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how to disconnect internet on fc6

boota

my fc6 automatically connects internet when it starts. . . i want it to manually connect/disconnect to the internet. . . how can i do that???.

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-04-22 09:48

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dual boot RH9/winxp problem

boota

my primary harddisk has xp installed and on secondary i installed RH9. when i opted for partitions to be made on existing free space i got a message that /boot may not be compatible(something like that) and it is strongly recommended to make a bootable disk.

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-04-19 22:24

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any1 using alcatel speedtouch 330 usb modem on rh?

boota

any1 using alcatel speedtouch 330 usb modem on rh?

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Last reply by boota on 2007-04-15 12:56

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Yeah I have the same question dual boot FC5/Win XP

rockytruelyrox

I went through almost every possible thread related to this topic but I somehow still find myself a bit confused so I am sorry for starting a new thread. 1st. of all I am completely a newbie when you say linux & I am very good with windows & hardware ( as I work for desktop tech.

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-04-15 11:42

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Installation Problem, LINUX 9 on SATA HDD

mercede

I've teh following configuration: Processor: Pentium IV -D 2. 8 GHz RAM: 2 GB Graphic Card: Nvidia 7300 GT, 256 G. RAM HDD: 1. SATA, 200GB 3rd Master on Board; 1st Master of SATA 2. 200 GB USB HDD; System bootable from USB HDD CD ROM: DVD ROM, 1st Master on Board (IDE) I tried to install Red Hat Enterprise LINUX, L ...

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-04-13 10:45

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Dual Boot question

quety101

Hi I'm driving myself crazy over installing a dual boot system of XP and Fedora 4. My Computer is currently set up as follows: 1 IDE Hard drive partitioned into 2. 1 for the Windows OS files and another partition for general files (Both NTFS).

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-04-08 22:34

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Question about a servers

loserboy02

My family is expanding our business, we are going to have 8-10 employees that need access to their own computer and within 2 years 20-30 employees that need access. We will manufacture generators, most of the computers will just be used for seeing inventory via SaaS or tracking out in and out shipments, thats sort ...

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Last reply by loserboy02 on 2007-03-31 02:00

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Redhat 9 booting problems

lkeiffer

I have loaded and reloaded Redhat 9 on my Gateway Select PC (has 256 RAM and AMD-750 Anthion processor, SONY CD/DVD-RW, and 20Gig hard drive). The CD's I used for installation all passed the media test.

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-02-25 01:28

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Problem booting Mandrake 2006

Ap3x07

Hi, I'm having a problem booting up Mandrake Linux 2006. I'd installed it fine on my old machine, but on my new pc, after the initial installation, it freezes whenever i try to boot up linux (i'm currently having to use Windows XP Media Center Edition which came with my new machine :S ).

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Last reply by Ap3x07 on 2007-02-14 03:14

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Dual Booting with Boot Magic

WolfW

I have two SATA (non-raid)HD's that I would like to setup to dual boot Fedora Core 6 and XP Pro. My partition layout is as follows Disk 1 FAT32 54. 9MB Primary Holds Boot Magic bootloader Disk 1 NTFS 41.

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Last reply by Ap3x07 on 2007-02-12 15:37

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Removing FC 6

chris_pops

So I want to remove Fedora Core 6 and reinstall Windows XP Pro so that other people in my house can use it. The main issue here is that I can't seem to get rid of Grub, or I can't replace it with the Windows boot.

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Last reply by peterh on 2007-02-08 13:12

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Slackware 11.0 fails to boot

satimis

Hi folks, Just finished installing Slackware 11. 0 from Slackware-11. 0 install DVD. On reboot by pressing ++ it failed to boot hanging on; GRUB Loading stage1. 5 GRUB Loading please wait Error 17 Pls advise how to fix the problem.

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-02-02 12:07

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Error Message

joebloggs33

Hi just after installing mandriva on my sony vaio fs515e it has 1. 7ghz celeron, 512ram, 80gb hdd, intel gma900 15. 4 more details on spec here: i keep gettin this error message when i try to type in startx data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-01-25 11:33

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x org problem

shazamtwix

hey guys, so this is pretty ridiculous. i sometimes have problems with alsa recognizing my sound card (integrated into the mobo), so i decided somehow that it was a good idea to uninstall the fedora 6's alsa drivers.

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Last reply by shazamtwix on 2007-01-20 07:43

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Dual boot problem of FC6 and XP Pro

jerry2007

I'm new to Linux world. I have 1 hard Maxtor 190 G drive. I have Win XP Pro on NTFS partition 1 (140 G). I installed FC 6 into the rest space on that drive. I chose XP Pro Fedora as the default boot.

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Last reply by danleff on 2007-01-02 10:21

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Dual boot Ubuntu/Xp Pro problem

misawa

I used partition magic 8. 0 to create the partition for Ubuntu 6. 10 and the swap partition. Booting in to Linux works fine, but when I attempt to boot in to Xp using GRUB, I get an autocheck error and it fails to load Xp.

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Last reply by misawa on 2006-12-19 15:52

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FC% Kernel Update Lost eth0

zenarcher

Fedora Core 5 just had a kernel update to 2. 6. 18-1. 2200. fc5. Following the update, I rebooted the system and get an eth0 error. During the boot, the system faults at determining IP information for eth0.

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Last reply by zenarcher on 2006-12-17 11:53

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How Do I Boot the GRUB Floppy As a RAMdisk?

sburtchin

I have been experimenting with the. Among other things, you can add raw images of bootable media to it and those images can be loaded as a RAMdisk and then booted. I would like to be able to do this with the GRUB floppy.

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Last reply by sburtchin on 2006-12-10 04:17

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network key

robbyjay73

Can anyone tell me how to find my network key for my router. . . . It is linksys. . . . Please help goin crazy. . . .

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Last reply by danleff on 2006-11-30 09:09

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package updater issue

shazamtwix

Hey all, So I'm running FedoraCore 6 (yay!!!) successfully, but I'm having this issue every time I try to run the package updater. Updater keeps giving me this message about the updater kernel being already installed or somesuch.

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Last reply by shazamtwix on 2006-11-12 19:31