can't copy file
I just feel dumb as dirt, but i have files to copy. . . i'm new to mandrake 9. 1. . . i have to copy them from floppy to /usr/local/bin folder, so i open like if it was explorer so i can see the files at the right then drag/drop then to my folder at left.
I just feel dumb as dirt, but i have files to copy...i'm new to mandrake 9.1...i have to copy them from floppy to /usr/local/bin folder, so i open like if it was explorer so i can see the files at the right then drag/drop then to my folder at left...sorry i don't remember the exact message(I've been on my 1st install all day) but i have these choices;cancel,skip or skip all. How can i copy them?
If someone could tell me how to remove all the password i have to enter every 3 seconds i would be very greatfull!!! Thanks!
If someone could tell me how to remove all the password i have to enter every 3 seconds i would be very greatfull!!! Thanks!
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Quote:You just download the driver, and from a terminal (not in X) run:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4349.mun [enter]
OMG i was just ready to bitch back at you...and then...got a little spark!!!!! MyBad..... I was never able to edit the XF86CONFIG FILE....just the readme file on NVidia is at least 3 arm lenght long. That's what got me tired of Linux.
I will look at the compatibility link you gave me...heck we never know...lol!!!
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4349.mun [enter]
OMG i was just ready to bitch back at you...and then...got a little spark!!!!! MyBad..... I was never able to edit the XF86CONFIG FILE....just the readme file on NVidia is at least 3 arm lenght long. That's what got me tired of Linux.
I will look at the compatibility link you gave me...heck we never know...lol!!!
If you want to give it another shot, I can tell you how to edit your XF86Config-4..
Hi guys! I've been reading this thread and I had a few thoughts:
1. Support. I once had a job where I had to keep things running in Windows, which means I had to go to Microsoft Customer support - 99% of my questions resulted in the same answers "Your problem is due to anything other than Microsoft products." OK, I'm exagerating a bit, but it usually took me 3 to 5 days to provide enough stuff that the M$ 'team' would finally tell me what I needed to do. In Linux, support is, well, enough that I have had problems deciding which one to use. It is available from all distro sites, hundreds of forums, the Linux Documentation Project, and more, more. more!
2. Most Windows users today started with Win98 or above. They have never seen a DOS prompt. I started with a machine that used the BASIC programming language as an operating system. (TI 99/4a, Commodore Vic 20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Radio Shack color computer 1, Tandy color computer 2, Tandy color computer 3) My first true operating system was CPM. My first PC was a used IBM PC (MSDOS v2.11). I then built my first computer on my own, a 16 mHz 286. It used MSDOS v3.33 through v6.22. I switched to a 386, then to an AMD (I've never, ever ran a Pentium of any sort size, shape or type...). I had to go to Windows because of my job (I acted as a sort of software teacher, and I needed to know how Windows worked...) my first Windows was v3.11 (Windows for Workgroups). I used it at work and studied if I had to when I was at home. I never installed Win95 at home - went straight to Win98, and now I use 98SE - the only one I ever had to pay for. I have a free Windows XP from work, but I don't use it, for various reasons. When I went to Linux, one thing I wanted was to have a DOS style screen. Mandrake 8.x worked OK, but it automatically started as a gui, and I messed it up trying to get to the shell prompt. It was a year (plus or minus a couple months) before I decided to try again.
3. Linux currently is very similar to the way things worked in M$ way back when DOS was in charge. (There are differences - mostly the names of commands and how useful each one is compared to the DOS ones.) I like the ideas - in some versions of DOS that I was able to use I could get several gui's - M$ pretty much put them all out of business. I like the fact that I can choose at least half a dozen gui programs (KDE, Gnome, IceWM, etc.), I can run most programs in Linux either in the terminal or the gui mode. If I decide to get back to programming, I can download the source and change things around. (I may actually get the Gnome source one of these days to change it so that I can have a different background image for each desktop...)
4. The first time I ever heard of Linux was in the early '90s. There was very little software that I wanted, so I didn't try Linux. The amount of software for Linux these days is increasing quickly. Soon there will be no need to use Windows just to run certain programs, and the few Windows emulators will slowly come to an end because people will write software for Linux just as they do for Windows and Mac.
5. In time, computers will be as different from the ones we have now as the ones we have are different from the ones I started out with. As a result, the so called Linux 'newbies' will be like me - knowledgeable enough from modern OS and software to be able to learn the new OS's and software in the future.
If you are a Linux 'newbie', and you keep at it and learn it as best as you can, you will be able to make the changes in the future. If not, you will be the same as those people who cannot figure out how to see if your Toyota/Aircraft is working right...
1. Support. I once had a job where I had to keep things running in Windows, which means I had to go to Microsoft Customer support - 99% of my questions resulted in the same answers "Your problem is due to anything other than Microsoft products." OK, I'm exagerating a bit, but it usually took me 3 to 5 days to provide enough stuff that the M$ 'team' would finally tell me what I needed to do. In Linux, support is, well, enough that I have had problems deciding which one to use. It is available from all distro sites, hundreds of forums, the Linux Documentation Project, and more, more. more!
2. Most Windows users today started with Win98 or above. They have never seen a DOS prompt. I started with a machine that used the BASIC programming language as an operating system. (TI 99/4a, Commodore Vic 20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Radio Shack color computer 1, Tandy color computer 2, Tandy color computer 3) My first true operating system was CPM. My first PC was a used IBM PC (MSDOS v2.11). I then built my first computer on my own, a 16 mHz 286. It used MSDOS v3.33 through v6.22. I switched to a 386, then to an AMD (I've never, ever ran a Pentium of any sort size, shape or type...). I had to go to Windows because of my job (I acted as a sort of software teacher, and I needed to know how Windows worked...) my first Windows was v3.11 (Windows for Workgroups). I used it at work and studied if I had to when I was at home. I never installed Win95 at home - went straight to Win98, and now I use 98SE - the only one I ever had to pay for. I have a free Windows XP from work, but I don't use it, for various reasons. When I went to Linux, one thing I wanted was to have a DOS style screen. Mandrake 8.x worked OK, but it automatically started as a gui, and I messed it up trying to get to the shell prompt. It was a year (plus or minus a couple months) before I decided to try again.
3. Linux currently is very similar to the way things worked in M$ way back when DOS was in charge. (There are differences - mostly the names of commands and how useful each one is compared to the DOS ones.) I like the ideas - in some versions of DOS that I was able to use I could get several gui's - M$ pretty much put them all out of business. I like the fact that I can choose at least half a dozen gui programs (KDE, Gnome, IceWM, etc.), I can run most programs in Linux either in the terminal or the gui mode. If I decide to get back to programming, I can download the source and change things around. (I may actually get the Gnome source one of these days to change it so that I can have a different background image for each desktop...)
4. The first time I ever heard of Linux was in the early '90s. There was very little software that I wanted, so I didn't try Linux. The amount of software for Linux these days is increasing quickly. Soon there will be no need to use Windows just to run certain programs, and the few Windows emulators will slowly come to an end because people will write software for Linux just as they do for Windows and Mac.
5. In time, computers will be as different from the ones we have now as the ones we have are different from the ones I started out with. As a result, the so called Linux 'newbies' will be like me - knowledgeable enough from modern OS and software to be able to learn the new OS's and software in the future.
If you are a Linux 'newbie', and you keep at it and learn it as best as you can, you will be able to make the changes in the future. If not, you will be the same as those people who cannot figure out how to see if your Toyota/Aircraft is working right...
