Dennis Chambers wrote: > > I am new to Linux so please bear with me. > I have a 486dx2/66 w/ 16mb ram, a 1.2 GB & 420 MB IDE hds and a Sony 33A 2x > cdrom. Debian is setup on the second hd (420MB) on the first primary > partition. > I also run MS-DOS & OS/2 Warp Connect. > > My questions are as follows: > 1) My mouse is on com4 irq5 yet Debian lists it as having default irq. > How do I tell it otherwise?
You can change these things in /etc/rc.boot/0setserial > 2) Is there a way I can see my OS/2 HPFS drives under Debian? Yes, you probably have to recompile your kernel with HPFS support enabled. If your kernel has HPFS support you can mount your HPFS drives (for example /dev/hda4) with "mount -t hpfs /dev/hda4 /mnt" (maybe you also have to add "-o ro" since linux can only mount it read-only). > 3) Is a floppy boot required or is there a way to get Debian to boot > off of OS/2's Boot Manager (OS/2's equiv of LILO)? You only have to install lilo on your linux partition (NOT on the master boot record). The "boot=" and "root=" lines in your /etc/lilo.conf should both point to your linux partition. Example (linux on /dev/hda3) #/etc/lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/hda3 compact install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmlinuz label=linux read-only You only have to rerun /sbin/lilo now and you should be able to boot linux from the OS/2 bootmanager. Peter -- Peter Tobias EMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany
