o-----------ooO--(- Important Message -)--Ooo------------o | | | SAVE BANDWITH, SPACE, TIME & MONEY, REPLY WITH PRUDENCE.| | | o----=[ Penguin @ My - Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ]=----o Assalamualaikum, For info. : ) WinLinux 2000 Release Notes Last Update: 08/11/1999 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3. COMMOM INSTALLATION PROBLEMS 4. COMMOM CONFIGURATION PROBLEMS AND KNOWN BUGS 5. SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 6. DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT 1 INTRODUCTION WinLinux 2000 is a Linux distribution created for Windows users. It was developed to be the easiest to install Linux system in the Windows world. It is based on graphical setup tools that turn installation and configuration processes a breeze. It also allows you to see Linux as another application installed on your Windows system, even starting it from your Start Menu. Please notice that Windows applications cannot run within Linux without third party software. WinLinux is able to automatically detect and configure most of your hardware devices, including but not limited to: video card, network card, sound card and mouse. Several software configurations are also detected and set without user intervention, such as TCP/IP network and display settings and time zone information. 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Minimum configuration required to run WinLinux 2000: - Pentium class processor - 32 Mbytes RAM - VGA video card - Mouse - Windows(tm) 9x - an IDE disk drive with approximately 500 MB free HD space in a FAT32 system or about 1GB free HD space in a FAT16 system, for a full setup In addition it is also recommended you have: - a modem and an Internet connection - an SVGA card - 64 Mbytes RAM - free HD space to install third party applications WinLinux 2000 supports the same hardware supported by the Linux kernel. At the time of this writing the following devices are not supported by the Linux kernel: - USB bus - modems that depend on software drivers (also known as 'winmodens') Note: USB bus support is expected to be soon incorporated to Linux kernel and other devices may be supported in the future. Please also read KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS below for software issues. 3 COMMOM INSTALLATION PROBLEMS Before attempting to reinstall after an unsuccessful try, please read the following instructions carefully. Insufficient free space on the hard drive: please check SYSTEM REQUIREMENT for information on how much free space must be available before installation. Please remember that a FAT16 system wastes a lot of hard drive space if most of your files are small. If you have a FAT16 system, consider upgrading your Windows version to support FAT32. Corrupted file system before installation: it is wise to check your hard drive for errors often. If you installed WinLinux 2000 and it did not work for any reason, please remove it using Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel and check your hard drive for errors before attempting to reinstall it. System hangs: if your system hangs you can follow two different steps according to the state of your system: 1) If you see a text mode screen (white text over a black background) press Ctrl+Alt+Del just like you would do in a Windows session. Pressing those keys will reboot the system, so do it only if your system does not respond to any other command. 2) If you see a graphic screen with windows or if the screen is scrambled, press Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace (BackSpace is the key normally located above the Enter key, used to erase the last typed character). That should restore your graphics system without the need to reboot the machine. If that doesn't work press Ctrl+Alt+F1 once or twice until you see a text mode screen (white text over a black background) and follow the steps in the first item above. For advanced users: You can also press Ctrl+Alt+F6 anytime to switch to a text console login screen if needed. Using a removable disk drive: although we recommend installing WinLinux 2000 on a fixed drive it can be installed on a removable drive provided that there is a Linux device driver to handle the hardware device and that it is configured in your system. Since this is a task we recommend only for advanced users we ask you to report this need to our Online Support. 4 COMMON CONFIGURATION PROBLEMS AND KNOWN BUGS 4.1 COMMON CONFIGURATION PROBLEMS The system installs, boots but stops showing the message: "Starting K Desktop Environment". This problem can be caused by the following: 1) You have a wrong driver selected for your card. To change the card type, please check manufacturer and model in the hardware manual. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot your computer. Go to Start Menu, Programs, WinLinux 2000, and open WinLinux 2000 Configuration Utility. Select Video device, click on Force Settings and select the card model that most closely matches your hardware. 2) Your graphics card is configured to use an invalid video mode. To change the video mode, press Ctrl+Alt+Del in order to reboot your computer. Go to Start Menu, WinLinux 2000, and open WinLinux 2000 Configuration Utility. Select Display device, click on Force Settings and select one of the following: Resolution: 640x480 @ 60Hz Bits per Pixel: 4 (recommended) Resolution: 800x600 @ 60Hz Bits per Pixel: 4 Note on VESA 2.0 compatible cards: If you have this problem and you card is compatible with the VESA 2.0 specification, do the same as above to restart your computer and run WinLinux 2000 Configuration Utility, select Video device, click on Force Settings and select 'VESA 2 (VBE2) compliant framebuffer'. 4.2 KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS After the first boot the icon My HD will display an error message instead of the files in your computer. This problem will not happen again in the future. You cannot eject your CD if it is mounted. To eject it you must first click the right mouse button over the CDROM icon on your desktop and select Unmount. The green light near the CD icon will disappear when the CD is ready to be ejected. If you have a compressed hard drive (Stacker, Doublespace, Drivespace, etc) you cannot install WinLinux 2000. There is no support for it and it is not likely to be in the future. You can decompress your hard drive before installation or put another hard drive (e.g., D:) on your computer to install WinLinux 2000. 5 SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION You can access our online support 24 hours a day at www.winlinux.net/support. We provide FAQ's, Howto's and comprehensive Linux information besides documentation on WinLinux itself. You will also find links to other online Linux resources that can help you improve your system and/or solve your regular needs. If you cannot solve a WinLinux installation or configuration problem or if you need any help setting up your WinLinux system, use WinLinux Online Support to post your questions and our team will be answering your message shortly. Please refer to our web site www.winlinux.net for any additional information you may have. 6 DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT In no event shall JRHC be liable for any lost revenue or profits or other indirect, direct, special, incidental or consequential damages, even if JRHC has been previously advised of such damages. Please refer to http://www.winlinux.net/disclaimer.html for updated information. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft. Other trademarks cited here are property of their owners. - Disclaimer : http://users.my-linux.org/disclaimer.html
