Re: Basic install problems / alien problems

1999-06-04 Thread Kent West
adam wrote: > Hi, I am new to Debian (having migrate from RH). Since I am at work, I > do not have all the details of my problem with me and will have to > re-post this question if it is not specific enough. > > Essentially, I have attempted to install Slink on a Pentium machine > several times

Re: basic install problems

1997-10-31 Thread Dirk Kievith
At 00:00 31.10.1997 -0500, you wrote: >Any time you make changes to lilo.conf, you need to run the executable lilo as root to make the changes take effect. > >Hope this helps. > >Dave I had figured that one out, but could not get the machine boot again. Will try it tough and let you know. Thanks.

Re: basic install problems

1997-10-31 Thread Dirk Kievith
At 23:57 30.10.1997 -0600, you wrote: >Dirk, > >A few questions: > >1. After you modified your lilo.conf, did you re-run /sbin/lilo? No, but I should have. Will try this. >2. How is your drive partitioned? 1 Primary MSDOS Win 95 app. 900MB 2 Primary Linux rootapp. 30MB 3 Pr

Re: basic install problems

1997-10-31 Thread Leonard G. Warden IV
Dirk, A few questions: 1. After you modified your lilo.conf, did you re-run /sbin/lilo? 2. How is your drive partitioned? 3. What drive letter is your CD-ROM under Windows 95? Under the Debian install, the ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM drivers are installed by default (at least on my disk from Linux System L