Hey John,
I had the same problem with 7.1. Disable PS/2 mouse in BIOS. The mouse
still won't work until you choose serial mouse at GUI install. (This
selection is before disk partitioniong.) After that proceed with using
mouse.
Worked for me,
Hope is works for you,
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Fwd: Can't Install 7.1
>
>
> Forwarded as requested below. :-)
> John
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Subject: Can't Install 7.1
> Date: 26 Jun 2000 06:47:24 EDT
> From: Lane Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> John, would you please forward this to the Mandrake Expert list? Since
> registering my own domain, I seem unable to be able to post
> messages to
> the list, although I am receiving them.
>
> After installing 7.1 flawlessly on my office machine, I tried it on my
> home box. Unfortunately, I got bit by the same PS/2 port problem that
> exists in 7.0: If you have a PS/2 port (even if disabled), the install
> insists that you use it. So because I use a serial mouse, I can't use
> the graphic install. Using the keyboard with it gets you as far as
> partition selection, and just like in 7.0, this procedure cannot be
> done from the keyboard.
>
> So I chose the text option, as I had with 7.0, but it crashes with a
> segmentation fault right after the language selection that comes right
> after the mouse serial port selection. Because I have 124M RAM (4 is
> used for video), I tried adding the suggested "mem=124M" with no
> effect. At a friend's suggestion, I also tried "mem=64M" with no
> effect. It always crashes at the same spot.
>
> I sure hope one of you has the solution!
> --
> Lane
> ____
> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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> Using Linux to get where I want to go...
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