer. I learned this from a post somewhere ( I forget exactly but … |
| | First of all you should have been asked which version of MEPIS are you trying to do this with? Secondly if you don't have synaptic package manager installed as part of your original install then you are playing with an older version of MEPIS from 2004 probably 3.3 . I … |
| | buildersmedia it sounds like your computer would be perfect for MEPIS. Throw a gig or more of ram and you would really be zipping along. Look through mepislovers.org if you can't get your problem fixed yourself or on this site or linuxquestions. Linuxquestions has a MEPIS specific forum. The new … |
 | Re: plz help me. The new version of MEPIS can read AND write to ntfs or fat 32. It's a new thing that they just incorporated into MEPIS. Good deal for those that have windows. Now recovery on a windows install is a lot easier. Just use the MEPIS live cd and you can … |
| | [QUOTE=pjdc]which photo organizer / catalog software are you using to organize your digital photos under linux? I'm using gthumb but if there is any better i will change... i don't like that information about photo comments and catalog are stored in text files in absolut paths, so I can't change …  |
| | [QUOTE=ash303]Ok, so here is my problem. I'm re-building an old computer, probably an early P2, not too sure, and when I boot it up the CPU fan turns on, but the hard drive doesn't boot. However if I unplug the hard drive's IDE cable, then it starts to spin. I … |
| | [QUOTE=chound]Is the hardware part of Linux different from the one required by windows or is the software part only different? Also can I install Linux on my computer which is currently running Win XP :eek:[/QUOTE]Your best bet would be to try SimplyMepis 3.3 issued in 2004. really foolproof and will … |
 | [QUOTE=fragmented_user]Hi, and welcome to the world of Linux. Linux offers, so many, new and exciting possibilities, to both experienced and novice alike, that it is oftentimes difficult to get started. One solution to such a problem is to familiarize yourself with the feel of Linux before you go any further … |
 | [QUOTE=migthyjohn]i am running SuSe 9.x and i have 2 different wifi cards(d-link dwl650 and a mini pci card that came with the laptop..i think its a broadcom) and i cant get either one of them to work. on the d-link card it has the 2 lights(link and act) the act … |
| | [QUOTE=SimSim]I've tried installing versions of Linux on livecds, I've tried Knoppix 3.8.2, Knoppix 3.9, and Slax Kill Bill version 5.0.5. The cds will start to boot Caldera DR DOS, it will find drivers for USB devices and search for hard drives and then freezes. All 3 cds freeze at this … |
| | [QUOTE=paulw]Hi advise neaded please I bought a cheap laptop for mrs to use and it was running win95 and i wanted at least 98se loading on it. I went through the procedure of reformatting the hard drive as ive done on numourous occasions with main pc. The problem is its … |
| | [QUOTE=ArbAg]I am wanting to put Fedora on my laptop that currently runs XP. I want to do a dual boot, thus I need to create a new partition. Here's the problem: In XP, when I go to computer management, it shows that the entire hard drive has only 1 partition. … |
| | Re: How to burn CD [QUOTE=Koteswar]Hi, I have Redhat 9.0 OS on my system. It came with CD writer software. I am able to play CD without any issues. But the CD writer software is not working. Is there any that I am missing, or any thing that I have to download on my PC. … |
| | Re: MSN eplorer Hello, Go to start>settings> control panel>add and remove programs> remove msn explorer and msn messenger.. Then open a web browser and go to mozilla and download firefox (It is a supergood web browser) You will need this web browser to get out and re-install internet explorer,because internet explorer is going … |
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