Paradigm01

Hi, I recently installed mandrake 10.1 (first linux distro for me) and I have come across a few programs that require turbo vision (text base interface). I have tried to install it but I get a few errors and I don't know if I'm doing something wrong. I was wondering if someone else has this program installed and would be willing to write a quick run through on how they installed it or point me in the direction of some. The instructions I have come across seem greek to me. Thanks for the help.

I tried the halt command from konsole and it shutdown my computer (thanks for the tip) but for some reason when I log out of KDE and get to the login screen there is the option to reboot, halt, or login, though the only one that I can select is login. The other two are greyed out. Is thie normal. Another question I have is whenever I boot up and login the clock is always wrong even when I reset it and save. Sorry for the noob questions, but this is my first linux install.

OK I got mandrake 10.1 to install by checking force no apci. But now I have another problem. I cannot shutdown my computer via the start menu. The only options given to me when I click logout is to logout. Isn't there supposed to be a shutdown option and restart? Do I have to enable something or download a package to do it?

I am trying to install mandrake 10.1 on my dell 5150 laptop. I get through the install with 3 cds and it tells me that I'm done and to reboot into linux. However, when it reboots it goes through the bios check and determines things, but when it gets to the hard drive it stops. The error I get is "hdc: max requst 1028 KiB hdc lost interrupt ....." it keeps repeating the lost interrupt statement over and over. Please is there anything I can do. I have tried reinstalling 6! different times. Thanks for the help.