need help with installation
Hi there
I'm installing Debian 2.1 (slink) via floppies on an IBM Thinkpad 360 with
12 MB RAM and 340 MB HDD. I was able to partition the hard drive and mount
filesystems without any problem (I chose /dev/hda1 mounted on /, /dev/hda2
swap partition and /dev/hda3 on /usr). When I get to install the kernel and
modules from the floppy, I get an error message: "unable to mount the rescue
floppy", followed by "Floppy error! The attempt to extract the rescue floppy
failed".
I tried to mount it manually by launching a terminal and mounting /dev/fd0
but I got the message "/dev/fd0 is not a valid block device".
I have read the help files on the rescue floppy, and I noticed that some
extra parameters may be needed for Thinkpads. However, the default
installation doesn't seem to let you add any parameters. If you add
parameters it seems to think you're going for a ramdisk installation, which
I'm not. I want to use the floppies (rescue floppy, driver floppy, plus 7
installation floppies) to install slink on the hard drive.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Jake
PS I know a bit about GNU/Linux but I'm not an expert! (Otherwise I probably
wouldn't be asking for help...)
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