Help a kde slave out

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: Help a kde slave out
started by: Set

Posted by Set on Nov. 24 2004,16:59

Hello everyone,

I need help partitioning the hard drive, couldn't find any tools in the menu...

Posted by ico2 on Nov. 24 2004,17:05

hmmmmmmm, qtparted.dsl might do the job. or if the hdd has no data you want to keep on it/there is empty (unpartitioned)space you could use cfdisk, but it is not great. download qtparted is my reccommendation.

Posted by Set on Nov. 24 2004,17:23

Quote (ico2 @ Nov. 24 2004,12:05)

I will just use fdisk for it, dos power.

Be back in a few

- Set

Posted by ico2 on Nov. 24 2004,17:27

k, cfdisk in linux is slightly better that dos fdisk, qtparted is even better, but a big download.

Posted by Set on Nov. 24 2004,18:57

Okay. I'm now ready for the installation (I think...)

I'll need help getting the bootloader up and running

Posted by Set on Nov. 24 2004,19:00

cfdisk in Bash:

FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive
Press any key to exit cfdisk

?....

Help

Posted by AwPhuch on Nov. 24 2004,20:17

Quote (Set @ Nov. 24 2004,13:57)

Okay. I'm now ready for the installation (I think...)

I'll need help getting the bootloader up and running

Just type yes when it asks if you want to run mkliloboot in the install sequence and you are done

Brian
AwPhuch

Posted by henk1955 on Nov. 24 2004,21:18

try:

Code Sample

sudo cfdisk

in linux not everybody is allowed to do such dangerrous things
only root can.
sudo give you "administrator" rights for this command

Posted by Set on Nov. 24 2004,21:30

Ah, my mistake. I thought you ran from the live cd as root.

Last time I tried to install dsl, it gave me weirdness.... When I tried to boot, I got a command prompt that didn't want to help me. This scared me badly.

This is written from the laptop using Win 98. I am happy to report that this laptop run MSN and Firefox on Win 98 without a flaw. I expect DSL to run aMSN and Firefox even better

*Glorious*

Posted by ico2 on Nov. 25 2004,16:42

whooooooooot (note: this is my second post containing just the word whooooot, so i am adding this note to make some variation)

Posted by Set on Nov. 26 2004,13:12

Now dsl is installed and it run great

Time to start configuring it to fit me better...
I am messing around to make the keyboard norwegian, and am trying to install the apps I like.

- Set

Posted by ico2 on Nov. 26 2004,13:46

try loadkeys ??.kmap.gz (replace ?? with the 2 letter code for nowegian)

Posted by Set on Nov. 26 2004,13:46

I am having problems installing applications. Or to be more specific: I have no clue how dsl packaged work. Downloaded / installed a bunch of programs from MyDLS gui application. How do I install them now?

Posted by Set on Nov. 26 2004,13:58

Quote (ico2 @ Nov. 26 2004,08:46)

try loadkeys ??.kmap.gz (replace ?? with the 2 letter code for nowegian)

Here is what Bash say when I type it as user:

loadkeys no
Keymap 0: Permission denied
Keymap 1: Permission denied
Keymap 2: Permission denied
KDSKBENT: Operation not permitted
loadkeys: could not deallocate keymap 3

su
loadkeys no
Loading /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/no.kmap.gz

But my keyboard still has english layout.

Posted by ico2 on Nov. 27 2004,12:32

sudo loadkeys no.kmap.gz, it might work.