Re: [expert] Linux on a IBM pc server 500?

2001-12-01 Thread Expert
Many thanks for the info. I found the file, copied it onto a 1.44 Mb disc, its all I had formatted, does it require 2.88 drive or is it backward compatible? I searched the IBM site, but I could not find anything that tells you how to make the file work. I copied the .exe file onto the disc but

Re: [expert] Linux on a IBM pc server 500?

2001-12-01 Thread John Haywood
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:02, you wrote: > A bud of mine picked up an old > IBM PC server 500, and unless > it is not a bios problem, the stupid > thing keeps asking for a "Reference disc" > I don't know what it wants exactly, > I tried formatting a Linux boot disc for it, > but its too stupid to read

Re: [expert] Linux on a IBM pc server 500?

2001-11-30 Thread C.H. Close
Ron Johnson wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 30 November 2001 03:02 pm, Expert wrote: > > Is it possible? > > > > A bud of mine picked up an old > > IBM PC server 500, and unless > > it is not a bios problem, the stupid > > thing keeps asking for a "Ref

Re: [expert] Linux on a IBM pc server 500?

2001-11-30 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 30 November 2001 03:02 pm, Expert wrote: > Is it possible? > > A bud of mine picked up an old > IBM PC server 500, and unless > it is not a bios problem, the stupid > thing keeps asking for a "Reference disc" > I don't know what it wants exa

[expert] Linux on a IBM pc server 500?

2001-11-30 Thread Expert
Is it possible? A bud of mine picked up an old IBM PC server 500, and unless it is not a bios problem, the stupid thing keeps asking for a "Reference disc" I don't know what it wants exactly, I tried formatting a Linux boot disc for it, but its too stupid to read it I think, or else because the f