Re: Newcomer to Linux

1999-03-23 Thread mike shupp
On 21 Mar 1999, Bala Iyer wrote: I have a Pentium 166 with 32MB memory with 2.1 HD. I have with fdisk partitioned an extented.logical drive with 894 mb. with resc1440.bin when I boot it goes on with many information on the screen and finally comes to boot: on enter it goes for installation and

Re: Newcomer to Linux

1999-03-23 Thread kaynjay
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 03/22/99 at 05:48 PM, mike shupp [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To boot, as a general rule, your operating system must be on one of your hard disk's primary partitions. You're allowed four of these and no more, and an extended partition counts as one of them. You cannot

Re: Newcomer to Linux

1999-03-22 Thread Kent West
At 09:50 AM 3/21/1999 -0800, Bala Iyer wrote: I am a newcomer to Linux. Wants to learn. Down loaded all the files. Read everything many times and tried to install several times. Spend about 70 hours so far but failed to understand where it is going wrong. I will be thankful for any help. I have

Newcomer to Linux

1999-03-21 Thread Bala Iyer
I am a newcomer to Linux. Wants to learn. Down loaded all the files. Read everything many times and tried to install several times. Spend about 70 hours so far but failed to understand where it is going wrong. I will be thankful for any help. I have a Pentium 166 with 32MB memory with 2.1 HD. I

Re: Newcomer to Linux

1999-03-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
On 21 Mar 1999, Bala Iyer wrote: I am a newcomer to Linux. Wants to learn. Down loaded all the files. Read everything many times and tried to install several times. Spend about 70 hours so far but failed to understand where it is going wrong. I will be thankful for any help. I have a Pentium