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Old 01-14-2008, 01:13 AM   #1
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"feature only available with HAL"


I can't access my spare hard drive anymore. Konqueror opens, but displays a "kio_media_mounthelp" error message that says, "Feature only available with HAL." What is HAL?
 
Old 01-14-2008, 05:32 AM   #2
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Hardware Abstraction Layer. There's probably a HAL package for your distro.
 
Old 01-14-2008, 03:40 PM   #3
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Are you still running Mepis 3.x???
Upgrade to 7!!

Seriously though what format is the HDD - ntfs?? do you have ntfs-3g compiled/installed?
 
Old 01-14-2008, 05:54 PM   #4
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Nope, it's FAT32--I format all my Windows partitions to FAT32 to avoid issues with Linux reading/writing to them.
And I heard of MEPIS 7 only recently. Downloaded it last night.
 
Old 01-14-2008, 07:03 PM   #5
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Yeh try Mepis 7 in Live CD - See if you like it then it install it, Remember to use the "Keep Home Directory" Option.

Mepis is 2 years more recent than the 3.x series

Then pop into mepislovers.org - they are very helpful over there
 
Old 01-15-2008, 09:25 AM   #6
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Are you still running Mepis 3.x???
Upgrade to 7!!
I beg to differ: My MEPIS/KDE 3.3.2 is much more stable than my MEPIS 6.0/KDE 3.5.3 -- the latter needs rebooting (or at least an X restart) almost as often as W2k.

Yes, eventually 7, but on a VM.
 
  


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