Your suggestion of tabbing to installation steps would have saved me hours when I started this trek. When you are bumbling around, flapping your arms, it would be real nice to index to the area you goofed up in and go on. On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:32 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:48:23 -0500 > > "Zlatko Savic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > > Hey everyone, I apologize if this is the wrong place to post suggestions > > since i don't know a better one but i think that 2 important features > > are missing during the cd-rom installation of MD 8.0 (and later?). > > > > First, by no means i could get my mouse working during the installation > > process (Laptop TP 600E problem). And unfortunately, half of the windows > > that show up during the installation cannot be "tabbed" through. Could > > it be possible to enable mouse pointer control using arrow keys (by > > default)? > > Aaaaah yes...you mentioned the magic word... "Laptop TP 600E problem". > emphasis on Laptop. The real problem here is not with Mandrake Cd install > routine(s), rather with the Laptops non-conformity. (where the hardware is > concerned). The problem is hardware related and is, depending on the > Laptop, hard to gage whether you're going to find the install miserably > difficult or mildly amusing. > > Normally, if you're using a mainstream brand like IBM's ThinkPad or > something similar that is well supported by Mandrake, then chances are that > you're going to have a fairly amusing time installing the OS. If, on the > other hand, you've got a machine that is off the beaten path then your > chances of having a difficult time installing Mandrake on that machine are > greatly increased. > > > Second, I had sometimes the situation that I forgot to take out the > > install cd from the drive and it would automatically run upon booting my > > system. But there is no "X" or "Kill" icon that stops the whole > > installation process and continues booting my computer normally. I don't > > think there is an "exit" button durin the cd-rom install process, is > > there? > > > > Please correct me if I am wrong! > > > > Zlatko Savic > > The install script is designed to kick the CD out upon successful > completion of the installation. I have seen this fail at times. Again, > depending upon the hardware literally getting the signal to eject the disk. > It may be that your CDROM isn't getting that signal and therefore isn't > ejecting the disk. You may just have to manually eject the disk while the > machine is posting upon restart after installation. > > At this point and purely for your own information it might be a good idea > to go back to Mandrake's hardware page to check just how much, or how well > your particular machine is supported. Knowing what you've got inside the > machine and how well it is or isn't supported may very well make the > marriage between Mandrake and your laptop a much happier affair. -- Registered Linux user #223705
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