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SuSE Linux 8.0 LiveEval
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Do not use SuSE Linux 8.0 LiveEval on systems with a Promise IDE RAID
controller. Linux has difficulties to recognize your Windows RAID setup.
As long as you're using the Promise controller as a normal (UDMA) IDE
controller, there are no problems, however.
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To use the SuSE Linux 8.0 LiveEval CD insert it into your CD-ROM drive and
boot from it.
The installation program will look for free space on your first hard
drive ('C:') and create these files:
suselive.swp: a swap file; only if you have less than
about 160MB main memory
suselive.usr: this will be your /home directory
suselive.800: the current configuration
If the installation program does'nt find enough free disk space your
configuration will not be saved. This means, you'll have to go through the
setup procedure every time you boot this CD.
Boot floppy
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Some older/defective BIOSes have problems booting from a CD-ROM drive or do
not support it at all. In this case a BIOS update might help. Alternatively
you can create a LiveEval floppy and boot from it. But this works only, if
your computer has an IDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM drive.
To make a LiveEval floppy, follow these steps:
- if you're working with Linux, mount the LiveEval CD, put a formatted
floppy disk into your floppy drive, and run
dd if=/cdrom/suse/disks/bootdisk of=/dev/fd0
- if you're working with DOS/Windows, use the rawrite tool
(suse/disks/rawrite.exe on this LiveEval CD) to create the floppy
Truetype fonts
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KDE supports anti-aliased font rendering with Truetype fonts. For this you
need (a) Truetype fonts and (b) you have to enable Anti-aliasing in KDE.
(a) We prepared a script for you that installs Truetype fonts freely
available at Microsoft's website:
- login as 'normal' user
- run the 'su' command to get root privileges
- run 'fetchmsttfonts'
(b) In the KDE Control Center, go to 'Look & Feel' -> 'Style' and select
'Use Anti-Aliasing for fonts and icons'.
After you login the next time KDE will use Truetype fonts but it will
likely have chosen the wrong ones. So go again into the KDE Control
Center, this time to 'Look & Feel' --> 'Fonts' and select the correct
fonts. Most likely you'll want 'Arial'.
Notes:
- You cannot use Anti-Aliasing if your X Server does not support the
'RENDER' extension (check for 'RENDER' in the output of 'xdpyinfo').
- Once you chose 'Anti-Aliasing', KDE will use Truetype fonts _only_.
NVIDIA and 3D hardware acceleration
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As you cannot update any RPM, it is not possible to install the 3D
hardware accelerated X server from NVIDIA's website using this
LiveEval CD.
Have a lot of fun...
Your SuSE Team