Recent content by flywing

The 2 GB limit is for fat16 not fat32. I do not know the limit for fat32 but it is greater than 30GB.

Your problem reminds me of the problem I had the first time I installed linux. The problem was due to the gateway IP that I took from Windows (dual boot) was not the correct one for linux. The computer was on my home network and I needed to use the IP (I have static IPs on the network) of my...

I have an intel 845G motherboard and have had problems using linux with it (Mandrake 8.2- runs fine on an older computer). My searches indicated that many people have had problems with the 845G and Linux (although mostly video).

I have been dual booting win98 and mandrake 8 since last fall and it has worked just fine. Prehaps it is the NTFS. Try it with FAT32 and see if that works better.

I upgraded a Dell R400 about a year ago. You simply need to update to one of the later dell bios's (from their web site) and you can then stick in a slotkit (I used Iwill, but I suspect any would do) and then insert a 100 bus PIII chip. The computer I upgraded has worked without any problems.