System Commander 7 not working - any pure Linux alternatives?

[Mark Knecht]

Guy Rouillier wrote:
> 
> Sorry for the delay in replying.  I do indeed still have the system, but
> I must have had the problem with a previous release of SC.  All those
> options are set to No on my system, except for Auto-AST I think.  Try
> setting Alternate disk error handling to Yes and see if that cures it. 
> If not, set that back and then try Yes for Skip auto then try yes for
> Int 13.  You shouldn't hurt anything.
> 
> 
Hi,
    Thanks for writing back. I've been working with V-Com in the 
background on this. Strange and interesting problems.

    So far the best clue has been that if I put SC7 into a text mode 
instead of graphics, and then attempt to run the wizards for OS 
installation or for partitioning, a message pops up about a 'missing 
command interpreter'. I am currently waiting for a response from V-Com 
about what command interpreter they would be expecting at this point, 
but the emails I've received from them so far seem to indicate that some 
OEM installations of Windows (in this case a new Compaq 3GHz laptop with 
Win XP Pro on it) sometimes leave stuff out that would have been 
installed if you used M$ disks.

    V-Com has been pretty cool about helping. They haven't asked if I 
was a paying customer, and I've been getting may one response a day, so 
we're making headway, if a bit slowly.

    Anyway, with Rick's idea to try booting from the SC7 disk I was able 
to do the partitioning by hand and get Linux on the machine, so I'm in 
no big pain at this point. I also got X set up for the same native 
1280x800 resolution that the machine uses under Windows so the display 
is just as sharp.

    Now, if I could only get DMA working on the hard drive I'd be in no 
pain at all... ;-)

- Mark