Recent content by pavane

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    Mandrake 10.1 & Windows XP dual boot Issues

    I would that you make windows the master drive, then re-install Linux and ensure that you install under "expert" mode and select hdb as the Linux installation destination, this should work...... If that fails then visit HOBBES @ http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/ Don't worry that this is an OS/2 site...
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    Can I use AOL while using LINUX?

    I think most Linux Distros come with "Kopete" a multi IM application - like Trillian. I'm sure that it has an AOL(AIM) client interface
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    Differences between Windows XP (US) and (UK) versions?

    Welcome to our world, where words are spelt as they should be. If this really is such an issue, then do as advised and alter the sections in the control panel/Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options/Regional and Language Options. Change all settings to be default English (US) - three tabs...
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    Dumb Windows XP and 4 gigs of memory question..

    Windoze memory management is a total lottery anyway, so I would never expect Windoze to be accurate about the amount of memory it sees in any system
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    SATA RAID - is it really worth the effort?

    As SATA RAID controllers only support 4 physical HDDs per controller where is the competition to SCSI? Where I can daisy chain many more HDDs per controller. The SATA option means that once more we are going back to the dark days of filling our expansion slots with cards(this time PCI - rather...