initial console

1999-10-03 Thread alex aitkin
Whenever I run install.bat to load linux, I eventually run into a message

unable to open an initial console

this message occurs immediately after the messages

unable to load NLS charset . . .
VFS: Mounted root (msdos filesystem) readonly

I am installing from a dos partition.

If anyone knows what this means, can you mail me direct?

thanks
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T1910 Toshiba laptop

1999-08-25 Thread alex aitkin
Problem - I have 123M of HDD to work with on my Toshiba 486 laptop- I was
just going to install Linux on it, but my T1910 uses a .exe file to
manipulate BIOS settings, and this file runs under MS-DOS.  SO . . .will
Linux allow access to BIOS settings some other way, OR, can I run MS-DOS
emulation software if I need to alter the BIOS, or do I need to set up a
separate bootable partition with MS-DOS, OR does it not really matter?

Can anyone help me with this dilemma?

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