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Corel Linux x86 ver 1.0 Released on November 15, 1999
The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1999 Corel
Corporation and others. Please see the individual copyright
notices in each source package for specific license terms.
Table of Contents
=================
A. Directory Structure of CD-ROM
B. Installing Corel LINUX
C. Creating a Boot Diskette
D. How to access a rescue disc
E. Configuring Sound in Corel Linux Deluxe Version
F. Configuring Sound in Corel LINUX Standard Version
G. Configuring Sound in Corel LINUX Open Circulation Version
H. Manually Editing Host Files
I. Image Viewer and Screen Grab not included
A. Directory Structure of CD-ROM
--------------------------------
The Directory structure is as follows.
<D>Boot - Boot catalogue and boot diskette image
<D>Dists - Distribution directory structure
<D>Live - Setup directory
<D>Rr_moved
<D>Tools - DOS, and rescue tools
Autorun.exe - Windows Autorun file
Autorun.ico
Autorun.inf
Bb.bat - Used by Autorun to format floppies
Readme.txt - This file
B. Installing Corel Linux
-------------------------
Corel Linux ver 1.0 must be installed from a CDROM. If you
downloaded the Corel LINUX Open Circulation ISO disc image,
you must burn it to a CD to be able to install it.
The Corel LINUX CD is bootable. If your computer supports
bootable CD's, put the CD in the drive, and restart the
system to begin Corel Install Express. Check the
documentation for your system to see if your computer's BIOS
supports this feature. If your computer can not boot from
CD, you need to start Corel Install Express from a boot
floppy. If you have Corel LINUX Standard or Deluxe, a boot
floppy is provided in the box. If you downloaded Corel
LINUX or received it from a different source, you need to
make a boot floppy diskette. See the following instructions
on Creating a Boot Diskette.
C. Creating a Boot Diskette
---------------------------
Corel Linux does not support booting from 5.25" floppy
diskettes so you must have a 3.5" floppy drive as your A:
drive.
Creating a boot floppy diskette from Windows
1. Insert the Corel Linux CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2. The Corel Linux Autorun should start. If it does not
start automatically, double click "My Computer" on
your desktop or in Windows Explorer and click on the
CD-ROM drive. Double click Autorun.exe.
3. On the splash screen, click the Next button.
4. Select Floppy diskette and click the Next button.
5. Click the Create Floppy button.
6. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy drive
and click OK.
7. The Boot floppy creation process is finished when the
dialog disappears.
8. Close all Windows applications and click the Restart
button to reboot your machine from the new boot
floppy.
Note: if the boot floppy creation process fails,
format the floppy first in Windows Explorer.
Creating a boot floppy diskette on a Linux machine
1. Login as root.
2. Mount your CD-ROM by typing the following at a
command prompt:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
3. Insert a blank floppy diskette into the floppy drive.
4. Type: dd if=/mnt/cdrom/boot/boot1440.img of=/dev/fd0
and press enter.
D. How to access a rescue disc
------------------------------
If you are having difficulties with your system and you are
a knowledgeable Linux user, you can use the Corel LINUX CD
as a rescue disk.
1. Place the CD in the CDROM drive (and the boot
diskette if necessary).
2. Reboot your system.
3. When the first splash screen appears, press and hold
the Shift key for about a second, then let go.
4. Select Rescue Console and press Enter.
E. Configuring Sound in Corel Linux Deluxe Version
--------------------------------------------------
After you install Corel LINUX, you can configure the 4Front
Technologies OSS sound drivers.
Click Application Starter, Applications, Multimedia, OSS
Configuration and follow the directions in the OSS
Configuration utility.
F. Configuring Sound in Corel LINUX Standard Version
----------------------------------------------------
After you install Corel LINUX, you can configure the
standard sound drivers.
1. Click Application Starter, Run.
2. Enable Run in terminal window.
3. Type sndconfig and click OK.
4. Follow the directions provided by the sndconfig
utility.
5. If your sound card is an ISA bus card, you need to
shut down and reboot your system.
G. Configuring Sound in Corel LINUX Open Circulation Version
------------------------------------------------------------
Follow the directions for the Corel LINUX Standard version.
H. Manually Editing the hosts File
----------------------------------
You can manually edit the hosts file (/etc/hosts) to include
host names and the corresponding machine IP addresses. This
allows a system, connected to a network that does not have a
DNS server, to resolve host names to the appropriate IP
address.
However, modifying the TCP/IP settings in the Network TCP/IP
configuration panel in the Control Center comments out or
removes any manually entered host names. If you need to
modify the TCP/IP settings, make a copy of the original host
file so that you can copy the entries into the new file that
is created after you use the TCP/IP configuration in the
Control Center.
I. Image Viewer and Screen Grab not included
--------------------------------------------
The Corel LINUX User Guide discusses two applications which
are not included with Corel LINUX: Image Viewer and Screen
Grab. Use Corel Update to check the Corel LINUX FTP site to
install these applications.