help installing for really newbie

[ekonik3]

could somebody help me and give some tutorial to install VL standart linux from the begining. I mean i want install it on my old PC with this spec pentium2 RAM 128 and HD 2 G. i really need your help cause i'm really newbie and want to have linux on that old PC. i want VL becomes the only operating system that live on my PC not the others.
 please help i'm really newbie

 

[hata_ph]

try this......
http://www.vectorlinux.com/Docs/vl50/manuals/vl5_installation_guide_en.html

[ekonik3]

 i've read that guide but the part that i dont understand is

- how can i boot VL after i instal VL
- how can i format my HD and erase all my data

[hata_ph]

use cfdisk

http://madpenguin.org/cms/index.php/?m=show&id=6190&page=2
http://www.linux.org/dist/reviews/vector_soho5.html
http://pcburn.com/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=1210&page_id=16
http://knightlust.blogspot.com/2005/09/vector-linux-50-soho-quick-review.html

[gamfa]

You will need to install one of the older versions of VL. Version 5.8 requires more than 2GB to install.

[sovavto]

You can use VL 4.0
Here are recommended specs for you to check: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/vectorlinux/docs/miscellaneous/version_table_2.html

I know for a fact that it work find on an old pentium which I have (2 GB hard drive and currently 96 MB RAM (when I first installed it it only had 16 MB RAM and still ran OK)).

It was my first experience with Linux too -- so depending on how much you want to make it work - should be doable.

[caitlyn]

Vector Linux 5.1 will run brilliantly on your machine.  You can shoehorn 5.8 Standard into 2GB.  1.8GB is about the minimum.  You can then slim it down further by removing packages you don't need.  You'll need to install just the very basic, required stuff plus X (no optional packs at all), remove software you don't need, and then add anything you must have from Extra out of the repository. 

My Toshiba Libretto SS1010 has a 2.1GB hard drive with 100MB taken up by a hibernation partition, 128MB for swap, 65MB for Damn Small Linux, and I still have VL 5.8 Standard installed.  It took some work but it can be done.

[hata_ph]

a very thorough step by step guide of VL
http://knolinux.com/2006/12/11/vector-linux-58-rc3--slackware-that-works-and-works-well.aspx

[ekonik3]

thank you to all my friend in this great forum coz now i have this beautiful linux on my old pc.but now i have a few problem with soundcard because it cant play any audio file even i've already run alsaconf it still cant play audio file.tell me what shovld i do to make it work?

[rbistolfi]

We need to know the type of card, and the exact make and model of your card. The output of this commands as root will be useful:

Code:

# lspci
# lsmod

[ekonik3]

here is my lsmod and lspci from my PC:
root:# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:02.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:02.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:02.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Trio 64 3D (rev 01)
root:# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_15          5504  1
nls_cp437               6656  1
vfat                   10240  1
fat                    41372  1 vfat
usb_storage            72384  1
xt_limit                3200  0
xt_pkttype              2688  0
ipt_REJECT              4864  1
xt_tcpudp               3968  4
ipt_LOG                 6144  0
xt_state                2816  7
iptable_mangle          3200  0
iptable_nat             6660  0
iptable_filter          3328  1
ip_conntrack_irc        6128  0
ip_nat_ftp              3584  0
ip_nat                 13868  2 iptable_nat,ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_ftp        6640  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack           37600  6 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_nat_ftp,ip_nat,ip_conntrack_ftp
ip_tables              12020  3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables               11140  8 xt_limit,xt_pkttype,ipt_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
snd_opl3_synth         12676  0
snd_seq_instr           7424  1 snd_opl3_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul       6272  1 snd_opl3_synth
snd_ainstr_fm           3200  1 snd_opl3_synth
lp                     10120  0
parport_pc             23364  1
parport                29640  2 lp,parport_pc
cpufreq_conservative     6536  0
cpufreq_ondemand        5900  0
cpufreq_performance     2816  0
cpufreq_powersave       2560  0
speedstep_lib           4740  0
freq_table              4512  0
sg                     25500  0
fuse                   37780  0
snd_sb16               13576  2
snd_opl3_lib            8960  2 snd_opl3_synth,snd_sb16
snd_sb16_dsp            9344  1 snd_sb16
snd_sb16_csp           17792  1 snd_sb16
snd_sb_common          14720  3 snd_sb16,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_sb16_csp
snd_hwdep               7428  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_csp
snd_mpu401_uart         7040  1 snd_sb16
snd_rawmidi            18592  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_dummy           3716  0
snd_seq_oss            27392  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42320  8 snd_opl3_synth,snd_seq_instr,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6924  6 snd_opl3_synth,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            37280  0
snd_pcm                61828  3 snd_sb16,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              18692  3 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  1 snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14080  3 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    39780  16 snd_opl3_synth,snd_sb16,snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_sb16_csp,snd_sb_common,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               8032  3 snd
shpchp                 29604  0
i2c_piix4               8076  0
evdev                   8320  0
pcspkr                  3456  0
serio_raw               6148  0
i2c_core               16256  1 i2c_piix4
intel_agp              19100  1

i also having problem with the cdrom because my cdrom cant open any cd?so please help me to solve this problem. thanks be4

[rbistolfi]

Did you checked the mixer levels? Try to run alsamixer and take a look. You can unmute the channels with "M".
If that not work, probably the wrong module is being inserted in the kernel. Looks like you have an ISA card, can you provide the exact make and model? With that info we can find the proper module for it.

[ekonik3]

thank you all. after reconfiguring my alsa now i can hear the sound from my PC. but until today i cant play any audio file from the CD, i try to open a lot of CD but VL still cant open it. Even with the data CD i cant open it. please help me to solve this cause i love this wonderful linux?

[Triarius Fidelis]

thank you all. after reconfiguring my alsa now i can hear the sound from my PC. but until today i cant play any audio file from the CD, i try to open a lot of CD but VL still cant open it. Even with the data CD i cant open it. please help me to solve this cause i love this wonderful linux?

With what application did you try to play the CD?

Is the CD mixer level unmuted and raised above zero? (Check in your favorite mixer application.)

Have you considered ripping audio tracks to MP3 or Ogg?

[ekonik3]

i've already try to play MP3 CD but still cant play anything. even with CD containing my data it still cant read it. when i try to mount it its nothing happen.please help me?