---------------------- Forwarded by Thomas C. Rogers/DSC on 01/19/2000 09:09 PM --------------------------- "c rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/19/2000 03:03:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Thomas C. Rogers/DSC) bcc: Thomas C. Rogers/DSC Subject: More Laptop Linux Good Morning/Evening to all, Having read as many How Tos as I could find, (six) on laptops in general and Compaq LTE 5000 in specific (1) I made an attempt to install RH 5.2 ( the only distro I had floppies for) System is as follows: Intel Pentium 75 mhz 16 MB RAM, 256 KB cache, 1MB graphics memory, Display 800X600 pixels,Display Cirrus Logic 7543 PCI, CD ROM Teac CD46E, generic HD IDE type 44, 2250 MB, IBM PS2 mouse, serial port 3F8, IRQ 4, Parallel Port, 378, IRQ 7. Using Partition Magic I created a 319.2 MB ex2 Linux partition and a 32M swap partition, I also created /usr, 40M; /bin,40M; /home 40M Booting from the floppy using the boot disk created on my desktop when I installed R H 5.2 there, ( one may have either a floppy or a cd not both ) LILO runs, kernel loads and uncompresses normally. Now it completes the partition check then halts with the message: Unable to open initial console So using another boot disk, (I made several) I enter the Red Hat installation program and cruise through the set up screens, filling out all the choices as I go; use Disk Druid to create all the partitions as noted above (again) and when I get to the screen which says " enter partition location of Linux root file system " I realize that there is no linux root filesystem on any of my partitions, since I booted off the floppy, and just created the ex2 file systems, which are blank... so I jack up and back off... Question: would it be possible for me to create in dos a directory called LINUX, and a sub directory called RPM, write from my CDs' to these directories then select the hda1 ( after swaping the CD drive for the floppy and rebooting ect.ect.) partition which contains Windoze 98 and continue the install? Is there some other way to get the install done? It seems like the make 100 floppy disks solution is out, is there another way to go ? Thanx in Advance CR ----------------------------------- Any man who hates dogs and children can't be all bad.... W.C. Fields
