Corel LINUX x86 ver 1.1 Released on March 10, 2000 The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1999-2000 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. Sound related topics for Corel LINUX i) First time sound configuration in the Deluxe Version ii) First time sound configuration in the Standard Version iii) First time sound configuration in the Open Circulation Version iv) Configuring a SoundBlaster Live sound card v) Configuring Sound in Deluxe version after Upgrade vi) Configuring Sound in Standard and Open Circulation versions after Upgrade vii) Configuring XMMS in Deluxe version after Upgrade F. Upgrading an existing installation on a DOS partition G. Root access is required after an Upgrade H. Automatic power management stops installation I. IP address change not reflected in Network Control Panel J. Folders can not be renamed on Windows 95/98 systems K. Mounted network shares missing after server shutdown L. Shared network resources with spaces in the names M. Mount points with spaces in the names N. NFS Sharing requires net mask O. /etc/hosts file not updated P. Distorted video screen during Upgrade A. Directory Structure of CD-ROM -------------------------------- The Directory structure is as follows. Boot - Boot catalogue and boot diskette image Dists - Distribution directory structure Live - Setup directory Rr_moved 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 1.1 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. Sound Related Topics i) First time sound configuration in the 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. ii) First time sound configuration in the 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. iii) First time sound configuration in the Open Circulation Version ----------------------------------------------- Follow the directions for the Corel LINUX Standard version. iv) Configuring a SoundBlaster Live sound card ---------------------------------------------- If you have a SoundBlaster Live sound card, you need to install the support module for it separately. To install the SoundBlaster Live module: 1. Click the Application Starter, Applications, System, Corel Update. 2. When prompted, type the root password for your system. 3. Click Options, Set File Sources. 4. Enable Corel LINUX CD-ROM, disable the other two options and click OK. 5. Click File, Update Profile. 6. Select the Available Software tab. 7. Locate the Sound section in the list. 8. Click the + sign to display all sound related packages. 9. Click the "X" beside the package name to change it to the double arrow symbol. 10. Click File, Upgrade/Install Packages. 11. Do the steps described in First time sound configuration in the Standard Version. v) Configuring Sound in Deluxe version after Upgrade ---------------------------------------------------- You must re-run the 4Front technology configuration utility after you've updated your system in order to re- enable sound support. 1. Log in to your machine as root. 2. Click the Application Starter, Applications, Multimedia, OSS Configuration. 3. Follow the directions in the OSS Configuration program. 4. Press the Tab key to switch between fields in the OSS configuration utility. vi) Configuring Sound in Standard and Open Circulation versions after Upgrade ------------------------------------------------------ If you are updating an existing Corel LINUX OS Standard or Open Circulation version, you must reconfigure your sound card after installation. Follow the procedure described in "First time sound configuration in the Standard Version". vii) Configuring XMMS in Deluxe version after Upgrade ----------------------------------------------------- After updating Corel LINUX Deluxe version, If XMMS doesn't play, you may need to make a minor update to the preferences of XMMS. 1. Click Application Starter, Applications, Multimedia, XMMS. 2. Right click and hold the mouse down on the XMMS application to display the application's menu. 3. Select Options, Preferences. 4. Locate the Output Plugin section. 5. Select OSS Driver 1.0.1 [libOSS.so] from the dropdown list. 6. Click OK. F. Upgrading an existing installation on a DOS partition -------------------------------------------------------- If you installed Corel LINUX OS into an existing DOS partition, you can not update the system using Install Express. In order to update your system, start your Corel LINUX system normally and use Corel Update to install the new versions of the operating system. G. Root access is required after an Upgrade ------------------------------------------- If you've upgraded your Corel LINUX OS from version 1.0, you are prompted for your system's root password after the files are installed on your system and before the automatic configuration steps can be started. H. Automatic power management stops installation ------------------------------------------------ If you are installing on a machine which has automatic power management (probably a laptop), the machine may go to sleep before Install Express finishes. Disable automatic power management in your systems BIOS or monitor the system during the installation to make sure the machine doesn't go to sleep before completing the installation. I. IP address change not reflected in Network Control Panel ----------------------------------------------------------- If you modify the systems IP address from a system console, (for example using '/etc/init.d/dhcpcd start eth0') the Network Control Panel does not show the new IP address. Network Control Panel displays the settings contained in /etc/network.conf. J. Folders can not be renamed on Windows 95/98 systems ------------------------------------------------------ Shared directories on Microsoft Windows 95/98 machines can not be renamed from a Linux machine. Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 machines work fine. K. Mounted network shares missing after server shutdown ------------------------------------------------------- If a mounted network share becomes unavailable due to a network problem or server shut down, the mount point on your system may disappear. If this happens, do the following: 1. Note the shares that are missing. 2. Log in as root. 3. Open a Console window. 4. Type "mount" and press Enter. 5. Note the name(s) of the mounted share(s). For example, you may see something like the following: //machinename/sharename on /home/sharename type smbfs(0) 6. Type "umount" and the name of the share to unmount. Note: there is no "n" after the "u" in umount. For example: umount /home/sharename Do these steps for each share that is missing. To remount the shared network drives, log out and log back in (if you have chosen the option to have shares reconnected at login) or browse the shared drive using the File Manager. L. Shared network resources with spaces in the names ---------------------------------------------------- Accessing shared Windows network resources which have spaces in the share names causes unpredictable system behavior. For example, avoid share names such as "my drive". M. Mount points with spaces in the names ---------------------------------------- Avoid using spaces in mount points. Copying files from network resources that are mounted at mount points with names that include spaces causes unpredictable system behavior. N. NFS Sharing requires net mask -------------------------------- If you are using Corel File Manager to share directories over an NFS network, you need to include a net mask after the Host name of the machine you want to provide access to. For example: the Host field would contain "120.2.1.2/255.255.255.255" to provide access to only the machine with an IP address of 120.2.1.2. Or, the Host field would contain "120.0.0.0/255.0.0.0" if you want to provide access to all machines on the network with IP addresses starting with 120. O. /etc/hosts file not updated ------------------------------ If you change the network configuration of your system from DHCP to Static IP and back to DHCP, unused entries in the hosts file are not removed. As a result, the /etc/hosts file contains multiple entries for the same host. P. System slow to boot up ------------------------- If your system's network TCP/IP settings are set to DHCP but your computer is not connected to a network, the system will pause during boot up. To reduce the boot time, change your TCP/IP settings in the Control Center to Static or make sure your system's network card is connected to the network before booting.