Hola!
Well I stumbled across your interesting distro from a /. article, and have been intrigued ever since. I recently bought a new computer, 2.0 Ghz Athlon, 1 gig RAM, 120 gig HD, an ATI Radeon9600, and a NEC DVD-R.
Now, I installed Windows XP (which will be my main OS) first, and followed some instructions on www.aboutdebian.com to try and get this thing running in dual boot. Basically you start the install, partition the drives (of which I could only partition 2 spots for linux, a root drive and a swap disk). You then return to windows, setup the install under NTloader and reboot to complete the install on the drives allocated.
I have several problems:
a.) my usb mouse does not work. This makes it very difficult to use the front end as you can imagine. Does anyone know how I can get an IBM USB mouse to work? I've tried several ports, and it has told me that it is "blocked" on usb 1, port 1... Which I don't understand
. Any ideas??
b.) when I start the front end, the knoppmyth screen comes up, but nothing else starts. Did I do anything wrong? Obviously this is tied into the dual boot, though I'm wondering if I can do it this way in order to get around my dual booting issue.
c.) Has anyone actually gotten dual boot to work? Currently I use the CD to boot to linux by selecting "Load front end". I'd be interested in hearing how people managed to get this working. I've done searching, and for the most part people ignore those of us trying to dual boot, and no one has posted a solution. HELP!
d.) Do I "need" multiple partitions? I remember back when I dabbled in linux that it wasn't necessary, it just made things easier to control what happened in your system. Can I have one large partition for root, or do I need to follow the setup as listed in the install instructions?
I appreciate any help you can give me!
Thanks,
Chris Madson