jeena1;404770 Wrote: > I was wondering something. I got an old 98 computer and the hard disk > says boot failure insert Boot Diskette in drive A > > Press any key when ready. So my question is. If I used a linux > operating system cd, would it boot the computer and install linux on > it. I was wanting to make it a server. Two things. First, the hard disk boot failure could just be a corrupted boot sector, which you can overwrite successfully with the Linux install. Or it could be a sign of mechanical failure of the hard disk, in which case you'd be out of luck. Second, you need to make sure that the computer's BIOS is set to boot from the CD drive. You could just pop the Linux CD in there and see, or you might need to interrupt the computer on startup and change the BIOS settings.
If you can get it to boot from the CD, I recommend using one of the Linux "live CDs" that allows you to try out the Linux distribution before installing it on your computer. That should help you assess whether or not the hard drive problem is mechanical failure *before* you try to install Linux on it. Good luck. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61146 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
