Bug#23064: marked as done ("wrong disk" error at base-1.bin)
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Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 04:25:53 -0700
From: Matthew Pittaway <matthewwp@earthlink.net>
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Hi,
> I am trying out Linux for the 1st time. I teach IT at Jacksin
> Community College in
> Michigan. I bought a hard drive for my 486dx4 and got as far as the
> base-1.bin install.
> I get the error "wrong disk, can't find files" or such verbage to that
> effect. I tried the rawrite2
> program thinking maybe I had to convert the base-1.bin 1st. No better.
I
> re-downloaded toa new floppy
> but it still doesn't accept it.
> Any ideas? I have 24 megs RAM and everything has worked up to this
> point; boot in Linux
> format swap drive, etc.
> I'd really like to get out of the windows prison!
> thanks,
> Matt Pittaway
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