Limping and bleeding with Corel Linux
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 trying to figure out how to install this thing (luckily, I was
really sick with a bad case of cold), found out that I can not install
it on my laptop. Turned to my sons old PC NEC Ready 60, and gave it a
new name:
This will be my MLINUX machine (mean linux machine). After a nightmare
and at least (35 installations or attempts) that lasted several weeks
this is where I am: I installed one copy of linux to my C: drive and one
to my D: drive. The idea was that if I manage to get one crashed I will
simply use the other one, (maybe try to fix the first one with it -
remember I do not really know a lot?) My principal copy was on C: drive.
My "backup" is on D: drive. I got them both running reasonable well. I
had only one problem left: RAM. I have 104M, and machine thought I had
64M. This is where append="mem=104M" in etc/lilo.conf became an option
to try. Last time I tried it I got a bad crash from which could not
recover. (That was what gave me the idea of the two copies). This time I
tried it on my "backup" copy. It did work as far as RAM but boy am I in
a mess now. I can not get my C: copy to run. D: copy I can barely get to
too. It is now for some reason my first "suggested" choice and my C:
copy is linux a2 in the lilo window. When I try to run a2 all I get is a
flashing "-" cursor. Pressing ctrl alt del gets me back to lilo window.
Choosing "Linux" everything goes well until "Checking file system" ,
then I get some text scrolling. The text has a black line horizontally
across it. Them I get a message that "fsck failed" fix manually or press
ctrl D to resume (you guess which one I choose?). ctrl D gets me to
workable copy on my D: drive from where I am sending this SOS message.
On my laptop I have windows 98 and I am still resisting to go there.
With all the trouble I went through (and all I still probably will go
through) I am becoming more and more attached to linux, as I slowly
learn its intricacies. But a thought went through my mind. Linux is
supposed to be a free software. Is Debian really free? Is it free if
only programming elite can use it? Or are we mousemen really retarded
now after prolonged use of windows? Attached are my messy etc/lilo.conf
files. One with root at dev/hda2 is my C: copy. Please help. I do not
dare to do anything on my own anymore. If any debian expert lives in
Toronto area I am willing to pay him to get my mlinux machine in a
perfect order. Thank you for help. Val.
boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/cboot.b
message = /boot/splash.lilo
map=/boot/map
compact
prompt
delay=300
timeout=300
image=/vmlinuz
label=[]_{}
vga=0xf04
append="no-scroll mem=104M"
root=/dev/hdb2
read-only
image=/vmlinuz-debug
label={}~VGA_mode
vga=normal
append="3 mem=104M"
root=/dev/hdb2
read-only
image=/vmlinuz
label={}~Console
vga=normal
append="1 mem=104M"
root=/dev/hdb2
read-only
image=/vmlinuz-debug
label={}~Debug
vga=normal
append="mem=104M"
root=/dev/hdb2
read-only
other=/dev/hda2
label=[]_{}~a2
boot=/dev/hda1
install=/boot/cboot.b
message = /boot/splash.lilo
map=/boot/map
compact
prompt
delay=50
timeout=300
image=/vmlinuz
label=[]_{}
vga=0xf04
append="no-scroll mem=104M"
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
image=/vmlinuz-debug
label={}~VGA_mode
vga=normal
append="3 mem=104M"
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
image=/vmlinuz
label={}~Console
vga=normal
append="1 mem=104M"
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
image=/vmlinuz-debug
label={}~Debug
vga=normal
append="mem=104M"
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
other=/dev/hdb2
label=[]_{}~b2
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