Same here. Corel Linux install looks really slick, but it turned out to be very
limited IMHO. It would not allow me to set partition sizes or keep existing
Linux partitions (I usually have a separate partition for /home).
(On a side note: using Corel Linux, I found out that it has a modified Qt
library. Qt - from what I gather, I am no techie - is an essential library for
running some kde apps as Caitoo, knapster, etc. These apps would not run using
Corel's own Qt. I assume that I could optionally install the "original" Qt I
had from linuxberg discs, but, heck, did not know if there were any risks
involved and did not want to go through this hassle. Just dumped Linux Corel
and tried Mandrake 7.02, been happy with it since.)
Cheers,
/J.
In sáb, 03 jun 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> Wayne
> I had a similar experince to Alan's when I installed Corel Linux. I
> wanted to install it on a partition on my 2nd hd , it allowed me to select
> hdb but auto took the entire hd without allowing me to manually set the
> partition size. I was not allowed to create a boot disk and Lilo was auto
> written as my mbr.
>
> Charles 6/3/2000 3:20pm
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing partition type
>
>
> > Wayne....I just installed Corel 1.0 yesterday on a similar
> > system as you describe. I got my copy as a freebie when I
> > bought some books from Linux Mall.
> >
> > Watch out, I installed with expert, assuming I'd get the most
> > control possible. But it never made a boot floppy, nor did it
> > give me any choice on where it would install lilo, it just
> > overwrote my mbr. Also it wouldn't use my preexisting
> > partitions, instead of allowing me to specify a mount point
> > for an existing ext2 partition, it forced me to delete and
> > recreate.
> >
> > Comment out the line in Mandrake's fstab to avoid problems,
> > then rewrite the line after you've done your Corel install and
> > are back in Mandrake. Then you can test your fstab entry
> > before rebooting Mandrake.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > Wayne Petherick wrote:
> > >
> > > I recently purchased Corel WPO2K and think it is great. It comes with
> the
> > > latest version of Corel Linux with it and I was wanting to install this
> to
> > > a spare 3GB partition I have currently allocated to Windows. I ghave
> > > partition magic 5 and so changing the partition is easy. Last time I
> did
> > > this without telling Linux it failed to boot owing to an unrecognised
> > > partition or something similar and would like to know if I need to
> change
> > > the type in my fstab so it will boot correctly if I change my 3GB to
> ext2
> > > before booting back into mandrake. Any advice will be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Wayne
> >
> >
