Re: bitchy 486

1998-12-17 Thread maximill
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > I thought about the disk being bad, but that same disk boots ok on > another computer. I'll try a few others anyway. Also I understand > there are several boot images available, each slightly different for > problem hardware. Hey I also might try swa

Re: bitchy 486

1998-12-17 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> I have put together a 486DX2-66 machine from old parts. It's a -> vers-local bus machine with 8M of dram, 200mb disk drive (I have a 2g -> I can swap in), an 8x ide cdrom drive, and a cirrus based vesa local -> bus video card (boca) with 1m on it (add two chips for 2m). I have -> tried to boot

Re: bitchy 486

1998-12-17 Thread Kenneth Scharf
Sounds familiar. I have installed Debian 3 different times and have seen that error message each time. I solved it by re-making the rescue disk. Got so that I made 2-3 of _each_ disk, just in case. I don't think is is Debian, just crappy disks! HTH REPLY: I thought about the disk being bad,

Re: bitchy 486

1998-12-17 Thread wtopa
Subject: bitchy 486 Date: Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 04:57:07PM + In reply to:Kenneth Scharf Quoting Kenneth Scharf([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I have put together a 486DX2-66 machine from old parts. It's a > vers-local bus machine with 8M of dram, 200mb disk drive (I have a 2g > I c