On Mon, 2001-12-24 at 06:31, Doug Lerner wrote: > > Wow! It worked! > > After getting this piece of critical advice from you Civileme, the > installer worked just fine! It is true that in under 30 minutes you can > install a working system. > > Really great points: > > * Mandrake Linux found with no fuss at all my sort of non-standard USB > ethernet connection. Internet connectivity, which is usually a hassle, > was no trouble at all. > > * Even my Japanese keyboard's mapping (usually another hassle) was fine > right from the start. > > * Same with the network time synchronization. > > So I have to say after using it for 10 minutes I am pleased. > > The KDE initialization dialog has a problem though. Apparently Mandrake > Linux would like to collect info from people, but the keyboard does not > seem to work in any of those initialization forms. I just had to cancel > out of them. After that the keyboard worked. > > I don't know why it doesn't work on the older Mint machine (other email I > posted). > > Thanks again everybody for all your suggestions and help! > > Doug Lerner, Tokyo > > p.s. Now on to figure out how to use Japanese on the system... > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monday, December 24, 2001): > > >On Mon, 2001-12-24 at 04:35, Doug Lerner wrote: > >> The spec sheet for the HP Pavilion 2000 says the video is an "integrated > >> graphic controller", so I guess that is something on board. > >> > >> When does the "initializing ram disk" process take place? > >> > >> Unfortunately a different CD reader is not an option. I don't think it > >> will boot, for example, from an external USB CD-RW. > >> > >> doug > >> > >> > > > >OK > > > >I have seen something like this before with the eboxit. ZTry this: > > > >F1 at splash screen > > > >linux mem=53M > > > >at the input prompt, or if you have 128M of memory then > > > >linux mem=117M > > > >It appears that this has shared video memory and ther BIOS may be handing > >the linux kernel a bad memory map so that the screen writing is > >overwriting the kernel stack. > > > >Civileme > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > ------------=_1009207889-11608-1413 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Thanks for your persistence....
I am happy to hear that it is working.... I will pass the hardware issue on to hardware testing and tech support Most likely the Mandrake first time wizard is not enabled for a japanese keyboard, which is something someone here will want to correct. Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] QA team
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