Can I get a word from the Linux fans?

[Masterskinnie]

I would like to hear what everyone has to say about Linux and all the versions out there for it. So be kind to drop a line.

[Twey]

Uhm... what about it?

[boxxertrumps]

Linux... Modularized, Open Sauce.

ive Been Trying To Get The Kubuntu Desktop Distro (6.10 I think) To Work, But i Cant Get The Bios set up Properly, And If It Ends Up Booting Without Windows i Get A Command Line A:/> Input...

[Twey]

If It Ends Up Booting Without Windows i Get A Command Line A:/> Input...

Sounds like you have a separate boot device. Have you checked there's no floppy in the drive? That's the drive usually associated with A: in DOS/Windows. Failing that, I'd suspect a recovery partition of some kind.

[boxxertrumps]

No Floppy. It is odd because I Can Still Navigate it through the use of dir and cd commands... I Had Gotten To A Simple GUI Program, But it Was In German I Think.

[Twey]

Uh... are you sure this is DOS?

[mburt]

The entire microsoft operating system bases all of it's commands on dos, I can't see why this wouldn't be DOS.

[Twey]

Because DOS can't run GUI programs. I'm thinking it was probably actually the boot CD, though why a Linux shell would have A:/> as its prompt, I've no idea...

[mburt]

Because DOS can't run GUI programs

*hits self on head
Yeah, I forgot. Once again, you're right... Well, half right, we still don't know the answer

[ItsMeOnly]

Can't, unless the program will enter VESA graphic mode, like old picture viewers (what was the name again?), or trackers....