Re: Install from DOS HD
cma2000@earthlink.net writes:
> I tried to install the frozen 'potato' release onto an empty HD set
> aside for Linux, from my already installed DOS HD. I downloaded the
> needed files and put them in a directory on my DOS HD per installation
> instructions. The installation appeared to go alright but the first boot
> from Linux wouldn't complete. It looks like all of the file names were
> truncated to 8 characters.
What file names were truncated? Everything should fit in 8.3.
> I used the base2_2.tgz and drivers.tgz files
> for the install, would unarchiving the files first have made a
> difference.
No, that wouldn't have been a good thing.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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