Corel Linux

Clayton Stapleton vernon@impulsedata.net
Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:32:35 -0700


Hi Jason,
I have RedHat Linux 6.2, SuSE 6.2 and Win98 on my other computer.
So that is not a problem. Storm Linux does the same as Corel Linux but
I could get around that. Corel Linux everything on my HDA drive is not
worth keeping it as I was just going to compare distro's.
Thanks
Clay Stapleton


Jason Brown wrote:

> Ouch,  corel does have a long way to go for the install process.  One way you
> might get around the limitations is to use a linux boot disk (or boot cdrom)
> from another distribution to fdisk the hard drive for you.  Then use these
> partitions within the corel install program.  If you run into the situation
> where corel will not let you set a mount point for an existing partition (yes
> I have seen this happen), then delete one partition at a time and re-add it.
> When you add a partition, you should be able to set the proper mount point.
>
> Or go with another distribution.  I mostly use mandrake, but if you want to
> try a debian based system, storm linux is pretty good.  I did have some
> problems with it detecting scsi cards at boot time, but that was the only
> problem.
>
> Jason Brown
>
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