[olug] Corel Linux installation Questions

[S. Ron Oliver]

Hi!

Just this morning I joined this list, so if my questions have already been 
discussed, please be patient.  I also apologize for the length of this 
message.  I am anxious to install Corel Linux, but feel I need at least 
some of these answers before I start.  In the future I will try to stick to 
shorter, one-subject messages.

About 6 months ago I acquired and installed Corel Linux to a DOS/Windows 
partition on one of my W98 PCs, for a special project I am doing on 
contract.  After a very short time my priorities on that project changed 
and I was pulled off the Linux work to develop/refine a Training 
Program.  I have recently put the "finishing touches" on the first product 
in the Training Program, and have returned to the Linux work.

My previous experience with the Corel Linux User Guide was that there was a 
LOT of missing, and quite a bit of incorrect, information.  So, this time I 
started with the " for Dummies" book for Corel Linux, written by Stephen 
Harris and Erwin Zijleman.  Although I am far from being a "Dummy" in this 
environment, I was hoping to gain a benefit over the limp Corel User Guide.

My preliminary experience (having read the first 4 chapters) is that I have 
definitely gained a benefit.  However, I have several questions that have 
not readily been answered.  (In addition to reading the first 4 chapters, I 
have consulted the Index and spent many minutes "skimming" the rest of the 
book looking for answers, to no avail.)

1.	Toward the bottom of page 15 the authors claim "Corel Linux lets you 
read and write to files in folders set up by Windows programs."

	OK.  That's GREAT!  That capability is a major requirement for the project 
I am working on.  I have now spent several days' time searching help files 
and existing documentation to learn how to do this, with no results.  So, 
can anyone tell me where this is documented?  Or could someone just simply 
tell me how to do it?

2.	Although it was not at all clear based on the Corel User Guide, I now 
understand that, due to the nature of my project, installing Linux to a 
"DOS/Windows partition" was the wrong decision.  So now I will delete the 
CDL directory, etc., and reinstall.  However, there remain some questions 
as to where to install.  (By the way, based on the needs of my project, I 
also now understand that the "Default Desktop" was the wrong choice and 
that, in fact, I need the Server Desktop.)  I'm guessing that I need to use 
the "Edit partition table" option, but I am not sure.  I am wondering if 
the "Use free disk space" option would work.  I cannot tell, based on what 
I have read about it, if taking this option will cause Install Express to 
automatically set up it's own partition, etc.  My guess is that it will 
not.  If it does not, then will I not suffer a performance degradation 
similar to that of the "DOS/Windows partition" option (to which degradation 
I can whole-heartedly testify!)?  If not, how will performance compare with 
the "Edit partition table option", and why won't it be as bad as the 
"DOS/Windows partition" option?

I would very much appreciate hearing from any of you who can help me.

Thank you.

sro

S. Ron Oliver, semi-retired professor of Computer Science and Computer 
Engineering.  www.csc.calpoly.edu/~sroliver

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