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Psico_Kinetic

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August 7th, 2005 22:00

problems with Mandriva (Mandrake) 10.1 DVD version in a Dimension 9100

I have a Dimension 9100.. ( Pentium 4 HT with 3.2GHz and 2MB )
 
i have tried to install mandriva Linux 10.1, but in the installation mandriva ask me about the driver for the CD ROM unit, and then the driver for the Network....
 
both are suppossed to be a ".ko" file, but which one from the big list is it?

dsbInspiron

222 Posts

August 8th, 2005 11:00

I am a little confused, how far into installation do you get?  Mandriva should be able to detect the cd-rom driver from the beginning.  What type of CD-Rom Drive do you have?  Could you post some of the entries from the list?

Secondly the network what?  Are you trying to install this on a network computer?  Or is it talking about the eth0/eth1 cards?  I wouldn't think you would have to worry about the network until installation was complete.

Psico_Kinetic

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August 8th, 2005 19:00

well its a little uncommon
i have installed a lot of mandrake editions
but in the 10.1 first look for the hardware after asking lenguage or anything else
 
its a DVD-Rom and its ilogic to ask for the drivers of the CD Rom because the
mandrake is running from a DVD
 
and then the NIC, and i cant go to the next step without configuring the NIC
i dont know why....
 
i have the drivers for the nic in a tar.gz, but i have to choose from a big big list
 

Message Edited by Psico_Kinetic on 08-08-2005 03:55 PM

dsbInspiron

222 Posts

August 9th, 2005 11:00

Is the NIC card hooked up?  You could unplug if it is.  I installed 10.1 a couple of weeks ago and it only ask me after installed the packages if I wanted to configure my network card.  I did install it from a CD though.  Have you gone over to www1.mandriva.com?  They may have some interesting things, if you didn't buy a retail version of 10.1, then they manuals will come in handy.

vjktm

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November 23rd, 2005 00:00

Folks,

I am trying to install Mandrake 2006 free version to my dimension 9100.

Install works fine, i can't get X to work and get the command line interface.  What do I have to change in the config file?

Thanks.

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