Re: (solved; follow-up) Unable to make Linux bootable...

2002-06-27 Thread Mark Fickett
Quoting Ron Johnson: >Congratulations! Other than 24MB RAM & 428MB HDD, what >are the machine's other specs? From the size of the hard disk, >it looks to be a mid-1990s 486, thus no PCI slots. The computer is a 486, and I suspect it's a mid-1990s but don't know. I can check on other specific

Re: Unable to make Linux bootable from HD or make boot floppy

2002-06-17 Thread Mark Fickett
com/cpg_section/cpg_digital.asp). I now have another problem - the CD-ROM drive - but I'll put that under a separate subject, since it's really not the same problem. Thanks again to all, -Mark Fickett _ Communicate with others using Lycos Mail for FR

Re: Unable to make Linux bootable from HD or make boot floppy

2002-06-17 Thread Mark Fickett
n the floppy..." message, and then gives me an error: "Creation of the boot floppy failed. Please make sure that the floppy was not write-proteced, and that you put it in the first floppy drive. Try another floppy if the problem persists." My current partition sceme is h

Re: Re: Unable to make Linux bootable from HD or make boot floppy

2002-06-16 Thread Mark Fickett
Hello again, >> I am working on installing Debian 2.2r6 on a Packard Bell >> Intel machine, which has a Pheonix BIOS, 23.0MB RAM, > >23MB RAM? That's odd. Is 1MB "stolen" for the video adapter? It seems that the 23MB is just for Extended RAM; it's 24MB total for System, Extended, and Shadow R

Unable to make Linux bootable from HD or make boot floppy

2002-06-15 Thread Mark Fickett
Hello, I am working on installing Debian 2.2r6 on a Packard Bell Intel machine, which has a Pheonix BIOS, 23.0MB RAM, a 428MB Hard Drive, a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive, and a Matsushita CD-ROM drive (as well as a keyboard, mouse, monitor, two COM ports, two telephone ports, etc). I'm completely ne