"Steve Doerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thank you for responding. Yes, I believe it was a clean DOS boot > (command line safe mode) which isn't supposed to load any drivers in > Win 95. It may not be clean though. A couple of Debian users told > me that you can't boot from the DOS filesystem - the root must be a > Linux partition. Then you mount a DOS filesystem to run the > installation files. I was told to remove the "root=" line from the > install.bat. I think maybe a Linux partition is needed first and > the install.bat should call that partition instead of "root=/dev/ram > initrd=root.bin". The rescue floppy worked fine, though, and since > it's only one diskette, maybe that ought to be how you recommend > booting from a DOS system.
Yikes -- if what you say is true, then doing first boot from DOS is totally broken. CAn someone else confirm or deny this? Please retain the CC to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
