Dave Barton wrote:
Having spent endless hours and hundreds of dollars trying to get Suse Linux Pro 7.3 working, I have finally conceded defeat. In my opinion Linux is still a very long way from being an OS for the mainstream user. Some (or many) may say that my defeat is due to my own ignorance and/or stupidity. That may or may not be true, but I can no longer afford the time or apply the mental gymnastics needed to work out
Hi zentara, I had completely forgotten about the "/mbr" option. Thanks for reminding me. As usual, I should have RTFM. My friend, thank you for the encouragement, but I have already lost too much sleep, which may be part of the problem ;-) There are many things I may be addicted to, but windows will never be one of them. I hoped (believed) that Linux had matured into an OS that was nearly ready for the mainstream user, which is why I parted with my hard earned cash to buy the Suse distro. Again, thanks for you help. Regards Dave Barton the
cryptic keyboard incantations to make Linux a useable OS.
Don't give up!!!!!!!! Try again after a few nights sleep. You know with XP's licensing policy, you have to get off of windows addiction.
Before I sign off from this list and slip back into the not-so-comfortable arms of M$, could someone tell me how to repartition the HDD where I had installed Linux, so that I can reformat it for FAT32. Running M$'s fdisk from a bootable floppy fails when the HDD has been formatted for Linux.
Put your msdos boot floppy in there, and get the A:\ prompt, then type "fdisk /mbr", that will remove lilo. Then reboot, and your windows fdisk should work.
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My friend, thank you for the encouragement, but I have already lost too much sleep, which may be part of the problem ;-) There are many things I may be addicted to, but windows will never be one of them. I hoped (believed) that Linux had matured into an OS that was nearly ready for the mainstream user, which is why I parted with my hard earned cash to buy the Suse distro.
Dave, Are you in Sydney ? If you are determined to go the EvilWare route, I would be willing to negotiate a price for your copy of SuSE 7.3 (English, right ??...:-)) I'm also willing to sit down over a coffee and see "where you went wrong" - maybe we can save you from the Evil One...:-) Jon P.S. I administer a large NT network for a living, but run Linux exclusively at home and on the notebook. Yes, it's a learning curve, and sleep is MANDATORY, as is alcohol at times...:-) --
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 07:13 pm, Dave Barton wrote:
Hi zentara,
I had completely forgotten about the "/mbr" option. Thanks for reminding me. As usual, I should have RTFM.
My friend, thank you for the encouragement, but I have already lost too much sleep, which may be part of the problem ;-) There are many things I may be addicted to, but windows will never be one of them. I hoped (believed) that Linux had matured into an OS that was nearly ready for the mainstream user, which is why I parted with my hard earned cash to buy the Suse distro.
Again, thanks for you help.
Regards Dave Barton
Without knowing the specifics its hard...But got to remember the days when I moved from Windows to Linux...It can be tricky as you have to learn new tricks. Have you considered dual booting? Thats what I do so that I can continue using some games that only run on Windows. At least then you can get back into the comfort zone when needed. Maybe give it a few days then reconsider, I have a feeling the SuSE Linux bug is already working its way into your system. Matt
I remember the days of moving from DOS to Windows. It took six
months. Every time a new MSDN CD arrived, I tried. Every time a new
employee or contractor arrived, I pumped them for ideas. Finally,
some combination worked.
Try dual booting for a while or even use VMware with Windows as the
host OS. Linux expects and rewards educating yourself. I had 20+
years of Unix experience when I started. It was and is still a
learning curve. And it is worth it.
Just my 2 currency pieces,
Jeffrey
Quoting StarTux
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 07:13 pm, Dave Barton wrote:
Hi zentara,
I had completely forgotten about the "/mbr" option. Thanks for reminding me. As usual, I should have RTFM.
My friend, thank you for the encouragement, but I have already lost too much sleep, which may be part of the problem ;-) There are many things I may be addicted to, but windows will never be one of them. I hoped (believed) that Linux had matured into an OS that was nearly ready for the mainstream user, which is why I parted with my hard earned cash to buy the Suse distro.
Again, thanks for you help.
Regards Dave Barton
Without knowing the specifics its hard...But got to remember the days when I moved from Windows to Linux...It can be tricky as you have to learn new tricks.
Have you considered dual booting? Thats what I do so that I can continue using some games that only run on Windows. At least then you can get back into the comfort zone when needed.
Maybe give it a few days then reconsider, I have a feeling the SuSE Linux bug is already working its way into your system.
Matt
-- I don't do Windows and I don't come to work before nine. -- Johnny Paycheck
On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 10:04:06PM -0600, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
I remember the days of moving from DOS to Windows. It took six months. Every time a new MSDN CD arrived, I tried. Every time a new employee or contractor arrived, I pumped them for ideas. Finally, some combination worked.
The paradiagm between the OSes has changed. I adapted quickly to Linux because I had some HP-UX, VAX, and mainframe experience. Your typical MAC/PPC users have the same issue when trying to move to Wintel. They are used to having a very high level interface to the computer and operating system. Most if not all traditional Wintel users face this when attempting Linux/*BSD/<insert OS> for the first few times. I think it's very important to realize that most of us that have made the hurdle of using Linux exclusively (since April 1996, SuSE 4.4.1) have vested interest in seeing Linux get more penetration. We must understand that we won't win everyone and respect that they know what is best for their situation. If those users that have tried it, didn't like it, and came back (installed Slackware 3.0 from my SAMS book, Using Linux $1994ish? maybe) they will be that much closer than those that never have tried it. I stopped using OS/2 years ago, not because it was a poor OS, but because IBM wasn't releasing software I was interested in, and VisualAge for Smalltalk couldn't be optimized to run custom software quickly on OS/2 (or maybe I didn't know how to do it... the instructions for doing it were poor). My fellow hackers, don't get frustrated. We are still engaged, and even if people stopped using Linux, it won't dissappear from existence. Jonathan
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