Ryan,
Try this. If you've got a Windows 95 CDROM setup disk lying around copy
the entire contents to the HDD including the hidden system files. It won't
work without them. The CDROM setup floppy has CDROM drivers on it that
will load when the files are accessed and the machine boots. This will
allow your machine to boot. You may have to edit the autoexec.bat file a
bit, but I feel certain you can handle this.
Load your install disk into the CDROM drive and boot your machine. If
you've prepared correctly the machine will boot, load the CDROM drivers,
which it will promprt you for the specific kind you want to load, and
you're on your way.
If you don't have this disk you can e-mail me at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and I
will send you the files you need to make a CDROM setup floppy. There are a
few older laptops we have at work and that's how we have to do them to
reload them on occassion.
Mark
Never wish for anything bigger than you can carry home in your pocket.
Disappointment is almost always guarrenteed. Especially if your pants
don't have any pockets in them.
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, R. D. McCallion wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0 on my ThinkPad 760EL. The
> CD and floppy drives are swappable and can not both be installed at the
> same time. As a result I am unable to perform the standard CD install
> using a boot floppy. I have tried several other methods, without any
> success:
>
> 1. HDD install
> - After partioning and xcopying all the files to the HDD, the
> installer gives 'Error reading second stage RAM disk' and hangs.
>
> 2. Running the autoboot.bat from DOS
> - Installer gets to 'Initializing CDROM', then hangs.
>
> I have tried variations on the above using different disk images for a HDD
> install (pcmcia.img and text_boot.img), in both cases the same Error
> occurred.
>
> The system is a P133 with 48 megs of RAM, a 2.1 GB IDE HDD, video
> is a Trident TG9660 with 1 meg of memory.
>
> I'd sure love to get this OS up and running, any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
>
