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dhanesh

Sep 3 2006, 06:46 PM

xboxrulez, you pointed out the word i was looking for, "ReiserFS" indeed. SuSe has ReiserFS written after every partition it creates/wants to create, so now i am guessing its a good thing. About the ext3 over ext2 explaination, i understood that pretty much, but just going through a few websites to get more info on those.

If GNOME is not for beginners then i might be better off with KDE

anyways i have to reinstall suse with all the changes/mistakes that i have learned so far so this time i'll use KDE as my desktop, but i dont think the default install of KDE gives me firefox, i have to d'load it seperately. WHICH is another question in itself lol, installation of software would be later on but first i need to get my hands a lil wet with linux to get to know it better.

If CTRL+ALT+F6 isnt the force quit combo then what would it be (in GNOME i mean) ? And since i'll be using KDE in my next install, CTRL+ESC would be the force quit combo as you mentioned earlier

Yordan, regarding the installation on the free space, i'll just have to try it hands on to see if i can manage that, then only i could post my findings. But thanks for the tip tho, so now my HDD would be :
C: 40 - Windows , D: 20 - BLANK-NTFS , E: 20 - BLANK-NTFS , F: 20 - BLANK-unpartitioned.

I am not going to format it with any file system, but let suse do that. It would be easier that way

I'll post up as soon as i get into partition screen and if i run into any problems lol .. sorry.

Regards
Dhanesh.

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dhanesh

Sep 3 2006, 07:29 PM

Ok, my questions on the new installation side by side ..

1) I boot up from the CD .. and i have a screen that shows me 7 options. Being a learner i wouldent want to play with all functions but what would the following options do/mean ?

Installation ( I know this would install a full and clean install of suse ) - I chose this one both times
Installation - ACPI Disabled
Installation - Local APIC Disabled
Installation - Safe Settings
Rescue System

2) Yordan .. this is for you

hehe .. After i left the F: drive as unpartitioned this is what it did
/dev/sda 93.1GB HDD
/dev/sda1 39.0GB NTFS C:
/dev/sda2 54.0GB Extended
/dev/sda5 19.5GB NTFS D:
/dev/sda6 19.5GB NTFS E:
/dev/sda7 1.4GB Linux Swap
/dev/sda8 5.6GB Linux Native (reiser) /
/dev/sda9 7.9GB Linux Native (reiser) /home

Proposed installation by suse :
Create swap partition /dev/sda7 (1.4GB)
Create root partition /dev/sda8 (5.6GB) with reiserfs
Create partition /dev/sda9 (7.9GB) for /home with reiserfs
Set mount point of /dev/sda1 to /windows/C (Whats this ? does it change/mount anything here ?)
Set mount point of /dev/sda5 to /windows/D (Whats this ? does it change/mount anything here ?)
Set mount point of /dev/sda6 to /windows/E (Whats this ? does it change/mount anything here ?)

I know this is right, but just want to confirm it through you guys. I will then go ahead and blindly hit next

Thats all for now, m off to sleep. Will check back tommorow and start installing then

.. lets see how it goes this time. Hopefully i know a lil about linux, thankx to you guys.

Regards
Dhanesh.

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xboxrulz

Sep 3 2006, 07:35 PM

from above it seems that all your hard-drives are all connected through SCSI.

Anyways, the set mount point means that it will try to mount your NTFS to those locations. Which is /windows/*

As for your 7 options, you chose the correct option. Those other options are advanced options.

As for Firefox, it's selected by default. However, you can use YaST2 to double check that. Firefox can still be installed with your operating system regardless of the desktop environment.

As for the GNOME combo, I have absolutely no clue.

xboxrulz

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yordan

Sep 3 2006, 09:40 PM

QUOTE

2) Yordan .. this is for you tongue.gif hehe .. After i left the F: drive as unpartitioned this is what it did
/dev/sda 93.1GB HDD
/dev/sda1 39.0GB NTFS C:
/dev/sda2 54.0GB Extended
/dev/sda5 19.5GB NTFS D:
/dev/sda6 19.5GB NTFS E:
/dev/sda7 1.4GB Linux Swap
/dev/sda8 5.6GB Linux Native (reiser) /
/dev/sda9 7.9GB Linux Native (reiser) /home

Proposed installation by suse :
Create swap partition /dev/sda7 (1.4GB)
Create root partition /dev/sda8 (5.6GB) with reiserfs
Create partition /dev/sda9 (7.9GB) for /home with reiserfs
Set mount point of /dev/sda1 to /windows/C (Whats this ? does it change/mount anything here ?)
Set mount point of /dev/sda5 to /windows/D (Whats this ? does it change/mount anything here ?)
Set mount point of /dev/sda6 to /windows/E (Whats this ? does it change/mount anything here ?)

