Larry: What was the size of your HDD? You needed at least 600MB for the initial install. You needed a partion at least as large as you RAM fr the swap file. All of that should have been in the readme.txt
--- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Next problem. I wiped all info off the primary drive and divided it > into the > main and a swap drive. I then started the installation and after > about 15/20 > minutes I get an error message: Basesystem failed, and the next > error > window: Base install failed. > I then try to restart and there is no active OS available. > I did not have any of these problems when I installed Mandrake. > Larry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Braud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:42 PM > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed > distrib > utions to donate > > > > When Jim mentioned about the 8.3 filename, I had to copy the > files to the > > hard drive and rename them. The problem is that the ide and scsi > files are > > on the same directory. Once I had the files named right, the > "rawrite" > > program wrote to the floppies. > > I think this is a major problem for anyone that has to make the > floppies. > > Without DOS experience, one would not know what to do when > nothing works. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:17 PM > > Subject: RE: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] > Proposed distrib > > utions to donate > > > > > > > The debian address was a cut and paste (read operator) error. > If it > > > is not working for either file, it could be a file name size > issue, > > > although I do not remember having that issue... the file sizes > on > > > those should be 474560. Try it with just: rawrite > floppy1-ide.img > > > skipping the variables. Let's see if you get an error and if > so, > > > what it is. > > > > > > I have to go pick up my daughter, back about a quarter till > six... > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
