help me please

golpemortal · 09-24-2003, 11:50 PM

i got a toshiba sallite a25-s307 P4 2.8
trying to install linux 9
i changed the bios to boot from the cd-rom but, nothing happened it goes right to windows xp when it should be booting from the cd-rome, i checked the bios and yes is there boot from the cd-rom...
by the way i put cd1 o cd-rom or am i doing it wrong?

please help me.. new to linux.

micxz · 09-25-2003, 12:05 AM

Is this an external CD-rom maybe a PCMCIA card?
If it is then your computer is not loading the drivers for you card before booting maybe? You select boot from CDrom but it finds none because the drivers are not active at that time.

[ox] · 09-25-2003, 12:08 AM

is the cd u made bootable ??
u might want to try the cd in another system

[ox]

golpemortal · 09-25-2003, 12:21 AM

don't know but i think linux 9 should be bootabe
and no it is a internel cd rom.

megaspaz · 09-25-2003, 01:03 AM

did you burn the install cd's from an iso image from redhat's site? if so, are you sure you burned the image correctly?

golpemortal · 09-27-2003, 12:46 AM

guys ok, here is the lates i reburned the iso i gain and this time it works
great. i installed redhat 9 into my laptop with no problems at all... thanks you guys.
but as i said before i'm a new to linux and i want some one to explain to me how to set my wireless to work.
and please explain step by step, please......

i can connect to the internet using my NIC i figured that on my own but i been having problems with my wireless to work, because i do not know how to set it up....

thanks guys
standing by...........

megaspaz · 09-27-2003, 12:57 AM

cool. glad you got that worked out. as far as wireless goes without some info like what kind of wireless vendor are you using, etc., it's hard to really tell what you need to do exactly. this link is a google link, but don't take it as a facetious gesture, since this is just a search on the general subject of wireless linux support.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

also, you can go to your vendor's site and see if they have linux support.

golpemortal · 09-27-2003, 01:08 AM

i think it installed fine... but i need help on how to set it up or better yet where to look for it in the system?

golpemortal · 09-27-2003, 01:48 AM

ok, my sticker on my laptop reads this info about my wireless.

WI-FI
Intergrated 802.11 a/b
Wireless LAN.

thanks is ALL...
hope this help..

golpemortal · 09-27-2003, 01:50 AM

please help fix my wireless that is the only thing that I don't know how to make work...
thanks people.

micxz · 09-27-2003, 02:23 AM

look in /etc/sysconfig you will find the network scripts for your hardware.

It's hard to answer you because your not asking specific questions. Please research a bit on how to, then ask.

golpemortal · 09-27-2003, 02:10 PM

ok, I see network wireless scrip there
but my question is this..
how do I know if my wireless network is working?
I was expecting to see a status icon on the task bar or on the desktop.
since I do not see nothing, there is no way for me if my wireless network is up and working.

PS
I have a LinkSYS wireless Router in my garage and I had it working under XP but I dont have no clue if this thing is working under LInux...
just to let ya know that my wireless sys is LINKSYS.

micxz · 09-27-2003, 02:15 PM

try:

ping xx.xxx.your.server.com

golpemortal · 09-27-2003, 02:19 PM

under my NIC card yes
but when I umplug my Cable from my NIC to use wireless then I'll get UNreacheble... I pinging my router

megaspaz · 09-27-2003, 02:27 PM

i don't use wireless so i don't really know, but you said internal, right? is this centrino, by chance?