"S.Harikrishnan" wrote:
> Hi !
Bade dinon baad ek murga pakad mein aaya hain. Publix, jaane mat dena!
[Finally a problem that I can partly solve :-D]
> 1. During the process of loading my mouse was not detected for both 6.1 and 6.
> I had chosen Mouseman ps2 and I have the same.
Fine. Do this, just check the default mouse as suggested by Linux during
installation. Was yours different from default. It worked for me. My
logitech three-button mouse is recognized as an MS serial mouse [of
course it is a serial mouse itself :-D] but I am yet to emulate three
buttons. Anyways. Check this.
> 2. My keyboard was not at all detected for Linux 6.1.
Shit, that is bad. It the connection otherwise OK? It works fine in
Windows? Do one thing... choose the first keyboard mentioned standard US
layout 101 key etc. Did you choose differently? [Can not help you there]
> 3. Since my Intel 740 card was not detected
? Does it detect cards at the time of installation? I no not think so.
You are supposed to configure X later. AFTER the installation is mostly
over. Right? Anyway, a better idea is to run xf86config or XF86Setup
after installation.
> I gave the card as custom. I did
> not receive a screen asking me for the selection of the monitor.
> I have a Daewoo 518X monitor... does it have anything to do with these errors
> ?
No. None. Monitor is always the most humble part. Have you got your
monitor's manual with you? Supply options from there to xf86config. Do
not use Xconfigurator.
> 4. I have given a swap of 70MB..( I have 64MB ECC SD Ram 100Mhz) and only one
> more as root.("/"). I have not created any other directories.
No problem. Complete directory structure will be there by the time your
machine is up. The 'partitions' will not be there.. that is all. By the
way, you did not create any other partitions due to the message of 'No
free primary' by any chance?
> 5. After (a successful ??)installation, I rebooted and my comp directly boots
> into Win98. I did not get a LILO prompt at all for which I again booted from
> the CDROM and again it gets to the installation process.
Right. Seems you did not install LILO in the master boot record. Am I
right?
As for the CD, it is supposed to autoboot into installation mode. So
that is OK.
Probably you can choose to upgrade your system rather than reinstalling
it; with no packages selected, to save time.
> 6. I could not create a boot floppy and during that part of the installation
> process, I received an error that a boot floppy could not be created.
Did you put a floppy in the drive? Was the floppy error free? Check that
using 'format' of your windows98.
> 7. And finally,(for now) during configuration, I had ticked the option to see
> the dos/windows partitions... but I find that I cannot see my Linux partitions
> from dos or windows.
Right. DOS/Windows connectivity means that you should be able to
interface this machine with DOS/Windows/Netware machines over a network.
may be as a server for files/prints. Reading Linux from windows has also
been accomplished. Search for ltools on www.
> Could anyone tell me how to set right all of these ?
Ab itna to bola. Koshish karo. Without looking at the machine, at least
I can not further solve the hardware related problems.
All the best
Rohit
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