I thank you for the suggestion but with WindowsXP I needed Partition Magic7.0. I used the CD's as the book showed without success. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: Re: installation
> Agree with the possibility of a bad install cd or cdrom drive. Also I > would forget Partition Magic and use the expert mode on the install cd > to set up the Linux partitions and put the boot up in the mbr. > > Lee > > > > > "Net Llama!" wrote: > > > > First, kill the HTML email, and fix your word wrap so its something > > under 80char/line. > > > > It sounds like you might have a bad install CD, considering the number > > of probems you're experiencing out of the box. Also, verify that your > > floppy drive works, and that you have a good floppy. > > > > Finally, be aware that COL2.4 is *OLD*, really old. THe latest from > > Caldera is COL3.11. > > > > Herb DeLong wrote: > > > Installing e-desktop 2.4, onDell Pentium4. I used Partition Magic 7.0 to > > > partition hard drive. Iinstalled with CD. at end of install screen > > > askedto make rescue disk. I complied and window came up with > > > warning."Could not copy kernel to floppy" I clicked O.K. Then finish and > > > Error note came " No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel" > > > left Alt-F2 and F3 would not let me enter anything. Though I didn't know > > > what to enter I was going to try something. I had to use Ctrl-Alt-Delete. > > > What should I have done? at each problem? > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > > > 8:20am up 85 days, 15:06, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.31, 0.38 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
