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HELLO,

NEED HELP INSTALLING DEBIAN VER.2.2.

SYSTEM: DELL 933 MHZ UNIT, FLOPPY,  TWO 45 GB HD, CDROM, CD BURNER. 128 MB
RDRAM.

HAVE INSTALLED SYSTEM COMMANDER 2000.

BOUGHT 3 CD-ROM SET.

HD 0 IS MY C DRIVE.  HD 1  IS MY D DRIVE.  D IS FORMATED. USING D FOR
INSTALLING GNU/LINUX  SC ASKED THAT   ROOT  AND A SWAP PARTIONS BE FORMED:
SIZES, ROOT MADE 1 GB, SWAP 128 MB.

USED GNU/LINUX DISK 1 FOR BOOT AND INSTALLATION. ALL WENT SMOOTHLY, EVEN
THOUGH I DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE OPTIONS. COPIED VARIOUS PACKAGES OK.

ON BOOTING PC IF I CHOOSE WIN 98 ON SC SCREEN  I CAN BOOT TO  WIN 98.  MY
COMPUTER SHOWS AN EMPTY D DRIVE WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND.

IF I TRY TO USE THE SC LINUX I GET A MESSAGE POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE BOOT RECORD,
OR NORMAL BOOT SIGNATURE MISSING.

USING SC I  CAN GET  A SCREEN SHOWING THAT THE D DRIVE IS BOOTABLE.


HOW CAN I SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

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