1. Please HELP: Trouble installing Corel/KDE/Debian/GNU/Linux
Hello,
I have tried to install the Corel LINUX CD Download version on my
computer and got all sorts of problems. I have managed, in the past, to
successfully install Debian GNU/Linux and KDE on a computer with a
single Hard drive, and another with two hard drives.
This time I was trying to install the Corel version on my computer where
I had 2 hard drives: I wanted to keep Win98 running on the first one
while I installed Linux on its own Hard drive. Despite past successes
with the Debian Installation, I decided to try the Corel version, since
it also used the Debian/KDE combo that I liked, to have less work
configuring the hardware...
Anyways, the installation went relatively well (althugh I couldn' t
allocate the whole hard disk space since the partitionning program
seemed to always allocate half of what I asked it to... and I coldn' t
ask for more than the total free space available).
When I had it installed, I found that although I had made the Windows
disk bootable (I intended to boot from Windows and use Loadlin to go to
Linux when I wanted... a combination that I found excellent in my older
1 HDD computer) and not the Linux Disk, LILO seemed to want to load, but
all I ever got was "LI" written on the screen.
I then used a boot floppy that I had created by installing the basic (7
floppy) Debian distribution, but although I do get KDE loaded and all,
the mouse doesn' t work no matter how much I played with the
"xmseconfig" program. The mouse DID however work during the initial
graphical installation phase.
Since the Corel installation program has commandeered my windows HDD
boot, I haven't been able to boot Windows. I managed a single DOS mode
boot using the Win98 rescue floppy, but couldn't read my CDROMs then,
nor load Windows proper. When I tried to boot again, I discovered that
something had happened to my io.sys file on the floppy. I've been stuck
without being able to even remotely pretend I could load Windows since
then.
What I'd like to know, if anyone can help me with that, is what the
installation program do to my Win98 disk to disable the Windows booting
sequence, and if there is any easy way to restore it the way it was.
I would also like to know how to get my mouse to work under Linux. As
far as I know, it' s asimple Microsoft type (no brand) mouse connected
to the serial port. I do believe I used all possible options in
xmseconfig without result.
I hopw someone will be able to help me. This is driving me nuts.
Thanks in advance for your help.
JAIS
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