I have been a sys-admin for a number of years. Most people find that using the Suse Firewwall that comes with Suse Linux a very easy tool to use. But I found for more advanced and configurable firewalls that simply using iptables that comes with the newer linux kernels works better. Granted writing the iptables rules is a lot like programming but you can do so much with it. As far as your sound card, that I can not help you with but you might want to send that question to the suse-linux-e mailing list. And lastly the linux unable to read partition table, I would suspect (if I unstand what you did which is after you installed linux you ran the fdisk and fdisk /mbr commands since that command messes with the boot record of the drive) that linux is having trouble reading the partition info that the fdisk /mbr put in after linux was installed and is not a hardware problem at all. IF that is the case then you probably will have very few problems but I would recommend reinstalling linux and wipeing out all partitions and starting over to make sure (hard drive crahes can be very messy ;). Good luck. Jon Hoffman On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:11, Allen Kenner wrote:
Hello, this is my first message so im not sure if it will work or not, but i wanted to say hi to everyone, i just insalled and started actually using Linux for the first time a few days ago, i like it alot, even though i miss Windows, alot of tools i used for web design only run under that, for the most part i do most of the actual website and design in pure HTML codeing but a few places want me to do sites for them so im trying to get a new computer so i can have a Windows box and a Linux box, (my compuuter wont even load Windows anymore and even after fdisking and fdisk/mbr and booting from Windows CDs it just says it cant install even after deleting all partitions, have no idea why but i do have fun using Linux and its good to learn, id like to become a system admin after college, i just turned 20) iv only had a computer for about 4 years but when i first got it, i couldnt help but mess with everything untill i fuguredout how it all worked. Id sit up all night and all day playing with everything (it was runing Windows 95 and i had no books or manuals to learn from so it was mostly play with and learn why it did what it did how and what exactly made it do that) about 2 years ago i got into computer security and that interests me as it did when i first learned to turn a computer on myself. Well just turning it on and going online wasnt enough for me, i wanted to know what was going on under all that and started reading up on it and learning some basic computer knowledge, sorry for rambling on and being a wee bit off topic but i think every newbie should be aloud to make and introduction mail, its polite :) I do have a question, my computer i bought 3 or so years ago, its a P3 733 MGhz 42.9 GB HD with a cd wr drive and a DVd drive and floppy drive built in, i also have a 100 ZIP drive on it (which i was shocked SuSe found all of them and they all work fine) but are there any free firewalls for Linux for download? i googled and searched threw downloads.com and such and didnt find a thing, if anyone could recommend a few that would be great (iv found search engines work better when you know what your looking for) and also, my sound card doesnt work, Linux found it but i dont think i have drivers for it, i checked the system control area and it said under available Hardware: Sound device : risq Modular Multimedia Controller Type: Sound Device Vendor: rockwell International. Configured: no Available : yes Needed: no i searched for the company website but didnt find anything related to my card and googled it but all i found were replies from a message board with the words in it. Also, when i boot, after it gets to the graphical log in screen, it says theres an error sayinf "Linux Kernel unable to read partition table" i asked a few people and they said it was prolly a Hardware problem with my Hard drive wich is worrying, but Linux works fine, i dont understand it, anyway dont mean to have such a long mail so ill shut up now, have a wonderful day everyone and God Bless:) anyway, anyone that can help me out wouid be much appreciated