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Re: Newbie problem with startx

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From: Louis Hissink
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00
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John van der Veur wrote:

> Hi Louis,
> >
> >see postings before this one, (same problems ) but, first have you enough
> >disk space ?
>
> I have set aside a 600 mb partition for Lunix and another 100 mb
> partition for the Swap File.
>
> >So, how about posting your machine specs to focus solutions for your
> >probs.
>
> The machine I have installed it on is a Pentium 75.  The visio card is
> an ATI Mach 64 which was recognised when probed by Xconfigurator.
>
> I am having trouble accessing the CD drive even after mounting it.
> The command I used to mount the cddrive is:
>
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>
> (The command is what is suggested in the APC Pocketbook)
>
> Thanks for you help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> >
> >Louis
> >

Whoops, I just got you confused with another similar problem.

Did you specifically set the swap file, or did Linux do it automatically ?

What was the hard drive partition details before you installed Linux?  Ie is
there another OS on the drive, and was the free space as "Free Space" and not
and extended partition.

one way to do that is to type, Linux console prompt, df.  That should list
all the mounted disks and show necessary details. That result would be
helpful.

Louis


Louis
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