Re: [debian-knoppix] PS/2 mouse and hard drive question

[Stephen Liu <satimis@writeme.com>]

Hi Fabian,

Thanks for your advice.

At 08:46 PM 2002/11/5 +0100, Fabian Franz wrote:
> - snip -
> You have to call 'xf86cfg'.

I switched to text mode (level 3) and issued 'xf86cfg' command.  It started 
a configuration screen.  I navigate to configure the PS/2 mouse but I was 
not allowed to save it afterwards.  Maybe there was no place to save 
because I disconnected the hard drive.

(It was not easy for me to navigate without a mouse)

Furthermore pressing 'Ctrl' + 'Alt' + F7 did not start graphic mode

Kindly advise

Thanks in advance.

Stephen Liu


> - snip -
> > 2) Hard drive
> > In order to protect the hard drive of a Windows PC avoiding a mishap, I
> > disconnected its power cable.  Could disable detecting hard disk from BIOS
> > has the same effect.  The latter arrangement is more convenient without
> > opening the PC box.
>
> I think to disable it just in the BIOS can never have this efefct, as 
> linux is
> not using the bios-syscalls, after it is loaded and uses its own drivers to
> access hw directly, which is much more faster ...
>
> But Klaus, what about a nohd=hda1 Option ?
>
> So you could delete the specific file and let it point to /dev/null /
> /dev/zero ... :-)
>
> cu
>
> Fabian
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