Help - Can't install on IBM PC

2004-04-05 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; Yesterday I tried to install Debian on an IBM NetVista model 2254. This is a 1.+ Mhz Pentium that was running Win2k satisfactorily but has recently been replaced. I tried to install Debian from the iso cd image #1 but no luck. Same results when I tried several other linux distribs. The

Re: can't install on IBM

1998-11-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: : A friend of mine have a problem installing Debian 2.0 on an IBM ThinkPad : 380xd: : every time I boot from CD, lilo loads 'root.bin' and 'linux' and then : reboot my machine. : : Some suggestions? Yes. You need a disk with a zImage kernel rathe

RE: can't install on IBM

1998-11-18 Thread Mark Ciciretti
Use the tecra boot and rescue disks. Look at http://www.debian.org/2.0/install.html It explains how to download the disk images and how to install using the floppy. On 18-Nov-98 Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > A friend of mine have a problem installing Debian 2.0 on an IBM ThinkPad > 380xd: > every tim

can't install on IBM

1998-11-18 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
A friend of mine have a problem installing Debian 2.0 on an IBM ThinkPad 380xd: every time I boot from CD, lilo loads 'root.bin' and 'linux' and then reboot my machine. Some suggestions? Thanks, Giuseppe