[99490] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Install problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Statux)
Sat Nov 14 23:06:23 1998
From: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 04:04:23 -0000
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Hey, I use NT and it's pretty darn good.
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Ross <aross@donet.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 3:48 AM
Subject: Install problems
>I'm new to Linux but very comfortable with PC's. I'm determined to get
>on the Linux wagon cause Microsoft NT is not what's cracked up to be.
> First of all, I've been able to configure my sound card and listen to
>Audio CD's. So that was very reassuring especially considering the time
>spent. I'm still struggling with the modem and network adapter card.
>They are both PnP but so is the SB 16 AWE 32 that I successfully
>installed. I'm using the Windows 95 Device Manager printout to identify
>the Base io's, irq's and dma's.
> As for the modem, what could I be overlooking? X Windows is running
>just fine and I'm navigating around the system well. Keep this in mind
>when I receive an answer.
> As for the network adapter card, its a 3COM 3c509b. From the DOS
>prompt, I have gone into the card configuration program and disabled the
>PnP. This didn't do it. My base io, irq and media type seem to be OK.
>When I ping the card IP, it doesn't answer. What to do, what to do?
> One last item is RPM. It seems to be a very powerful utility and I'm
>beginning to use it to install apps that came with RH 5.1 but one
>refuses to install. The message I receive is the following;
> unpacking of archive failed on file /opt/wp70/shbin10/wplmd7: 1: No
>space left on device.
> What's this trying to tell me? Is my swap space to small? It's the
>max at 127M and I have 32 MB of RAM. Admitting to this may identify me
>as a rookie. Oh well, I'm ready to learn from my mistakes.
> To anyone that dares answer this, I want to thank you in advance even
>though you help me with one small problem.
> Thanks again,
> Art Ross
>
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