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so i am at the end of my gentoo install. i type grub and enter the grub command prompt. i type "root (hd0,4)" since my boot partition is on hda5. that works fine. then i type "setup (hd0)" but i get the following error: checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists...no checking if "/grub/stage1"...

ok. i am having alot of trouble with my hard-drive. i am going about re-installing windows. so i pop in the windows 2000 cd. get to the screen where you handle the partitions. i delete the only partition i currenly have, so now i have 80 GB of unpartitioned space. i create a new...

Hi. I'm trying to format a partition on my hard drive using the FAT32 filesystem so i can read/write to it in both windows and linux. However, right at the end of the format, i get an error message that says "Windows was unable to complete the format." This happens every time. I can however...

i'm looking to buy a new gfx card, and i'm thinking about an ati radeon. now, i'm not an avid gamer so i don't need anythign super, and i don't really want to spend more than $80.00. so, what do you guys suggest in the radeon range that i suggested in the subect. should i go w/ an older...

i recompiled my kernel today to add vfat support. however, when i re--booted my computer i got an error when loading the computer that says it cannot find the sound device and will use the null sound driver. does anyone know what might have happened when i recompiled my kernel. i didn't touch...

ok i have a question about something that has been bothering me. see the pic in this thread. se those little arrows pointing down next to each applet on the child bar, how do i get rid of those? is there like a way to lock the bar or something so those don't show up. i have seen plenty of...

does anyone know of any good filesharing programs for linux? or, does anyone know of any good programs for linux that will allow you to scan all of the files between a certain IP range on an open network. i have a program for windows called ShareScan that will allow you to scan microsoft...

so its 2064 still being worked on? anything to report? just curious.

irun emerge sync to update portage, however when it's done i get this message: * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated. * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files. apparently...

alright, this may sound a little dumb, but i am having trouble installing new fonts. i am using the slickbar theme for superkaramba and it required me to install a certain font. however, it doesn't not tell me how because the readme says the instructions vary for each distro. i tried to...

hi. i am having some troulbe setting up alsa. first of all, when my computer loads i get the following error message: error while initializing the sound driver: device dev/dsp cannot be opened (no such file or directory) i have merged alsa and configured the config files for my sound card...

hi. i recently downloaded the gentoo 1.4 cd's, 1 and 2. i have noticed that kde 3.1.2 is already on the second cd. how do i do an emerge of kde from the second cd so i don't have to download all of the files. thanks note - i have already done a stage 3 install, so i'm not using GRP

ok i am having a little bit of troulbe here with my new cd-burner. Even though windows detects it, and it reads CD's fine, i am unable to burn cd's. With Nero it just says that i have no image recorder, and when i try to auto-detect it it doesn't. with another program that i have used (NTI Cd...

well my apartment got broken into over the weekend while i was gone, and my computer was on of the items stolen (if you are the culprit i'm gonna find you and feed you to my dog). i have been looking around for prices and stuff like that...and i just wanna know if the prices i'm seeing are good...

what was the first emulator you guys ever used. Mine was No$GB, i thought playing GB on my computer was soo cool. Then i discovered the rest. This was about 5 years ago.

where is the quote button...i can't find it, am I blind? i just been using quote tags to quote others, but that is gettin annoying.

i just finished a gentoo install a while ago, and didn't get the chance to set anything up until now. when i try to update my portage tree by typing "emerge sync" i get the following error: rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync.gentoo.org 873: Temporary failue in name resolution rsync error: error in...

ok, i just finished doing a fresh install of gentoo. i added my network cards module to modules.autuload (8139too- atleast this is what it is on the livecd, could it be different?). it tells me that it fails to load this module, and then it tells me that it fails to bring up eth0. does anyone...

so what programs are people using these days to download music. i left uni a couple weeks ago, and now i don't have access to the local network where i used to get all my music from. so, what are the good programs to use these days?

ok, i just updated my linux system by doing "emerge -u system". After it was done compiling and installing all the new ebuilds, i updated my config files as i was directed. then, after restarting my computer linux wouldn't start kde. when i typed "startx" i get the following error: failed to...