installation disaster (well maybe not complete disaster)
Dear Debian Group,
I am a "newbie" trying to install Linux on my AMDK6-2 350Mhz 92MB RAM 6GB
HD Win 98 PC.
Progress to date:
- partitioned HD: hda1- ~ 2GB - Win98 Partition
hda2- ~ 72MB - Swap Drive Partition
hda3- ~ 3.3 GB - Linux Native Partition
- initialized and activated swap drive (hda2)
- initialized, activated and mounted hda3 to /target
- initialized, activated and mounted hda1 to /target/usr
- Completely installed base system from floppy disks: resc1440.bin,
drv1440.bin, base1440-1...7.bin (extracts base2_1.tgz) (I retrieved files
from ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/)
settings:
- installed numberous modules (some failed to install: e.g. - misc/psaux,
misc/ PS-2 mouse)
Settings for 'Making Linux bootable from hard drive' -
- Do you want to install boot record? - NO
- Do you want to to boot linux as default? - NO
made boot disk
comments:
The above installation was successfully completed after numerous previous
attempts. It is believed that 1st set of floppy disks were somehow
corrupt (Evidence - file size of some .bin files didn't match up with what
I saw at the ftp site) So I carefully made new ones and they worked.
Installation system FAILED to make boot disk UNLESS I answered 'NO' to
'Do you want to install boot record?'
I would at least think that it should allow me to make to floppy disk if I
answered YES to 'install boot record' and 'NO' to 'boot linux as default'.
Problem(s):
1. System boots to Linux as default despite answering 'NO' to both 'boot'
questions.
2. In booting Linux - my AntiVirus program detects a virus. I am able to
continue booting but it says virus will be left on hard disk if I
continue to boot.
3. Can't establish PPP connection. Error message complains about
'/dev/modem.'
4. If I try running 'dselect' now, all options (A) Accept, (I) etc...
refuse to run.
So I'm stuck b/c I can't run Win98 since the boot disk for Win98 doesn't
actually install necessary drivers to run it (it just loads and runs
command.com and you get a:\ prompt). Typing 'win' and c:\ prompt doesn't
do anything.
I can't install any Debian packages since I can't establish a 'PPP'
connection.
Pls. respond if you can tell me what to do.
At the very least - I would like to me able to boot to Win98 as default
again.
Thanks,
David
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