I had COL 1.3 on my old Computer, then I got 2.4 and got it on but without sound or CD. I now have a new computer and the drive is partitioned but I cannot get 2.4 on it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 2:18 PM Subject: Re: installation
> Are your sure about needing Partition Magic. I only tried to make an > NT/Linux native partition once using NT4 and Mandrake 7.2. It's been > awhile, but I believe that the partitioning part of the installer had > the ability to convert part of the NT partition into Linux native and > installed Mandrake on it. Also I believe that you said that you have 1.3 > you can use the partition and format portion of it's installation to > create a Linux native partition, but only if the hd has less than 1024 > sectors. > > Lee > > > > > > Herb DeLong wrote: > > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