OK, that's exactly what I want to you do.
And I also wanted these "set mount points" to be done.
This is quite correct.
Now, you will have a fully correct installation
This is the way you will perform communications between the Unix world and the Microsoft Windows world.
when you go to /windows/C under Linux, you will be on your Windows C: disk
when you go to /windows/D you will read the files on your Windows D: disk.
When you boot under Windows and write a text file in your E: disk, you will be able to read it in the Linux directory named /windows/E.
Regards
Yordan

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dhanesh

Sep 4 2006, 07:29 AM

QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Sep 3 2006, 11:35 PM)

from above it seems that all your hard-drives are all connected through SCSI.

Ahh yes thankx for pointing that out, i have to change it back to SATA and see if it works. But i am guessing you knew this from /dev/sda where sda is for SCSI.

QUOTE

As for your 7 options, you chose the correct option. Those other options are advanced options.

The rest 3 bootup options are not necessary as of now, but what would they do if selected ?

QUOTE

As for the GNOME combo, I have absolutely no clue.

Checked a few sites out and Ctrl-Alt-F2 seems to be the combo on a PC. Tho its always better to check out and then be shure

QUOTE

This is the way you will perform communications between the Unix world and the Microsoft Windows world.
when you go to /windows/C under Linux, you will be on your Windows C: disk
when you go to /windows/D you will read the files on your Windows D: disk.
When you boot under Windows and write a text file in your E: disk, you will be able to read it in the Linux directory named /windows/E.

Yordan

,, hehe, well i quiet didnt get what u ment by this, but leme tell you what i did understand (plz correct me if m wrong). In linux i tried to access the computer and under it all i could see was my files, because the last install also had somthing like Set mount point of /dev/sda1 to /windows/C etc. So if i understood you right, then there should be a folder in "my computer" in linux that says windows and all the drives listed under it ? I normally would not mess around with transfering files but i need to know this in order to do a network in linux.

The exact same type of network i am doing under windows. I share the D: drive on my desktop and when i hit \\192.168.0.1\ i see the drive and a printer. If file exachange is possible on windows to windows platform, it should be possible on linux to windows platform, considering the mounting done ?

Gosh, duno if that made sense, but please dont get frustrated

.. i see xbox getting red as hell and yordan is at the verge of getting red

.
Regards
Dhanesh.

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yordan

Sep 4 2006, 10:49 AM

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If file exachange is possible on windows to windows platform, it should be possible on linux to windows platform, considering the mounting done ?

Not really for that reason, but it's partly true.
The mounting trick allows you, in case you have dual-boot and boot sometimes on Linux and sometimes on Microsoft Windows, to see the Windows files when you are booted on Linux.
For instance, suppose you were working with Microsoft Word when you were booted on Windows, you save your document as d:\mytodaylife.doc, and send it to your friend over gmail.
Now, you boot under Linux, you read your mails using the Linux version of Firefox, and your friend tells you he lost the file. Then, go to /windows/D and you see the file again (althout you are using Linux and it's a Crosoft Windows file) and you can send the file again without needing to reboot under Windows.
This is the sharing mode between Windows and Linux, on the same computer, alternatively booting to Linux or to Windows.

Now, there is another way of collaboration, collaboration with your Laptop.
When both systems are booted under Crosoft Windows, the Windows network is in charge of files sharing.
When the laptop is on Windows and the main PC is under Linux, SAMBA is in charge or sharing files. So, you have to learn how to configure samba, you simply have to share a Linux folder with Samba and your windows Laptop will be able to mount it.

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xboxrulz

Sep 4 2006, 03:23 PM

The other boot function is if your computer doesn't support ACPI (the newest power handler, most modern systems has that functionality). The second one is almost the same thing, but I'm no so sure. The third one is if there was any problem installing using the default option. Then you should use this if all fails.

The CTRL+ALT+F* all bump you to a text-only console (the true Linux console). Therefore, as I said earlier, impossible for your desktop to use that as a shortcut key. The reason behind this is that the shortcut is hardcoded into Linux to be used for the console switcher.

xboxrulz

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dhanesh

Sep 5 2006, 07:01 PM

Really sorry for the delay in reply, you see windows was keeping me buzy

.. I have the recovery CD for my laptop, but was trying to make/install a clean windows xp installation on my C: partition, WHICH didnt happen even after 7 re-installs, 5 dvds waste and all that time waste

.. i'd love to embrace my windows so bad so to choke it to death !

Newayz, Thankx xboxrulz for that last bit of info. And thank you yordan .. i got what you were trying to tell me about the file exchange in both the system due to the mount. I am currently done with a fresh install of windows and now installing SuSe .. so hopefully this would be the last install ..... for today

...

I guess we should end this post here, and i'll have to make a new one for the extra problems i come accross in suse, so hope you guys help me there too, so wish me luck

Thanks for the help and support you guys are giving, dont know what i would have done without astahost and you guys

Cheers !

Regards
Dhanesh.

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I am trying to install a wireless connection using SUSE 10. After keying my network password, I am able to connect to my wireless network (d-link) but automatically disconnected after a while. I am again asked for my encypted password and key ring but would already fail to connect. I am always promted to key-in my network pasword evertime I try to connect. I am sure that my pasword is correct because I can get connected evrytime I re-install YAST.

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