Marcia Waller wrote:
>
> Larry Marshall wrote:
>
> > that it is an option but a technician told me it is not anyway. My Bios
> > setup is C,A,SCSI. Should not that be changed to the floppy first and
> > how do I do that? I am a true newbie and have not done much on the Setup
> >
> > My guess is that you've got an Award BIOS. Yes, you can change it. With
> > the cursor over this option, hit the page up/page down keys and you'll see
> > that you can step through several options. If you want to boot from the CD,
> > simply set it before your C drive and stick the Mandrake disk into the drive
> > before rebooting. Don't forget the F10 Save step before leaving the BIOS.
> >
> > >next. Linux is not installed yet. May I install Linux another way such
> > as text installation through DOS without uninstalling bootmagic or
> > partition magic? I appreciate your help with this. I have contacted
> >
> > I'm not exactly sure why you want to install through DOS. Especially if
> > you're a newbie, your best bet is to make your CD bootable and insert the
> > Mandrake disk. It'll step you through all the steps of creating not only a
> > Linux installation but it'll set up LILO for you and help you make a boot
> > floppy in case you need one.
> >
> > Cheers --- Larry
>
> Dear All, Thank you for your help. All of your suggestions led me to the right
> solution. Yes, I have an Award Bios and the technician was not correct about not
> being able to change it. With all of your help I was able to make the necessary
> changes. I am very grateful for your help and everyone seems to have very good
> advice. I was actually able to start the installation process and it is almost
> done except I chose not to do the root password, I did not know what to do about
> my Iomega zip drive and I have a Data Switch hooked up to 2 printers. One of the
> printers is connected to my UMAX Astra 610P scanner. One printer is an older
> EpsonStylus Color and the other is an Okidata laser printer. I am not sure how
> to get these configured. Also, when I got to the desktop page and it asked for
> my user name and password of course I supplied it but it claimed they were
> invalid. May I go back through the graphic installation program again and
> straighten some of these things out without creating a problem with what I have
> already installed? I think I have to go ahead with doing the root password, too.
> Again thank you very much for all of your help. I was just about ready to return
> my Linux to the store after struggling for 1 and 1/2 weeks.
> Marcia
Login as USER !
Then type 'su' and enter your root
passw.
There is a way to do it, but
for security raisons don't login as
'root'.
If you like it, setup kdm with your KDE
Control Center
and log-in in X, therefor change in
/etc/inittab the 3 to 5
or at boot type 'init 5'.
Eric
