On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 01:53:45PM -0700, Ray Olszewski wrote:
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> Are you sure you can boot a Linux boot/rescue disk from the
> floppy drive?
> Once you solve the floppy problem, I'd suggest looking at the Linux_Win95
> mini-HowTo (at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+Win95.html)
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You know, I have run a dual-boot configuration before, so I know
what to do (usually.) It seems to me, I would have been OK as
long as I had installed Windows (or DOS) first.
I can't seem to get the darn floppy to boot into DOS.
I have tried many diskettes,
many I'm certain were formatted with the /s option
and I always hear the floppy "activate," (it sounds like there's activity.
Sometimes I get a "missing operating system" and sometimes I see
"MSDOS loading" and nothing further. Still other times I see "non-system
disk error -- replace and press any key" or something to that effect.
But yes, I haven't yet installed LILO onto the hard drive (I just installed
this OS a couple of days ago) and do indeed boot Linux from a floppy, with
the image on the floppy too (it takes forever to load.)
Anyone see what must be something obvious, which I undoubtably have overlooked?
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