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by lengwei6803

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I tried to installed Linux redhat7.0 into my PC running on 200Mhz MMX,48MB RAM and TX PRO II motherboard.My on-board VGA card is SIS5598.During the installation , my system detected p/s2 mouse but my mouse originally is a serial mouse attached to COM1 and wouldn't function during the installation.
Please advise.
Second thing ,can I know whether my motherboard & display card can support this Linux redhat 7.0 running on KDE and Gnome.
Thank you.

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by pahosler

You could disable ps2 mouse support in your system BIOS. During installation you should set your mouse to generic serial mouse on COM1, unless of course it is a MS or mouse systems mouse, then select one of those options. Red Hat 7 should work without a hitch on your system but KDE and Gnome will be very slow with only 48M of RAM. You can use fvwm instead, it is a much smaller interface. Or you could upgrade to ar least 64M or better yet 128M.

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by marshallkeithusa

I had the same problem. I just used the tab key to move around and if I remember right the space bar selects. I manually set it up for a serial mouse on com 1 it is kind of a pain but when it booted up everything was fine. I don't think you will have any problem with your motherboard.

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