On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 08:16:54PM -0700, Erik Ryberg wrote: > Hello, > > I have a triple-boot machine, Windows 95, Debian, Corel. I had to > reinstall Windows to try to resolve a crashing problem. (My defense: I > need Windows to run GIS software). This wiped out Corel's LILO, which > is fine with me, frankly. > > However the Corel boot disk didn't bring up corel. So I used my Debian > boot disk and specified "linux root=hdb1" at the "boot" prompt. Hdb1 > being where my corel root system is located. It worked great, except > upon getting into Corel my mouse didn't work. > > Without thinking through why this problem occurred, I went to XF86Setup > where I discovered my mouse was set at /dev/mouse when it needs to be > dev/psaux. I fixed it, exited XF86Setup, and still no mouse. I > rebooted and now the screen just flashes uncontrollably and I am unable > to do anything with it. Cannot get a text mode with alt-ctrl-f1, cannot > > login, can only ctrl-alt-del to start over. > > Is there a way to boot so that I am both entering a command to boot into > > hdb1 (the floppy is set to boot at hdb3) and also disabling kdm so I can
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