Re: need help with installation

2000-08-24 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 07:42:10AM +, Jake Hoban wrote: :I tried to mount it manually by launching a terminal and mounting /dev/fd0 :but I got the message "/dev/fd0 is not a valid block device". the physical disk is probably hosed, happens to me about 1 time in 10 even when the floppies are

need help with installation

2000-08-24 Thread Jake Hoban
Hi there I'm installing Debian 2.1 (slink) via floppies on an IBM Thinkpad 360 with 12 MB RAM and 340 MB HDD. I was able to partition the hard drive and mount filesystems without any problem (I chose /dev/hda1 mounted on /, /dev/hda2 swap partition and /dev/hda3 on /usr). When I get to instal

Re: I need help with installation....!!

1998-04-03 Thread aqy6633
> I get every thing goin except for the base diskettes then it say its unable > to extract them, whats goin wrong??? What disks are you using - form bo or hamm? hamm disks are not ready for a prime time yet. In any case the error you mentioned probably indicates bad floppy disk. Just create anoteh

I need help with installation....!!

1998-04-03 Thread Brandon
I get every thing goin except for the base diskettes then it say its unable to extract them, whats goin wrong??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I need help with installation

1997-06-12 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Looks like your rescue disk is broken. Did you try another floopy? Did you check the floopy image? If you are connected to the internet you can grab a new image and copy it to a new floppy and see if this helps. Regards, Andree -- | Institute of Geophysics phone: +

I need help with installation

1997-06-12 Thread Bullhead
And I also have a problem, When I push enter at the boot screen when first installing it says Loading Linux. root.bin.. Then just reboots what should I do? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to