On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:31 pm, Bruce Douglas wrote: > Hi... > > A (what I thought should be) simple issue. I'm trying to add an 80G > Seagate IDE drive to a RedHat 8.0 Linux Server. I already have a 9G > SCSI installed. I used the defaults during the initial installation. > > I want to install 8.0 on the 9G SCSI, and use the 80G IDE as a > tmp/working drive.... > > I've tried to install 8.0, then add the 80G. The system gave a series > of errors during the startup after I added the 80G drive. It appeared > to go into an in determinate state!!! > Check the date of your BIOS. If it is earlier than July 2001, you may need an update to allow for the large (>32GB) disks. I had to before I could install my 80GB Western Digital. My earlier BIOS date for in 2000. mw > I've tried to configure the two drives during the install with no > real luck. It appears to actually load up linux and format the 80G > drive, but when it tries to reboot, it displays "Li" on the screen in > a continuous fashion.... > > I'm reasonably certain that this can be done, so I believe I've > missed something/screwed something up that's fairly trivial.... > > Any help/assistance would be appreciated!! > > Thanks > > Bruce Douglas > bedouglas@earthlink.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Lanny Marcus > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 3:03 PM > To: Red Hat 8.0 > Subject: RE: RH8 Mozilla -- Printing in Landscape? (Keith Winston) > > > Message: 3 > >Subject: RE: RH8 Mozilla -- Printing in Landscape? > > From: > Keith Winston <kwinston@twmi.rr.com> > > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > > Date: > 27 Dec 2002 00:32:19 -0500 > > Reply-To: psyche-list@redhat.com > > <snip> > > > My comment is not about Mozilla, but printing in Linux. If you > > want printing to work _almost_ as easy as in Windows, you need a > > native Postscript printer, which the HP 6L is not. Printing to a > > PCL printer will always be more difficult from Linux because the > > native print language is Postscript and it has to be converted to > > PCL by a filter which not only can produce inconsistent results, > > but is by definition twice as slow. Many of my printing issues > > went away when I got a native Postscript printer. In fact, my > > home printer, Lexmark Optra E322, prints Postscript and PCL. HP > > also makes several models that support Postscript and PCL. You > > pay a few dollars more, but it is very much worth it. > > Keith: I believe you are correct and if and when we win the lottery, > I will buy a Postscript printer. :-) In September, I won a Compaq > D300 EVO (which comes standard with Linux, but ours came with Win 98 > SE) and a Lexmark Z25 Inkjet printer. On the box, it says it works > with Linux. I haven't set it up to print in Linux yet, but I will do > so ASAP, and see what happens.It is connected to the Compaq box, > which is now my wife's machine. > > Thanks for your comments, which are very much appreciated and Happy > New Year! > > Lanny -- Registered Linux - 256979 NRA Life ARS: W0TMW -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
