On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:05:58 -0500 "Eric Dickner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello All. > > Starting right off the bat in the set of instructions for installing on an > existing disk running Windows I have a problem. Section 3.6.1.1 tells you > to create a bootable floppy with the "sys a:" command, something that I have > done in the past on older versions of Windows but apparently does not work > now: > > C:\>sys a: > 'sys' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > Using an older system disk made in the past with the "fips" tool on it, > again as section 3.6.1.1 tells you to do, will not work either; the system > will not boot into DOS. XP has a disk management tool of its own but I > don't trust it. For one thing it tells me that the size of my disk is the > amount that is filled an that I have zero free bytes.... I don't want any > part of it. > > What do we do for a "lossless" XP install? > > Sincerely, > > Eric Dickner > > What are you actually trying to do? Install Debian? On the same disc as XP? Or have you got lost, and wound up on a Debian mailing list? Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
