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i just bought a 5-cd FC3 set. when i tried to install it i found out that the first CD was unbootable. i tried to use one of the images "boot.iso" to try to install. then it gives a message; something like "bad magic number..." and stuff. is there another way to install Fedora or do i...

i love lilo but somehow it dmagaed my multi-boot and left my XPpro unbootable. i tried 'fdisk /mbr' and it was no good. can anyone tell me if there was a way too boot knoppix other than lilo. like 'loadlin' or by using the XP bootloader? thanks a lot

i recently added a tv tuner card (pinnacle pctv) for my pc. suddenly sound disappears on my linux box. alsaconf doesn't do anything. alsamixer detects the vtv tuner not the Ac 97 soundcard. any suggestions?

i just installed slackware 10. everything was cool until i edited xorg.conf (changed color depth to 32bit) and was unable to get into X. i booted an old Slax liveCD (slax.linux-live.org) maybe version 2x sumthin' and was able to fix the problem. however, when i started X, the fonts were...

can anyone direct me to which part of xorg.conf i can use to enable mouse scrolling? i am using a logitech scroll mouse. i tried using IMPS/2 and logitech as protocols... no luck. thanks!!!

I'm really amazed by the way liveCDs work. i've used Knoppix, Slax, Freesbie, DSL, Lnx-BBC, etc... Is it possible to build one from a RedHat Linux installation? any help would be greatly appreciated. tnx

one day a class of college students were talking about the peanut vendor in their university library student1: i pity that old man. he is half blind. what if students cheat on him student2: yeah, and he's old. how can he do all the math? professor: oh yes that's all...

hi guys! i recently installed windows server 2003. i've read that it has audio disabled by default. does this mean that you can't play music? also directX is disabled so games can't run. i hear it has better memory management so i'd like to try it with games. how do i enable directX...

i have been using l RH linux8 for several months now and i've noticed that my screen is not 'centered'. i boot linux along with windows so when i adjust the monitor manually in linux, it will be the windows screen that will not be at the center. the screen is about 0.5cm to the right. can...

hi guys! i have RH8 installed and it places my computer screen a bit to the right. in other words "It's not at the center" i tried moving the screen using the adjustments in my monitor panel and it solved the problem temporarily but then i switched to XP, it is now XP that has an...

linux is hot! i just can't get enough of it. i need help on my kernel as i have had near-to-nothing experience with it. can anyone tell me how to patch the kernel. i'm trying to upgrade. tnx guys!

can anyone please tell me (in lay man's language please) how to share files between linux and windows Pc's. i already had internet connection sharing. i still have problems with sharing files. i already tried samba and NFS. i don't know how to get them to work. thanks in advance guys!

hi guys i'm just curious... i'm a person who loves to explore and i thought of multibooting for testing and comparing different operating systems. is it possible to multiboot win98SE, winXP pro, and RedHat Linux 9? i really need the help. thanks in advance guys!

most of dual booting manuals i've read says NTFS and FAT OSes can't be combined - to dual boot, both have to be FAT32. almost all manuals i've read places winXP(most popular NT OS) on the first partition and thereby prohibiting the use of the secure NT file system. however, programmers...

i just installed RH8. i'm new so i need help can you network linux and windows? how do you play videos on linux? kaboodle doesn't seem to work how do u install RPMS? tnx a lot in advance

hey guys, i just installed linux 7.1 but i don't seem to hear any sound. do you have to configure sound differently or does it autodetect? also, is there a way to network linux with windows? how do you configure ethernet, TCP/IP etc... i'm completely new at this coz i've used windows...

i've been using XP for about a year now. i find everything to be fine (not mentioning XP is a big memory hog) but it seems XP has problems handling DOS applications am i correct or have i not learned enough? is their an XP setup that would enhance DOS progs? im a computer engineering...

any one please help. i have an intel D850MV mobo. 128 Mb RDRAM, 1.8GHz. i was wondering if you could help me overclock my machine. i can't seem to find any setting that would allow me to. or hardware tweaks perhaps. tnx a lot!

im curently running XP in my system. i want to dual boot it with linux. is it possible to install linux after XP installation? also i tried it once, it said that i don't have enough DOS Ram. what's that? i'm completely new at this and literally lost. need help...EXPERT HELP. tnx

SD, RD, DDR? which one is it? which one is the best? are there any more out there? my friend says RD RAM is the best; my bro tells me SD is. My clasmate tells me DDR is the new generation and best RAM. i need help... pls i'm new at this so i need some experienced tips. tnx