On Wed, 31 May 2000, fred smith wrote:
> One other small bit of retardedness in the installer:
> 
> I've got a 3-button mouse which emulates a Mouse Systems mouse. If it is
> switched into 3-button mode, the installer refuses to run in GUI mode.
> I've seen this on 3 different machines, in fact. So, the only way to run
> the GUI installer is to switch it into 2-button Microsoft mode, then
> reconfigure the mouse when done. Whatta pain.
> 
There's only so much space available on the "boot disk" for
drivers, which is one reason why some stuff that is
supported by linux is not supported at install time, due to
no drivers available in the boot image on the CD. Just
because the CD has drivers for your wierd (not saying your
mouse is "non-standard" or anything) hardware AFTER
install, doesn't mean that there is room in the boot image
for that.
That's one reasons some video cards will work GREAT in X
after the installation, but won't run the GUI installer.
        John


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