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Re: Installation Problem



What does dmesg say?? Do ALT-F2 then type dmesg...

Ron Rademaker

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Joab Schultheis wrote:

> I'm trying to install Debian Linux on a Gateway 5233 MMX running Windows
> 98, but my hard drive is not being detected.  I have one Quantum
> Fireball 3079 MB hard drive.  All partitions are FAT, and my c:
> partition was originally 1028 MB before I split it 326.8MB/700.9MB by
> running fips at a DOS prompt.  I have the following files in a
> subdirectory on c: base2_1.tgz, drv1440.bin, install.bat, linux,
> loadlin.exe, resc1440.bin and root.bin.
> 
> When I run install.bat from this subdirectory at a DOS prompt, my hard
> drive is identified as hde with partitions hde1 and hde2.  However, once
> I reach the Debian GNU/Linux System Installation Main Menu, I'm told
> that no hard disk drives could be found.
> 
> The install.bat file invokes the following command:  load linux
> root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin.
> 
> What am I overlooking?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
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