Re: wannabe newbie
On 15 Feb 1999, Spencer Marks wrote:
I'm writing to you from my second installation on an i586. I
didn't have the cd so I downloaded everything and copied to an msdos
partition. I got all the *1440.bin files but I booted successfully
both times having the base2_0.tgz file on a msdos partition. That way you
only have to download resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin and make two floppies.
(you read how to do that?)assuming there is a base2_0.tgz on the cd you
can copy to /dev/hda1 or wherever. It took me a while to figure out
how to find the partition in the dinstall program and you have to
remember to mount it.
I guess its pretty frustrating the cd won't run;
A little creativity with the installation should do the trick.
ac
> Hi,
>
> I've been running Red Hat 5.2 for a while and now want to try out
> Debian.
>
> To that end, I purchased the user guide which came with 2.0 cd.
>
> I am installing on a ThinkPad 600. I can boot from the CD. However,
> when Linux loads, the machine hangs.
>
> I really don't want to the 9 floppy disk thing,
> but do have a fast network connection and working rh config.)
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Spencer
>
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