Martin Cleaver wrote:
> > > I had made a boot floppy this time (last time Mandrake
> > > just shot past the option without even letting me make
> > > one) but it would appear to be corrupt... (shouldn't
> > > Mandrake at least check :-(
> >
> > Martin....your descriptions of the assorted problems are
> > somewhat incomplete, but it sounds as if you have some
> > hardware issues with that system and mdk 7.2. So one
> > solution would be to restore the box to the way it was
> > when it was working.
>
> That's a bit difficult. It worked with Mandrake 6.1, but I
> formatted that off to install 7.2... whiocvh installed
> without making a boot floppy {???}. it seemed to work,
> until I unplugged the machine... and missed the boot
> floppy. The second time I persuaded it to make a boot
> floppy, but that turned out to be corrupt {???}
>
>
> As it is I am installing again for the third time and will
> have to check the lilo details by hand... to make sure I
> won't be caught out again if the power is or has to be
> turned off...
>
> > To troubleshoot the system as it is, you need a rescue
> > floppy like tomsrtbt.
>
> I couldn't make the floppy under DOS ... so I shall have to
> try a new installation again :-(
>
> (Not that a newbie like me could troubleshoot anyway... :-(
>
> RGds
>
> Martin
Martin....test your boot floppy at the first opportunity and
if it's bad then (as root) make one with the console command:
mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.2.17-21mdk
Also download the linux version of the tomsrtbt floppy
creation program and see if you can get it (the tomsrtbt
floppy) made. Then you'll have some tools to work with if
things go bad again.
--
Alan
