Stefan Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> this morning I asked a friend of mine who never installed linux so far
> to install the 7.1 beta3 on my box (I plugged my external scsi disk
> (an excahne disk with nothing usefull on it)). He tried to install it
> with cdrom.img which I made under my working linux ...
>
> * Frist problems arised, as the CD-Rom was not recognized by the
> installer. He got a message saying there were no linux mandrake on
> that cd-rom (so far so bad - the beta3 was in the drive), but by
> pressing ok (the only button available), he got "initializing
> cd-rom" which failed, as DrakX thaught there were no mandrake cd-rom
> in the drive ... :-(
>
> It figured out correctlt that I have an adaptec card and also found my
> 2 cd-rom drives ...
>
> on 3rd try we switched to the second drive (a cd burner) and used
> scd1 instead of scd0 which worked fine ... so my freind went on.
>
> * At the end of the install he choose the correct monitor fron the list
> (instead of "svga ...") and ended up with a very poor resolution of
> 640x400 as he had no resolution or graphics card alternatives ...
> His only comment "Windows is able of presentig a better resolution, so
> why using linux ..." => please ask the user which resolution he wants
> even if he choosed automatic install ...
>
> * BTW why is kcmlaptop installed on a normal pc (not a laptop) ???
it shouldn't
>
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