Re: Another newbie (problems with installation)

2001-01-25 Thread ktb
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:40:24PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Patrick Klee wrote: > > >> I'm not sure what problem you're describing. > >> > >> If your machine will boot off the CD, don't worry about floppies (except > >> to make a boot floppy near the end of the install for emergency > >> purpose

Re: Another newbie (problems with installation)

2001-01-25 Thread Kent West
Patrick Klee wrote: I'm not sure what problem you're describing. If your machine will boot off the CD, don't worry about floppies (except to make a boot floppy near the end of the install for emergency purposes). If your machine won't boot off the CD, you have to create some boot/root floppies

Re: Another newbie (problems with installation)

2001-01-24 Thread Kent West
Patrick Klee wrote: Hi, I have been a Redhat user since 4.2. I now have SuSE 6.4 but don't like it. I have the Debian 2.2r0 CDs that were burnt by a friend but I can't install the OS and kernel, or the base system, also, it has trouble finding the directories and mounting the floppy. Here'

Re: Another newbie (problems with installation)

2001-01-23 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Patrick, Wish you would have included a tid-bit of info on your system. Anyway, if you can boot off the CDROM drive (look in your bios settings), then do it. If it boots, then this isn't an issue at all. The debian installer isn't like what you have played with in the past. It will ask real

Another newbie (problems with installation)

2001-01-23 Thread Patrick Klee
Hi, I have been a Redhat user since 4.2. I now have SuSE 6.4 but don't like it. I have the Debian 2.2r0 CDs that were burnt by a friend but I can't install the OS and kernel, or the base system, also, it has trouble finding the directories and mounting the floppy. Here's the situation: I have