What kind of errors do you get? I guess you get the problem when installing lilo, did you set the boot-flag on the partition (when partitioning the hd)?
You don't need to load any drivers to complete the installation (except the driver for your network if you install over a network). Ron Rademaker On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Conry, Lance wrote: > Hi list, > Firstly, let me apologize if this shouldn't be posted here, if so, please > let me know, and point me to a more appropriate source. > > I'm trying to set up debain 2.2. > > When getting to the stage where I make the hard disk bootable, I says it > can't do it. I've tried using an 8mb partition (primary) at the beginning > of the disk, as well as directly to the MBR, all to no avail. > > The disk in IDE 2.5gb. My one question is, should I have loaded an IDE > driver when choosing drivers? could that be the problem? I also tried > making a boot floppy which failed too. The worst bit about this is that I > loose 45min's work overtime I restart the computer. > > Only linux is going on this disk (primary master) > > System is: > P166 > 96mb ram > 2.5 gb IDE (linux) > 4gb SCSI (win95) > > All help would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards > Lance > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
