What does dmesg say?? Do ALT-F2 then type dmesg... Ron Rademaker
On Thu, 18 May 2000, Joab Schultheis wrote: > I'm trying to install Debian Linux on a Gateway 5233 MMX running Windows > 98, but my hard drive is not being detected. I have one Quantum > Fireball 3079 MB hard drive. All partitions are FAT, and my c: > partition was originally 1028 MB before I split it 326.8MB/700.9MB by > running fips at a DOS prompt. I have the following files in a > subdirectory on c: base2_1.tgz, drv1440.bin, install.bat, linux, > loadlin.exe, resc1440.bin and root.bin. > > When I run install.bat from this subdirectory at a DOS prompt, my hard > drive is identified as hde with partitions hde1 and hde2. However, once > I reach the Debian GNU/Linux System Installation Main Menu, I'm told > that no hard disk drives could be found. > > The install.bat file invokes the following command: load linux > root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin. > > What am I overlooking? Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
