Re: Limping and bleeding with Corel Linux

2000-03-23 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:48:24PM +, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Vitux wrote: > >You need to specify the amount > >available to linux, after the kernel has taken > >what it needs. > > I don't believe this is true. At least, I have always specified the > full amount of RAM. It's a proble

Re: Limping and bleeding with Corel Linux

2000-03-23 Thread Oliver Elphick
Vitux wrote: >If you specify the amount of ram reported by the >bios, you will probably get an error like the one >you're describing. You need to specify the amount >available to linux, after the kernel has taken >what it needs. Try specifying 4-8 Mb less than the >actual amount, and yo

Re: Limping and bleeding with Corel Linux

2000-03-23 Thread Vitux
> Val Dokuzovic wrote: > >found out that I can not install > >it on my laptop. ... Turned to my sons old PC NEC Ready 60 Which laptop do you have? what leads you to the conclusion that you can not install linux on your laptop? In my experience, very few laptops actually entirely resist installa

Re: Limping and bleeding with Corel Linux

2000-03-22 Thread Oliver Elphick
Val Dokuzovic wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--E5BEFC36B7A77E9638304BBE >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi there, > My "brief"? story: I am (was?) a windowman (meaning a mouseman >-computer (almos

Limping and bleeding with Corel Linux

2000-03-22 Thread Val Dokuzovic
Hi there, My "brief"? story: I am (was?) a windowman (meaning a mouseman -computer (almost) illiterate). Got sick and tired of being called basically a criminal, by my Laptop using Windows, with messages such as "illegal operation". Bought Corel Linux based on Debian. After spending a month