I have a 5.7 G, and I used 240 MB for the swap. Nothing else on the drive. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to donate
> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
