my name says it all please help me

[insomnia]

Normal PC = x86
Mandrake 9.1 needs an i586(=pentium or something like that)

[Siplus]

well, i can't help you much with mandrake, i'm a redhat fan. both distros seem to be a lot alike (maybe because mandrake was derived from an early redhat distro back a few years).

i assume the system requirements would be the same, but here is what's on the RH9 box (yes, i bought it...worth donating money to the company for)

CPU
   cli: 200mhz
   gui: 400mhz
HD
   smallest install: 475MB
   largets install:  5GB
Memory
   cli: 64MB
   gui: 128MB (i suggest 256 if you plan on using gnome or kde)

hope that helps. if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, people here are very helpful.

they helped me back when i started a year ago

[Siplus]

quote:Originally posted by foolishpersonwhoknowsnothing:
alright this is my 3rd straight post , sorry for spamming but i need som'ore help. i went to the mandrake link which had more link's the dl places. im confused , it's not really giving me an ISO to download for mandrake, instead it's many many smaller files. can you plllllleeeeaase explain this to me !

can you give a link to the directory where all of these 'smaller' files are?

[insomnia]

quote:Originally posted by foolishpersonwhoknowsnothing:
alright this is my 3rd straight post , sorry for spamming but i need som'ore help. i went to the mandrake link which had more link's the dl places. im confused , it's not really giving me an ISO to download for mandrake, instead it's many many smaller files. can you plllllleeeeaase explain this to me !

Go to:  http://linuxiso.org/
Pick Mandrake and downl. the 3 cd's.(i586)

[ August 15, 2003: Message edited by: insomnia ]

[ August 15, 2003: Message edited by: insomnia ]

[slvadcjelli42]

If you really want Mandrake (I, like Siplus, recommend Redhat... I tried Mandrake, didn't particularly care for it.), go to the download page ( http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3 ) And click whatever applies, I'm assuming the second button. On the page that follows (I can't seem to link straight to it, sorry) There is a "ISO" link ("Mandrake 9.1/i586 ISO Image"), which brings you further down on the same page to a section of mirrors with ISO images. That should do it.

[slvadcjelli42]

oh, duh, linuxiso.org! silly me. oh, and these last few replies happened as I was typing mine, so now it looks kind of superflous... oh well

[Siplus]

ftp://mirrors.ptd.net/mandrake/iso/
this mirror looks good, it is on a PA server, so you should find one near you.

you will see something like this, just download the 3 cd files.

it might also be a good idea to check the size of your cds. it appears to need 700mb cds, but i don't know...maybe 650's will work too

[insomnia]

quote:Originally posted by Siplus:
ftp://mirrors.ptd.net/mandrake/iso/
this mirror looks good, it is on a PA server, so you should find one near you.

you will see something like this, just download the 3 cd files.

it might also be a good idea to check the size of your cds. it appears to need 700mb cds, but i don't know...maybe 650's will work too

650 will do.

[eaeshamdevil]

hehe right now im using knoppix live off the cd on my xp one- I FUCKING HATE WINDOWS- KNOPPIX IS RUNNING OFF MY CRAPPY FRANKENHOOT CD DRIVE AND IT'S GOING 10 TIMES FASTER THEN MY XP COMP GOES NOW, AND MUCH FASTER THAN MY XP COMP DID WHEN I GOT IT, it's the fucking SHIT. i hope mandrake is as good, hehehe that means i got to go back to windows FUCK in order to burn the 3 disks. wow i never knew what linux was really , i only used windows and a little mac , i though that linux was a silly ass dos looking OS, but knoppix looks like a old ass mac with pretty shiny buttons and NoO lag-----thank you everybody for helping me out- especially the guy who gave the the mandrake ISO links - im gonna put it on dl and come back later see how it's going I HOPE THERE'S NO MORE FRIGGIN BLACKOUTS   - so thank you everybody and i love i LOVE knoppix it is the shit - ummmm one last stupid question from me - is there any way i can play COUNTERSTRIKE - a very popular game - on knoppix or mandrake ? if so please help me out thanks

[slvadcjelli42]

WineX. (I haven't had much success with that program but lots of other people have, I know) http://www.transgaming.com It provides a layer of compatability (that's how it's said, right?) for Windows programs on Linux... There's also Wine, but WineX has DirectX compatibilty, for games. I think it should run something like Counter-strike just fine.

P.S. Yeah, I just discovered the wonderful CD that is Knoppix, too, I am equally happy with it  

[hm_murdock]

btw, looking at the different ISOs, the one that says "PPC" is PowerPC. it's for those of us lucky enough to have Apple computers!

Good luck with Linux, and welcome to an MS-free world!

[Siplus]

quote:Originally posted by foolishpersonwhoknowsnothing:
- ummmm one last stupid question from me - is there any way i can play COUNTERSTRIKE - a very popular game - on knoppix or mandrake ? if so please help me out thanks

since this came up, i figured i'd put my post in here that has gotten 0 replies so far...
----------------------------
finally have winex working on my laptop! i tried playing several games that were installed on my windows directory, such has Warcraft3, stronghold: crusaders, everquest, half-life, and Quake3 team arena.

and there are problems with each, some do not even work. i find it strange, that if there is a problem, it is different from game to game.

ok, so step by step what i'm doing, is:
1) opening gnome-terminal
2) su -
3) enter password
4) cd to the directory of the game (hda1 is mounted on /c)
5) winex3 [gamename.exe]

seems simple enough, but here's the problem:

with Warcraft3:
there is a terminal right in the middle of the screen that is impossible to move. the game is running, everything works well, except i can't see the middle of the screen. that doens't make for a very playable game

with Stronghold crusader:
not that big of deal. i didn't even check to see on the transgaming site if they have support for it. i'm just missing the mouse cursor. i can get by, so i'm really not too concerned about it. i'm just thinking that it may give a clue to someone more knowledgeable or something...

with QuakeIII:
this happens a lot in windows even if i have it set in the wrong resolution. the screen is just kind of a blured, disfigured, snowy, whatever. it runs, but not playable

with Half-life:
doesn't even start.

everquest, eh, i had to be online and i wasn't at the time, so i'm not going to worry about it for now.

with all of that said, my laptop is a 1.5ghz celeron, it has ATI Mobile radeon video card, 256mb ram.

i'm running RH9

please help me if you can!!!
----------------------------

[ August 16, 2003: Message edited by: Siplus ]

[Stryker]

i'd download the latest wine (from winehq.org) and install it. halflife runs just fine with that. i'd make sure to set ur video mode to opengl though (dont forget to get ur linux video drivers for good speed).

[eaeshamdevil]

while i am on my x p computer running big brother bill's window's xp-i have more problems

-----i downloaded mandrake 9.1 ISO - # 1 and # 2

i burnt both of them with NERO (mind you i burnt knoppix with nero 2 days ago and it worked fine_
i tried to insert the mandrake install (1) disk into my windows 98 computer while it boots

the screen pops up where it asks you what you want to do like it's supposed to, BUT then it asks where is the install disk and says that it can't find it in the c d rom drive!

please help and thx for reading

[Siplus]

quote:Originally posted by Stryker:
i'd download the latest wine (from winehq.org) and install it. halflife runs just fine with that. i'd make sure to set ur video mode to opengl though (dont forget to get ur linux video drivers for good speed).

are you talking about setting the in-game video to opengl, or is winex configurable itself?

if it is, where do i change this at?