Re: Debian install fails utterly

1999-07-06 Thread Bitt Faulk
In response to a few folks who were much more willing to help than I could have hoped: On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 at 22:07:11 -0500, Michael Merten wrote: > > Is there any way to disable the SCSI adaptor on the MBD? There _is_ an option in the BIOS Setup to disable it, but the Kernel still detects it. O

Re: Debian install fails utterly

1999-07-06 Thread Revenant
I had all sorts of problems with this too when I first installed Debian (not real long ago). In the end I ended up copying the basic install files to HDD and running the install from there. (I needed base2_1.tgz, drv1440.bin, install.bat, linux, loadlin.exe, resc1440.bin, root.bin). Then just ran

Re: Debian install fails utterly

1999-07-06 Thread Nico De Ranter
I had the same problems installing debian on a Toshiba Tecra. It boots fine from the second CD-ROm but then there just is no suitable rescue disk to install. What I did was: I copied the directory containing all disk images from the first CD and so on to the windows partition on my harddisk and

Re: Debian install fails utterly

1999-07-06 Thread Michael Merten
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 09:51:49PM -0400, Bitt Faulk wrote: > I have been trying to install Debian slink for about 3 working days now, > and it will not happen. First off, let me say that I am new to Debian, > but not to linux. I have been using it since 1991, so it's not a total > newbie mistake

Re: Debian install fails utterly

1999-07-06 Thread Jesse Jacobsen
Hey Bitt, I'm sorry I can't help with the details of this install --- the most recent version I've installed from scratch was hamm. That involved booting from one rescue floppy and then installing from one main cdrom. Sounds like *not* using your SCSI adapter is a step in the right direction. Y