Re: installation disaster (well maybe not complete disaster) (fwd)
Hi David, One quick question, If hda1 was win98 & you where
planning to boot to win98, why did you initialize this partition?
On the install I think you should only initialize the various
linux partitions & leave your win & other os's alone. Dean
David Punsalan wrote:
>
> 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
> '/etc/ppp/peers/provider' and '/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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